ENTRY/MID tier general pc

[KrimMiester]

Budget (including currency): 500-700 USD$

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for:  Web Browsing, Youtube, No gaming ( so no gpu i guess)

Other details: Looking for a mid tier/entry pc, with at least 16 gb of ram for my in-law, im not sure if its cheaper and more convenient to build it or just buy one from best buy, he wants a desktop, nothing too fancy.

Looking for help from more knowledgeable people

 

[gloop]

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3400G 3.7 GHz Quad-Core Processor	$149.99 @ Best Buy
Motherboard	Gigabyte B450M DS3H Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	$72.99 @ Best Buy
Memory	Team T-FORCE VULCAN Z 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory	$62.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Crucial P1 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$62.99 @ Newegg
Case	Fractal Design Focus G Mini MicroATX Mini Tower Case	$62.99 @ B&H
Power Supply	Corsair CX (2017) 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply	$64.99 @ Corsair
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$476.94
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-06-15 17:26 EDT-0400

 

[You_found_dom]

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Athlon 3000G 3.5 GHz Dual-Core Processor	$59.99 @ B&H
Motherboard	Gigabyte B450M DS3H Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	$72.99 @ Best Buy
Memory	ADATA XPG Z1 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 CL16 Memory	$59.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Inland 480 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$54.99 @ Amazon
Case	HEC HX210 MicroATX Mini Tower Case	$36.98 @ Newegg
Power Supply	Cooler Master Elite V3 400 W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply	$58.99 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$343.93
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-06-15 18:32 EDT-0400

 

[Mazdaspeeding]

You can get a refurb from Micro Center for $250 that matches or beats either of the builds posted above for your use cases.  Honestly that's what I'd do.  You'd even get a legit copy of Windows.