Build for my Dad

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My dad looking to build something newer than what he's got, thinking last gen or so AMD/Intel doesn't matter much, something that he can try out nvme's and get the rated speeds

 

 

 

Budget (including currency): Cheap  He's a cheapskate so like less then $500 a/t(probably still tomuch..lol)

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Linux tinkering, some older games and emulator fun

Other details He has a case/fans and 500watts of power

 

[killswitch6000]

if you want more power, you should probably go used. But i don't think the uses stated require more than this.

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/BwYDv3

 

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14 minutes ago, killswitch6000 said:

if you want more power, you should probably go used. But i don't think the uses stated require more than this.

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/BwYDv3

 

Na he's not worried about being the fastest, just like to build and tinker, old time computer builder, he built my first one, I believe it was 8Mb ide HDD running windows 3.0  I Remember loading games with 5" floppy disk

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17 minutes ago, killswitch6000 said:

if you want more power, you should probably go used. But i don't think the uses stated require more than this.

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/BwYDv3

 

He's still getting used to sata cables...he was baffled when I told him my HDD was 2 TB and showd him my nvme before I installed it

[killswitch6000]

On 1/17/2023 at 1:07 AM, lotus10101 said:

He's still getting used to sata cables...he was baffled when I told him my HDD was 2 TB and showd him my nvme before I installed it

If that's the case then he will definitely notice the difference with this build. I did'nt find any issues with the build configuration but if you do let me know. Also, if you're going linux, AMD is the better GPU to go with. So, if you dint find this in stock, try to get another AMD GPU instead of Nvidia

[Queen Chrysalis]

This would be my pick for something that would have modern speed and features and a little more GPU power than anything else:

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600G 3.9 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($128.97 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M DS3H WIFI Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($79.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: ADATA XPG GAMMIX D30 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($39.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: TEAMGROUP MP33 PRO 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($56.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $305.94
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-01-18 10:27 EST-0500

 

Any PS3 era or older game should run will on the iGPU on this.

[Queen Chrysalis]

Though frankly, if all he does is general desktop work, if his current system is core-i anything or newer, the only thing that would really make a noticeable difference in performance would be (sorry) a SATA SSD for the OS.  NVMes are awesome and cool, but windows and linux run at the speed of a click on SATA SSDs, as do most games.  It's a very upohill battle to derive much value from new systems for people who don't play new games or do high-end creative work.

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23 minutes ago, Queen Chrysalis said:

Though frankly, if all he does is general desktop work, if his current system is core-i anything or newer, the only thing that would really make a noticeable difference in performance would be (sorry) a SATA SSD for the OS.  NVMes are awesome and cool, but windows and linux run at the speed of a click on SATA SSDs, as do most games.  It's a very upohill battle to derive much value from new systems for people who don't play new games or do high-end creative work.

I know but he just likes to tinker, and play emulators, I believe he's got a ryzen 2600, and a small old first gen ssd (that he still thinks is lightning) lol, he's just reach the point he's tweaked every setting and tested the result, just looking for refresh and bump in gen, Hmmm I wonder, will the on board gpu beat his GT730?

Edited January 18, 2023 by lotus10101

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1 hour ago, lotus10101 said:

I know but he just likes to tinker, and play emulators, I believe he's got a ryzen 2600, and a small old first gen ssd (that he still thinks is lightning) lol, he's just reach the point he's tweaked every setting and tested the result, just looking for refresh and bump in gen, Hmmm I wonder, will the on board gpu beat his GT730?

This is a video of vega 7 vs a 1030, so probably close enough to not matter (the 730 is a lot slower, and a lot of 730s are actually 430s or 230s just sold with a different name). 

 

 

But in terms of stuff like this, a 2600 is by no means old hardware. Nor are SATA SSDs for stuff like this.  There really, really isn't anything worth upgrading in your dad's use case, and this 'tinkering' just dissolves into 5 minutes of entering values in a BIOS, so really this seems like a big waste of money to play IT for less than an hour.  Tinker with something more practical, there are a thousand things you could put that tinkering energy towards more worthwhile than changing settings on a PC, especially when the defaults are usually the best anyway on newer hardware like this.  Even more so if you are buying new hardware just to change settings on it when the hardware you have is already more than fast enough for what you do with it.  You'll be back in the same boat within a day of buying this stuff.