PC For My Mum

[lorenzertlmaier]

Hey guys,
As you can see in the title, my mum's getting a new Pc. Now it's your turn to tell me the components you'd use. It's gonna be importing music from CDs to iTunes and downloading some music. I thought about some b85-mainboard an i3 or something, there's no need for RAM seeing that I have 2 Sticks of 2 GB DDR3 lying around and there is an older AMD Card for that time around 150 bucks.
Can you suggest something? Should be pretty cheap. No need to spend a crap ton of money on that build lol

Edited May 4, 2015 by Glenwing
Caps lock removed from title

[Johannes_Lazor]

G3220 and a H81 motherboard, That would be everything needed, I doubt she will be using something that uses more than 2 threads.
 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Pentium G3220 3.0GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($52.98 @ NCIX US) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($41.98 @ Newegg) 

Total: $94.96

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-04 11:16 EDT-0400

[Cactu]

I would recommend a laptop for something like they, because if processing power isn't an issue. The portability will be nice

[incarnate]

an i3 and a b85 would be more than enough for basic use. i'd suggest the pentium but for the money that hyperthreading would be nice to have. you wouldn't even need a graphics card at all with that rig. the only reason to put one in would be to play games (not facebook games) so you don't even need to worry about that.

[Monkey Dust]

I would recommend a laptop for something like they, because if processing power isn't an issue. The portability will be nice

 

I second this, mothers generally would prefer something that only gets brought out when needed, rather than the sacred shrine to gaming that many of our desks are.

[brandishwar]

I would recommend a laptop for something like they, because if processing power isn't an issue. The portability will be nice

 

I join this recommendation as well. You can get a decent laptop for around $400 or less that'll do whatever she wants and still have plenty of storage space. No point in building a desktop when there are very suitable laptops available. Just take her to Best Buy, Wal-Mart, and a few other places, and have her look at what's available. You know what she needs and what she's going to be doing, so you can keep them from talking her up to something higher.

[Blackie Sheen]

I would recommend a laptop for something like they, because if processing power isn't an issue. The portability will be nice

 

I second this, mothers generally would prefer something that only gets brought out when needed, rather than the sacred shrine to gaming that many of our desks are.

 

I join this recommendation as well. You can get a decent laptop for around $400 or less that'll do whatever she wants and still have plenty of storage space. No point in building a desktop when there are very suitable laptops available. Just take her to Best Buy, Wal-Mart, and a few other places, and have her look at what's available. You know what she needs and what she's going to be doing, so you can keep them from talking her up to something higher.

Guys you need to remember that this option is still a lot more expensive than the soltuion he was going for. His solution would of cost him about 120$ without taxes

[Blackie Sheen]

Just get a pentium and a h81 motherboard or soemthing like that

[rtpb5642]

G3258 and H81 motherboard. Done.

[Rubenis]

G3258 and H81 motherboard. Done.

This, but get ITX, put in small case like Silverstone Sugo 05/06 and you have small, powerfull and upgradable PC fot your mum.

[lorenzertlmaier]

Thanks to you all guys! LTT still the best Forum haha