Old Lady Computer!

[Yiz]

Whats the cheapest, most reliable build for my dear old grandmother? Tanks All she will be doing is web-browsing and sending emails. Few videos nothing much she's a simple old lady.

[Snickerzz]

a chromebook? or chromebox thing?

[alphabeta]

I guess a laptop would be a better choice

[PixelPips]

Yeah, probably a chromebook (cheap as hell)

[Speedbird]

Whats the cheapest, most reliable build for my dear old grandmother? Tanks All she will be doing is web-browsing and sending emails. Few videos nothing much she's a simple old lady.

Oke wat kind of tanks do u want

 

But seriously, almost anything can do that. Sempron 2650 + good AM1 board + 4GB RAM + 64GB SSD would be good.

[TinoXtreme]

Yea dude, a chromebook is an obvious choice. Cheap+great UI+fast enough.

[SSOB]

This:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i3-4350 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($134.99 @ NCIX US) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($41.34 @ Newegg) 

Memory: Crucial 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($33.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($54.95 @ SuperBiiz) 

Case: Fractal Design Node 804 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($69.99 @ Amazon) 

Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($24.99 @ Newegg) 

Total: $360.25

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-16 14:31 EST-0500

 

Try  hackingtoshing it, OSX can be a little more user friendly if you want it to be. Also the fancy case and OSX will make her think that it's much more expensive than it actually is, this will make her your favorite grandson

 

I know it isn't the cheapest possible , if you want that build her this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: AMD A4-6300 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($39.98 @ OutletPC) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A58M-HD2 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($42.49 @ Newegg) 

Memory: Crucial 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($33.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 250GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($28.49 @ Amazon) 

Case: Thermaltake VL80001W2Z ATX Mid Tower Case  ($21.99 @ Micro Center) 

Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($22.99 @ Newegg) 

Total: $189.93

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-16 14:36 EST-0500

[Yiz]

Thanks for all the suggestions so far. I'll get her a chromebook I think or build one of the suggested computers