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So my dad has had his pc for years now with i5 2400, 8GB RAM, and 1TB HDD, Windows 7. He wants to get a new pc for normal use and sometimes work & business. He also wants to have good video watching quality. He knows some components but doesn't have an idea in building and compatibility and such. So he asked me to put together parts for him with Intel. What I got right now.

 

CPU- Intel Core i5 8400 Hexa-Core 2.8Ghz- $193.99

GPU: ASROCK Phantom Gaming Radeon RX 560 4GB- $99.99

MOBO: GIGABYTE B360M-DS3H mATX- $59.99

RAM: Team T-Force Vulcan DDR4 3000 2x8 16GB- $89.99

Cooler: Be Quiet! Pure Rock SLIM- $25.99

PSU: EVGA 500BQ 80+ Bronze Semi-Modular

Case: Undecided

 

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Whatever you do, make sure you get an SSD in there. That's like rule of thumb these days. 

Ryzen 3800X + MEG ACE w/ Radeon VII + 3733 c14 Trident Z RGB in a Custom Loop powered by Seasonic Prime Ultra Titanium
PSU Tier List | Motherboard Tier List | My Build

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Seems like a reasonable machine that should last for a long time. Give it a nice SSD and you're rocking.

Main Rig: CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D | RAM: 32GB (2x16GB) KLEVV CRAS XR RGB DDR4-3600 | Motherboard: Gigabyte B550I AORUS PRO AX | Storage: 500GB Crucial P3 Plus, 4TB Silicon Power UD90 | GPU: AsRock Radeon RX 9070 XT Steel Legend | Cooling: ThermalTake Floe 280mm w/ be quiet! Pure Wings 3 | Case: Sliger SM580 (Black) | PSU: Corsair SF850

Main Server: CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X | RAM: 64GB (2x32GB) Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4-3200 | Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair VII Hero WiFi | Storage: 512GB SKHynix NVMe | GPUs: NVIDIA TITAN Xp 2-way SLI | Cooling: Thermalright Frozen Prism 360mm | Case: Corsair 5000D Airflow (White) | PSU: Seasonic Focus GM850

File and Media Server (AOOSTAR WTR Pro): CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5825U | RAM: 32GB (2x16GB) Silicon Power DDR4-3200 SODIMMs | Storage: 1TB Samsung 970 EVO Plus, 2x14TB Western Digital Ultrastar DC HC530

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Everything looks good to last for a while, though I don't see the use of a GPU if he's not doing any gaming or things that need GPU acceleration. Also, you can probably save some money by getting slower RAM. Intel doesn't need 3000mhz.

 

Just add an SSD.

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13 minutes ago, AYDANN6ix9ine said:

So my dad has had his pc for years now with i5 2400, 8GB RAM, and 1TB HDD, Windows 7. He wants to get a new pc for normal use and sometimes work & business. He also wants to have good video watching quality. He knows some components but doesn't have an idea in building and compatibility and such. So he asked me to put together parts for him with Intel. What I got right now.

 

If you have more DDR3 lying around (get to atleast 12gb) pickup a used i7 2600 and a nice big SSD, clean install UEFI windows 10, check if the PSU needs replacing install stardock start 10 and you are good to go!

Insert ram related question here: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/1197132-setting-ram-speed-xmp-docp-for-dummies/

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