Good $350 Basic PC

[007agentHP]

Hello, my dad needs a basic $350 pc for email and excel and im trying to optimize it. he has storage, all we need is the tower. here's what i got so far

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: AMD A10-7870K 3.9GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($144.99 @ Directron) 

Motherboard: ASRock FM2A88M EXTREME4+ Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($58.98 @ Newegg) 

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2400 Memory  ($57.35 @ OutletPC) 

Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($43.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($37.99 @ NCIX US) 

Total: $343.30

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-22 17:48 EDT-0400

 

anyone can improve on this?

[SkywardKkalox]

Slap in an HDD/SSD and you are good to go. it will even handle some light gaming.

EDIT: Also RAM.

[Aniallation]

If he only has a regular HDD, this would be a better build

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($64.98 @ NCIX US) 

Motherboard: MSI H81M-E33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($44.99 @ Directron) 

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2400 Memory  ($57.35 @ OutletPC) 

Storage: Sandisk Ultra II 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($89.99 @ Amazon) 

Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($43.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($44.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Total: $346.29

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-22 17:53 EDT-0400

[Aniallation]

You're forgetting RAM.

EDIT: Also RAM.

 

 

??? I see 8GB

[techarmyhd]

Everything is decent and for i case i would recommend a

http://www.amazon.com/Rosewill-MicroATX-Tower-Computer-FBM-01/dp/B005LIDU5S/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1435010085&sr=8-5&keywords=pc+casefor bare minimum

or

http://www.amazon.com/Rosewill-Micro-ATX-Computer-12-5-Inch-LINE-M/dp/B00AAJ0ZGK/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1435010152&sr=8-2&keywords=rosewill+casefor $40

[SkywardKkalox]

-snip

01:00 AM, yeah gonna go to bed, I just can't see right.

[Aniallation]

Everything is decent and for i case i would recommend a

http://www.amazon.com/Rosewill-MicroATX-Tower-Computer-FBM-01/dp/B005LIDU5S/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1435010085&sr=8-5&keywords=pc+casefor bare minimum

or

http://www.amazon.com/Rosewill-Micro-ATX-Computer-12-5-Inch-LINE-M/dp/B00AAJ0ZGK/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1435010152&sr=8-2&keywords=rosewill+casefor $40

N200 is better then either of those Rosewills tbh... I have an N200 right next to me.

[techguru]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/8vJQ23

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($64.98 @ NCIX US) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper TX3 54.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($17.22 @ Amazon) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($55.75 @ OutletPC) 

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2400 Memory  ($57.35 @ OutletPC) 

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($71.89 @ OutletPC) 

Case: Corsair 100R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($37.99 @ Micro Center) 

Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($53.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Total: $359.17

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-22 18:16 EDT-0400