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Speedbird
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Hi.

 

I'm building a mITX web browsing PC for my grandparents. What do you think of this? The budget is 400 euros, and this one is just 398. I won't accept any CPUs under 2GHz or hard drives under 1 TB.

 

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CPU: Intel Celeron G1820 2.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($45.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: MSI H81I Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($66.99 @ Mwave)
Memory: Crucial 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($39.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($55.98 @ OutletPC)
Case: Fractal Design Node 304 Mini ITX Tower Case  ($79.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Monitor: LG 19EN33S-B 18.5" Monitor  ($106.94 @ SuperBiiz)
Keyboard: Logitech K120 Wired Standard Keyboard  ($9.99 @ B&H)
Mouse: Logitech M100 Wired Optical Mouse  ($7.99 @ B&H)
Total: $453.85
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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@Speedbird

You could go AM1 platform. Should be even cheaper.

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/fL2TZL
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/fL2TZL/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD 5350 2.05Ghz Quad-Core Processor  ($59.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock AM1H-ITX Mini ITX AM1 Motherboard  ($58.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($44.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: A-Data Premier Pro SP600 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($79.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Silverstone SG05BB-LITE Mini ITX Tower Case  ($36.52 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Silverstone 450W 80+ Bronze Certified SFX Power Supply  ($68.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $349.47
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-17 14:10 EDT-0400

 

I built an A8 machine for my Dad earlier this year as I was unsure about AM1. My Dad's XP machine only had 2GB of RAM and an 80 GB HDD, so anything over that is a huge difference.

Air 540, MSI Z97 Gaming 7, 4770K, SLI EVGA 980Ti, 16GB Vengeance Pro 2133, HX1050, H105, 840 EVO 500, 850 Pro 512, WD Black 1TB, HyperX 3K 120, SMSNG u28e590d, K70 Blues, M65 RGB.          Son's PC: A10 7850k, MSI A88X gaming, MSI gaming R9 270X, Air 240, H55, 8GB Vengeance pro 2400, CX430, Asus VG278HE, K60 Reds, M65 RGB                                                                                       Daughter's PC: i5-4430, MSI z87 gaming AC, GTX970 gaming 4G, pink air 240, fury 1866 8gb, CX600, SMSNG un55HU8550, CMstorm greens, Deathadder 2013

 

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I would spend less on the case and more on the CPU personally. The Elite 120 and Pentium G3220 would work better in this case.

Main Rig: CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D | RAM: 32GB (2x16GB) KLEVV CRAS XR RGB DDR4-3600 | Motherboard: Gigabyte B550I AORUS PRO AX | Storage: 500GB Crucial P3 Plus, 4TB Silicon Power UD90 | GPU: AsRock Radeon RX 9070 XT Steel Legend | Cooling: ThermalTake Floe 280mm w/ be quiet! Pure Wings 3 | Case: Sliger SM580 (Black) | PSU: Corsair SF850

Main Server: CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X | RAM: 64GB (2x32GB) Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4-3200 | Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair VII Hero WiFi | Storage: 512GB SKHynix NVMe | GPUs: NVIDIA TITAN Xp 2-way SLI | Cooling: Thermalright Frozen Prism 360mm | Case: Corsair 5000D Airflow (White) | PSU: Seasonic Focus GM850

File and Media Server (AOOSTAR WTR Pro): CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5825U | RAM: 32GB (2x16GB) Silicon Power DDR4-3200 SODIMMs | Storage: 1TB Samsung 970 EVO Plus, 2x14TB Western Digital Ultrastar DC HC530

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CPU: AMD 5350 2.05Ghz Quad-Core Processor  ($59.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Biostar AM1ML Micro ATX AM1 Motherboard  ($31.98 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: Crucial 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($39.99 @ NCIX US) 
Case: Rosewill FBM-02 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($28.76 @ Mwave) 
Monitor: LG 19EN33S-B 18.5" Monitor  ($106.94 @ SuperBiiz) 
Keyboard: Logitech K120 Wired Standard Keyboard  ($9.99 @ B&H) 
Mouse: Logitech M100 Wired Optical Mouse  ($7.99 @ B&H) 
Total: $341.62
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Chromebooks are not sold in my country, shipping would be expensive, they don't have a Google account, and you can't set up a 3G USB modem in Chrome OS (that's how they access the internet).

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@Speedbird

 

 
CPU: AMD 5350 2.05Ghz Quad-Core Processor  ($59.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Biostar AM1ML Micro ATX AM1 Motherboard  ($31.98 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: Crucial 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($39.99 @ NCIX US) 
Case: Rosewill FBM-02 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($28.76 @ Mwave) 
Monitor: LG 19EN33S-B 18.5" Monitor  ($106.94 @ SuperBiiz) 
Keyboard: Logitech K120 Wired Standard Keyboard  ($9.99 @ B&H) 
Mouse: Logitech M100 Wired Optical Mouse  ($7.99 @ B&H) 
Total: $341.62
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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I wouldn't want a Biostar board anywhere near my system.

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I wouldn't want a Biostar board anywhere near my system.

 
CPU: AMD 5350 2.05Ghz Quad-Core Processor  ($59.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-AM1M-S2H Micro ATX AM1 Motherboard  ($34.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Crucial 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($39.99 @ NCIX US) 
Case: Rosewill FBM-02 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($28.76 @ Mwave) 
Monitor: LG 19EN33S-B 18.5" Monitor  ($106.94 @ SuperBiiz) 
Keyboard: Logitech K120 Wired Standard Keyboard  ($9.99 @ B&H) 
Mouse: Logitech M100 Wired Optical Mouse  ($7.99 @ B&H) 
Total: $344.63
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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could put an SSD in there if you want

 

 
Motherboard: MSI H81I Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($66.99 @ Mwave) 
Memory: Crucial 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory  ($34.99 @ NCIX US) 
Power Supply: EVGA 430W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($19.99 @ NCIX US) 
Monitor: BenQ GW2255 60Hz 21.5" Monitor  ($105.99 @ NCIX US) 
Total: $403.16
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Go AM1 for power consumption and price

 

 
CPU: AMD 5350 2.05Ghz Quad-Core Processor  ($64.99 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: MSI AM1I Mini ITX AM1 Motherboard  ($36.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: Cooler Master Elite 110 Mini ITX Tower Case  ($39.99 @ Micro Center) 
Monitor: LG 22MP55HQ-P 60Hz 22.0" Monitor  ($119.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $404.89
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-17 14:18 EDT-0400

Main PC:

ASUS F1A55-M LX, AMD A6-3500, (2x2)gb Kingston HyperX Blu DDR3 1600mhz, Seagate Barracuda 500gb 7200rpm, 
 Corsair CX430M, Cooler Master Elite 343, Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit

Netbook:

Lenovo Ideapad S10-2, Intel Atom N280, (1x1)gb DDR2 667mhz, WD Scorpio Blue 250gb 5400rpm, Zorin OS 9 Lite
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If it's for your grandparents and it's for web browsing why does it need 1tb?

Because it's cheap. There's no point in getting 320GB when 1TB is only 10 euros more. Also it's my bare minium for mechanical hard drives on desktops.

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Why don't you get a 64GB SSD, you only really need a OS on it and a web browser, not going to use much data. 

 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/SanDisk-SDSSDP-064G-G25-64GB-Pulse-Internal/dp/B007ZWLRSU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1408300182&sr=8-1&keywords=64+gb+ssd

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