WHICH BAREBONE TO PICK

[KnightlyBackUps]

I'll cut to the chase. 

 

I'm building a barebone for my parents' use, only requirements are: it browses, boots and plays the occasional media smoothly!

I'm on a budget let's say around 300 EUR/375USD/421CAD. The OS I have.

Can't imagine anyone consciously wanting to put their 50+ parents through the hell that is Windows 8 (another reason why I convinced them not to go with a prefab rig)

So I did my research on what RAM and SSD to get, so don't need advice there. 

 

Currently I'm thinking on 3 particular barebones, all three of which are 120 EUR/150USD/168CAD more or less.

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16856164017&cm_re=Gigabyte_Brix_GB-BXBT-2807_%2f_Intel_Celeron_N2807-_-56-164-017-_-Product

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16856173073&cm_re=ZOTAC_ZBOX_ID18-_-56-173-073-_-Product

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16856102062&cm_re=DN2820FYK-_-56-102-062-_-Product

 

So I'm directing myself to all of you out there, who have had any expieriences with any of these 3 models, to share the pros and cons. Or if you have any general thought of which one could be better based on: connectivity, processor performance, heat output, build quality etc..

 

It would help me out a great deal, 'cause atm they all look like valid options to me.

 

Thank you 

[Laputacake]

Well the Zotac is the most powerful and i like zotac so...

[Profquast]

The zotac is really slow, the Gigabyte is okay but the intel one has the fastest CPU and the most complete IO, so I would go with that.

[TheKDub]

I'd go for the first one or the third one.

 

Just to make sure you don't go overboard on RAM or an SSD, 4GB of ram should be fine, and a 120GB Samsung 840 evo would be a good choice.