Quite office PC

[demiler]

Hello, my mom's old PC is kinda dying after all of this years of service (it's been more than 10 years). So I've diced to build her a new PC, but I don't really know how to choose components correctly. What I'm looking for isn't something really impressive. Nothing too fancy about performance, Windows 10, some browsing, YouTube, Microsoft programs - standard office tasks. Our budget is around $350 ± $50 which should be enough for this kinda of build, maybe.

 

Well, currently I have this build, idk how good it is, how upgradable it is, but at least it's cheap:

• CPU: Intel Pentium Gold G5400
• Motherboard: MSI H310M PRO-VL
• RAM: 4GB DDR4 Samsung 2666MHz  (2)
• Fan: DeepCool GAMMAXX 200T
• SSD: 256Gb GOODRAM CX400
• Power: 400W Be Quite System Power 9
• Case: any new or mb old one

Thanks in advice!

[jaslion]

1 minute ago, demiler said:

Hello, my mom's old PC is kinda dying after all of this years of service (it's been more than 10 years). So I've diced to build her a new PC, but I don't really know how to choose components correctly. What I'm looking for isn't something really impressive. Nothing too fancy about performance, Windows 10, some browsing, YouTube, Microsoft programs - standard office tasks. Our budget is around $350 ± $50 which should be enough for this kinda of build, maybe.

 

Well, currently I have this build, idk how good it is, how upgradable it is, but at least it's cheap:

• CPU: Intel Pentium Gold G5400
• Motherboard: MSI H310M PRO-VL
• RAM: 4GB DDR4 Samsung 2666MHz  (2)
• Fan: DeepCool GAMMAXX 200T
• SSD: 256Gb GOODRAM CX400
• Power: 400W Be Quite System Power 9
• Case: any new or mb old one

Thanks in advice!

Mind going used? Plenty of refurbished powerfull office systems available for cheap. Just make sure they have 8gb of ram and add an ssd in when you get em.

 

If not then this system is pretty bad. Pretty much along the lines of a mid range system from 10 years ago still.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Athlon 3000G 3.5 GHz Dual-Core Processor	£44.64 @ Overclockers.co.uk
Motherboard	MSI B450M PRO-M2 MAX Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	£61.95 @ Ebuyer
Memory	Corsair Vengeance LPX 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR4-3000 CL16 Memory	£46.68 @ Overclockers.co.uk
Storage	Western Digital Blue 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive	£57.48 @ Amazon UK
Case	BitFenix Nova ATX Mid Tower Case	£34.55 @ Currys PC World
Power Supply	be quiet! System Power 9 400 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply	£43.49 @ Amazon UK
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	£288.79
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-06-02 12:40 BST+0100

Nothing amazing but hey it can play youtube and do something else at the same time compared to the other build

 

[demiler]

Well, I've cheeked some pre-build PC in my local stores, but they offered some overpriced solution (imo) similar to my build. Maybe I'm wrong. 
Thanks for your message, I though this build was ok cuz my friend advised its to me.
 

[boggy77]

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Athlon 3000G 3.5 GHz Dual-Core Processor	$54.99 @ Newegg
Motherboard	Gigabyte B450M DS3H Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	$72.99 @ Best Buy
Memory	Crucial Ballistix 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR4-2400 CL16 Memory	$34.99 @ Amazon
Storage	ADATA SU635 240 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$29.99 @ Amazon
Case	Rosewill FBM-X1 MicroATX Mini Tower Case	$38.98 @ Newegg
Power Supply	Corsair CXM (2015) 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply	$73.98 @ Newegg
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$305.92
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-06-02 08:19 EDT-0400

 

[trevb0t]

3 hours ago, jaslion said:

Mind going used? Plenty of refurbished powerfull office systems available for cheap. Just make sure they have 8gb of ram and add an ssd in when you get em.

 

If not then this system is pretty bad. Pretty much along the lines of a mid range system from 10 years ago still.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Athlon 3000G 3.5 GHz Dual-Core Processor	£44.64 @ Overclockers.co.uk
Motherboard	MSI B450M PRO-M2 MAX Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	£61.95 @ Ebuyer
Memory	Corsair Vengeance LPX 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR4-3000 CL16 Memory	£46.68 @ Overclockers.co.uk
Storage	Western Digital Blue 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive	£57.48 @ Amazon UK
Case	BitFenix Nova ATX Mid Tower Case	£34.55 @ Currys PC World
Power Supply	be quiet! System Power 9 400 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply	£43.49 @ Amazon UK
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	£288.79
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-06-02 12:40 BST+0100

Nothing amazing but hey it can play youtube and do something else at the same time compared to the other build

 

A 3200G would only put this a few quid(?) over. It's a pretty significant boost:

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/J8drxr/amd-ryzen-3-3200g-36-ghz-quad-core-processor-yd3200c5fhbox

[demiler]

1 hour ago, trevb0t said:

A 3200G would only put this a few quid(?) over. It's a pretty significant boost:

 

I don't know, it seems like in my country Athlon 3000G almost in twice cheaper than Ryzen 3 3200G: $59 vs $110. Maybe I misunderstood you?

[trevb0t]

3 minutes ago, demiler said:

I don't know, it seems like in my country Athlon 3000G almost in twice cheaper than Ryzen 3 3200G: $59 vs $110. Maybe I misunderstood you?

I literally just linked you a 3200G for 75lb... Lol.

[demiler]

1 hour ago, trevb0t said:

I literally just linked you a 3200G for 75lb... Lol.

Dunno, still kind of expensive. Thanks, anyway.¯\_(ツ)_/¯