$300 work build

[DeadZed]

I'm looking to build a PC for my dad that's around the $300 budget. He will use it mainly for browsing and designing web pages.

 

I already have a mid tower case, keyboard, mouse and speakers.

[SimpleG]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($64.99 @ NCIX US) 

Motherboard: MSI H81M-E33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($45.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Memory: Crucial 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($29.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($104.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Power Supply: Corsair Builder 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($34.99 @ Newegg) 

Total: $280.95

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-24 10:31 EST-0500

 

Something like this?

[Wtalk2]

Thoughts??

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i3-4150 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($104.88 @ OutletPC) 

Motherboard: ASRock H97M Anniversary Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($66.98 @ OutletPC) 

Memory: G.Skill Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($61.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($48.88 @ OutletPC) 

Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($24.99 @ Newegg) 

Total: $307.72

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-24 10:34 EST-0500

[c0d0ps]

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($64.99 @ NCIX US) 

Motherboard: MSI H81M-E33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($45.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Memory: Crucial 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($29.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($104.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Power Supply: Corsair Builder 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($34.99 @ Newegg) 

Total: $280.95

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-24 10:31 EST-0500

 

Something like this?

 

I would rather get 500w psu and 6-8 gb ram.

[Tedster]

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($64.99 @ NCIX US) 

Motherboard: MSI H81M-E33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($45.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Memory: Crucial 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($29.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($104.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Power Supply: Corsair Builder 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($34.99 @ Newegg) 

Total: $280.95

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-24 10:31 EST-0500

 

Something like this?

 

Looks good - but that PSU's far overkill. But then that's ridiculously cheap.

 

@DeadZed Do you need a screen too?

[c0d0ps]

 

Thoughts??

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i3-4150 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($104.88 @ OutletPC) 

Motherboard: ASRock H97M Anniversary Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($66.98 @ OutletPC) 

Memory: G.Skill Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($61.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($48.88 @ OutletPC) 

Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($24.99 @ Newegg) 

Total: $307.72

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-24 10:34 EST-0500

 

Looks pretty good.

[Tedster]

Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($24.99 @ Newegg) 

Why are the builder series PSUs so expensive in the UK compared to the US?!

 

[SimpleG]

Why are the builder series PSUs so expensive in the UK compared to the US?!

 

*here was a pic*

[thekeemo]

No amd cpus?

[c0d0ps]

No amd cpus?

For only gaming or only browsing + designing web pages he won't benefit much from amd but idk.

 

It seems like amd is slowly but surely dying out.

They need to release new (fx) processors instead of a bunch of apu's but since they are more focused on the apu's that won't happen.

Also to get the most out of amd cpu's you should overclock them but parents usually don't know how do that or want to do it.

So a locked intel processor will fit pretty good with that.

[DeadZed]

Looks good - but that PSU's far overkill. But then that's ridiculously cheap.

 

@DeadZed Do you need a screen too?

Yes, forgot to mention it. A 19" monitor would be great.

 

Also, I'm not interested in an SSD for this particular build. A good 500GB hard drive would suffice.

[thekeemo]

For only gaming or only browsing + designing web pages he won't benefit much frmd but idk.

 

It seems like amd is slowly but surely dying out.

They need to release new (fx) processors instead of a bunch of apu's but since they are more focused on the apu's that won't happen.

Also to get the most out of amd cpu's you should overclock them but parents usually don't know how do that or want to do it.

So a locked intel processor will fit pretty good with that.

jayz two cents has sadly told as that someone from inside and told him that there will be no more fx processors also more cores are good for multitasking and I'm guessing for web design