500$ build

[Buuzze]

Hey guys! My gf has some bad laptop she's using right now and she asked me to put together a build for her to replace the laptop.

 

She's no gamer at all, she only needs it for schoolwork and from time to time using PhotoScape. She's like linus: 20 tabs open at a time, she needs some power for that! She watches a lot of movies and series so she will need some storage for that.

I don't know if i should put a ssd in this build just for the OS, what do you guys think? I'm looking for around 450 euro (500$). We live in Belgium.

[Sam Z Man]

Definitely put the OS on a SSD, makes noon techies assume there processor costs as much as the US national dept.

[J.B.]

Is she looking for a laptop or desktop PC to replace it?

[Buuzze]

Is she looking for a laptop or desktop PC to replace it?

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[Buuzze]

So i'm looking for some components to work with here

[IanDrexP]

 

Hey guys! My gf has some bad laptop she's using right now and she asked me to put together a build for her to replace the laptop.

 

She's no gamer at all, she only needs it for schoolwork and from time to time using PhotoScape. She's like linus: 20 tabs open at a time, she needs some power for that! She watches a lot of movies and series so she will need some storage for that.

I don't know if i should put a ssd in this build just for the OS, what do you guys think? I'm looking for around 450 euro (500$). We live in Belgium.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  (€71.90 @ Caseking) 

Motherboard: ASRock H81M-DGS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (€46.83 @ Home of Hardware DE) 

Memory: Mushkin Silverline 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (€60.04 @ Amazon Deutschland) 

Storage: Mushkin Chronos 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (€98.82 @ Amazon Deutschland) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (€55.93 @ Amazon Deutschland) 

Video Card: Zotac GeForce GT 730 1GB Video Card  (€58.66 @ Amazon Deutschland) 

Case: Zalman ZM-T4 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (€31.20 @ Amazon Deutschland) 

Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (€57.89 @ Pixmania DE) 

Total: €481.27

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-26 16:25 CEST+0200

 

This should be AMAZING for your girlfriend! Lots of FAST SSD storage + MASS storage, lots of RAM (GC tabs LOL), GPU that can handle big high-res displays (Watch movies on the TV?) and MORE! Hehehe