building a grandpa pc

[TheeKnee]

So my grandpa has been wanting a new pc for a while, and he has realized that i like to build pcs. soon i think he will ask for me to build one, and i was just wondering, do any of you have a parts list that could work for him? he only uses it for things like e-mail, internet, and other grandpa things like that.

[kelvinhall05]

Chromebook.

[Dedayog]

Now if your grandpa wants to invest in your hobby... maybe an AMD 3400G build or something.

 

Something like this?

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/b/3hFG3C

 

 

[PaniVirusGR]

athlon 3000g
an a320m motherboard or an a520m motherboard
1x4 gb dimm ram or 2x4 gb dimm ram (any speed it wont matter for web browsing)
igpu
240gb ssd
a simple 400 watt 80+ psu
and a simple case to fit them all 

unless you wanna go team blue in which case :
a celeron 5900 cpu will do fine for web stuff or an 6400 pentium for more threads
a h410 mobo (any h410 you want)
1x4 gb dimm ram or 2x4 gb dimm ram (any speed it wont matter for web browsing)
igpu
240gb ssd
a simple 400 watt 80+ psu
and a simple case to fit them all 

[kelvinhall05]

2 minutes ago, Dedayog said:

Now if your grandpa wants to invest in your hobby... maybe an AMD 3400G build or something.

 

Something like this?

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/b/3hFG3C

 

 

Completely overkill for grandpa computer, and you already know that he'll fill Windows up with viruses 10 minutes after you give him the computer.

[mahyar]

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 3 3200G 3.6 GHz Quad-Core Processor	$99.99 @ Best Buy
Motherboard	ASRock B450M PRO4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	$82.99 @ Amazon
Memory	ADATA XPG Z1 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 CL16 Memory	$50.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Samsung 970 Evo 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$79.00 @ Amazon
Case	Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case	$88.98 @ Newegg
Power Supply	EVGA BQ 500 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply	$62.89 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$464.84
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-10-13 13:56 EDT-0400

overkill but grandpa might want to play some games or a he might find a new hobby around computer

[Dedayog]

1 minute ago, kelvinhall05 said:

Completely overkill for grandpa computer, and you already know that he'll fill Windows up with viruses 10 minutes after you give him the computer.

Oh definitely, but I was trying to give grandpa a cheapish way to engage with his grandson.  Bonding over a PC build for only $300, while overkill, is a good thing.

[kelvinhall05]

Just now, Dedayog said:

Oh definitely, but I was trying to give grandpa a cheapish way to engage with his grandson.  Bonding over a PC build for only $300, while overkill, is a good thing.

Quite frankly I don't think grandpa would care about building a computer lol.

[Dedayog]

4 minutes ago, kelvinhall05 said:

Quite frankly I don't think grandpa would care about building a computer lol.

Oh God no, but he'll love doing it with his grandson.  Trust me   

[whm1974]

5 minutes ago, mahyar said:

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 3 3200G 3.6 GHz Quad-Core Processor	$99.99 @ Best Buy
Motherboard	ASRock B450M PRO4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	$82.99 @ Amazon
Memory	ADATA XPG Z1 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 CL16 Memory	$50.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Samsung 970 Evo 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$79.00 @ Amazon
Case	Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case	$88.98 @ Newegg
Power Supply	EVGA BQ 500 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply	$62.89 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$464.84
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-10-13 13:56 EDT-0400

overkill but grandpa might want to play some games or a he might find a new hobby around computer

Actually I don't consider this to be overkill at all. It is IMHO The Minimum Build for low end needs. 

[mahyar]

Just now, Dedayog said:

Oh God no, but he'll love doing it with his grandson.  Trust me   

he is either a grandfather or a grandson that built a pc with grandfather

[PaniVirusGR]

Just now, whm1974 said:

Actually I don't consider this to be overkill at all. It is IMHO The Minimum Build for low end needs. 

for grandpa 
It is an overkill
why would grandpa need 16 gb ram? 
or  an 500gb nvme ssd?

[mahyar]

1 minute ago, whm1974 said:

Actually I don't consider this to be overkill at all. It is IMHO The Minimum Build for low end needs. 

ahhh no i myself use a weaker system for gaming so IMHO its an overkill system

[whm1974]

Just now, PaniVirusGR said:

for grandpa 
It is an overkill
why would grandpa need 16 gb ram? 
or  an 500gb nvme ssd?

How do you know that Grandpa needs won't grow later? He might want to play around with DAZ3D or Blender and do really naughty stuff with those applications...

[mahyar]

1 minute ago, PaniVirusGR said:

for grandpa 
It is an overkill
why would grandpa need 16 gb ram? 
or  an 500gb nvme ssd?

snappiness and future proofing

[PaniVirusGR]

Just now, mahyar said:

snappiness and future proofing

im sure with a simple sata ssd with dram cache it will be fine
and way cheaper

Linus showed in a video how the team didn't notice difference between nvme and sata

[PaniVirusGR]

2 minutes ago, whm1974 said:

How do you know that Grandpa needs won't grow later? He might want to play around with DAZ3D or Blender and do really naughty stuff with those applications...

fair enough i guess 

[whm1974]

1 minute ago, PaniVirusGR said:

im sure with a simple sata ssd with dram cache it will be fine
and way cheaper

Linus showed in a video how the team didn't notice difference between nvme and sata

Oops didn't notice the NVMe SSD... You are right, SATA will be fine for gramps here.

[mahyar]

1 minute ago, PaniVirusGR said:

im sure with a simple sata ssd with dram cache it will be fine
and way cheaper

Linus showed in a video how the team didn't notice difference between nvme and sata

i watched that and yeah true and  but frankly if you can go with a nvme ssd WHY NOT

[PaniVirusGR]

Just now, mahyar said:

i watched that and yeah true and  but frankly if you can go with a nvme ssd WHY NOT

oh yeah 
if it's withing his budget sure

honestly he didn't set a budget  so yeah it its within budget sure

[PaniVirusGR]

3 minutes ago, whm1974 said:

Oops didn't notice the NVMe SSD... You are right, SATA will be fine for gramps here.

with dram cache though 

[whm1974]

14 minutes ago, mahyar said:

i watched that and yeah true and  but frankly if you can go with a nvme ssd WHY NOT

You can get a larger SATA SSD for the same price? SSDs should be at least 500GB...

[mahyar]

Just now, whm1974 said:

You can get a larger SATA SSD for the same price? SSDs should be less then 500GB...

fair

[PaniVirusGR]

2 minutes ago, whm1974 said:

You can get a larger SATA SSD for the same price? SSDs should be less then 500GB...

probably 
depending on many things

[whm1974]

I meant to say that SSDs should be at least 500GB.