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Hi guys, I'm pricing up a potential build for my parents because their pc is six or seven years old and takes a good few minutes to boot into a useable state.  They want something that will be quiet and will do everything they need (word and excel, emails, photo viewing and browsing) much quicker than their current one.  Just wondering what you guys thing of the build, is the cpu a little overkill? Is there anywhere I can shave off some money? All prices are currently from amazon.

 

Intel i5 4590 Quad Core CPU (3.30GHz, Socket 1150) (£161)

Asus H97M-E Motherboard (£72)

Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600 Mhz CL9 (£54)

Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5-Inch Basic SATA Solid State Drive (£88)

Corsair Builder Series CXM 500W Modular 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX/EPS PSU (£53)

Fractal Design ARC Mini R2 (£68)

Samsung 24x Retail SATA DVD Writer (£13)

Windows 8.1 student offer (£50)

 

Total ~ £560

 

Many thanks

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@somePcNoob get an i3. what they will be doing doesn't warrant an i5 especially one that's considered a top tier i5

 

And you could also get an 850 evo but I don't know which one's going to be more expensive.

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have you tried throwing an SSD into the old PC? That could be an incredible upgrade, if the PC even uses sata.

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pentium g3258... they're not doing heavy programming, video editing, etc are they? :P 

#RIPTopGear  This is the best thread ever: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/53190-i-can-not-get-hard/ " French meetings are just people sitting in a semi-circle shouting at each other" -Dom Jolly  :lol:

My rig: 

   CPU: Pentium G3258 @ 4.5GHz | GPU: GTX 760 reference | PSU: Corsair RM750 | Cooler: Cooler Master Seidon 120V | Motherboard: Gigabyte B85M D3H | Case: NZXT S340 White | RAM: 8GB EVO Potenza @ 1600MHz | Storage: 3TB Seagate HDD, 60GB OCZ SSD, 620GB Toshiba HDD | Mouse: Steelseries Rival @1000 CPi |  OS: Windows 10 Pro | Phone: iPhone 6S 16GB  
http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/439354-why-nvidia/
 
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Hi guys, I'm pricing up a potential build for my parents because their pc is six or seven years old and takes a good few minutes to boot into a useable state.  They want something that will be quiet and will do everything they need (word and excel, emails, photo viewing and browsing) much quicker than their current one.  Just wondering what you guys thing of the build, is the cpu a little overkill? Is there anywhere I can shave off some money? All prices are currently from amazon.

Follow your topics :P

#RIPTopGear  This is the best thread ever: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/53190-i-can-not-get-hard/ " French meetings are just people sitting in a semi-circle shouting at each other" -Dom Jolly  :lol:

My rig: 

   CPU: Pentium G3258 @ 4.5GHz | GPU: GTX 760 reference | PSU: Corsair RM750 | Cooler: Cooler Master Seidon 120V | Motherboard: Gigabyte B85M D3H | Case: NZXT S340 White | RAM: 8GB EVO Potenza @ 1600MHz | Storage: 3TB Seagate HDD, 60GB OCZ SSD, 620GB Toshiba HDD | Mouse: Steelseries Rival @1000 CPi |  OS: Windows 10 Pro | Phone: iPhone 6S 16GB  
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CPU: Intel Core i3-4150 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor  (£84.12 @ Aria PC) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97N-WIFI Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£97.20 @ Kustom PCs) 

Memory: Kingston Savage 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£49.34 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£86.70 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Case: Cooler Master Elite 110 Mini ITX Tower Case  (£39.58 @ Amazon UK) 

Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£40.25 @ Aria PC) 

Total: £397.19

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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Indonesia

CPU: i5-4690 | Motherboard: MSI B85-G43 | Memory: Corsair Vengeance 2x4GB | Power Supply: Corsair CX500 | Video Card: MSI GTX 970

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Video Card: GIGABYTE - RX 580 8GB | Case: Corsair - 100R ATX Mid Tower | Power Supply: Avolv 550W 80+ Gold

 

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