Need help choosing parts

[Ricklamperouge]

My aunt wants a computer for my cousin because he's about to start college and she wants a computer for him for around $400 (without including monitor). Is not for gaming so I was thinking of getting an APU. Would be nice if I can get feedback from you guys so I can decide better. The most I'm worried about is the CPU, the PC will probably be good with a 400W PSU,500GB SSD and probably 8GB of RAM. If you guys can suggest parts I'll appreciate it, it doesn't matters if it exceeds the budget for a little bit.

[Slottr]

Location? What are they using the pc for?

[Ricklamperouge]

Just now, Slottr said:

Location? What are they using the pc for?

Just for Word, Power Point and stuff like that, nothing heavy, but still maybe an APU that can handle a little bit of gaming

[Slottr]

5 minutes ago, Ricklamperouge said:

Just for Word, Power Point and stuff like that, nothing heavy, but still maybe an APU that can handle a little bit of gaming

Something like this would be more than enough

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3400G 3.7 GHz Quad-Core Processor	$148.90 @ OutletPC
Motherboard	ASRock B450M PRO4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	$79.38 @ OutletPC
Memory	Crucial Ballistix Sport LT 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR4-2400 Memory	$34.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Team L5 LITE 3D 480 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$49.99 @ Newegg
Case	Thermaltake Versa H15 MicroATX Mid Tower Case	$41.99 @ Amazon
Power Supply	Corsair CX (2017) 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply	$58.89 @ OutletPC
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$449.14
	Mail-in rebates	-$35.00
	Total	$414.14
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-08-28 16:30 EDT-0400

 

I'd personally just buy a used Dell optiplex with a 4th gen or higher i5/7 though, and drop in a gpu.

[Ricklamperouge]

1 minute ago, Slottr said:

Something like this would be more than enough

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3400G 3.7 GHz Quad-Core Processor	$148.90 @ OutletPC
Motherboard	ASRock B450M PRO4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	$79.38 @ OutletPC
Memory	Crucial Ballistix Sport LT 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR4-2400 Memory	$34.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Team L5 LITE 3D 480 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$49.99 @ Newegg
Case	Thermaltake Versa H15 MicroATX Mid Tower Case	$41.99 @ Amazon
Power Supply	Corsair CX (2017) 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply	$58.89 @ OutletPC
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$449.14
	Mail-in rebates	-$35.00
	Total	$414.14
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-08-28 16:30 EDT-0400

 

I'd personally just buy a used Dell optiplex with a 4th gen or higher i5/7 though, and drop in a gpu.

This seems perfect, thanks.

[Herman Mcpootis]

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 3 2200G 3.5 GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($79.89 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock B450M Pro4-F Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($71.00 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Team T-FORCE VULCAN Z 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($41.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Sabrent Rocket 512 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($59.98 @ Amazon) 
Case: HEC HX210 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($29.99 @ Newegg Business) 
Power Supply: EVGA GD (2019) 500 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply  ($45.98 @ Newegg) 
Total: $328.83
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-08-28 21:57 EDT-0400