Parents new PC

[Addison]

I'm starting to look for parts for a new computer I will be building for my parents, all it needs to do is run office and be able to surf the internet and some HD video playback. The budget is $400

What's your recommendation?

[cfair766]

This ones tuff, heres exact linus videos!

[SinisterHumanoid]

 

This is my very barebones PC, you could go with windows 7 rather than 8.1, and this is also a ""gaming"" computer, not really strong or anything and is a few years old. But I think it's around your budget, only reaches 50% load on CPU and GPU while browsing with a few tabs open and a couple various smaller programs running

[aSpoink]

I'm starting to look for parts for a new computer I will be building for my parents, all it needs to do is run office and be able to surf the internet and some HD video playback. The budget is $400

What's your recommendation?

Something like this would be a good start.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: AMD A6-7400K 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($57.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Motherboard: Asus A68HM-K Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($37.88 @ OutletPC) 

Memory: PNY Anarchy 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($34.99 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($87.89 @ OutletPC) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.98 @ OutletPC) 

Case: NZXT Source 210 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($34.99 @ Directron) 

Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($39.99 @ Newegg) 

Total: $343.71

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-18 22:49 EST-0500

 

Before people start complaining about the psu, its for an office build, you could obviously get a better one, but wanted to keep it as cheap as possible.  

[HKZeroFive]

Cheap APU build in a compact HTPC case:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: AMD A10-7700K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($116.98 @ Newegg) 

Motherboard: MSI A68HI AC Mini ITX FM2+ Motherboard  ($81.98 @ Newegg) 

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($29.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Sandisk SSD PLUS 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($44.99 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.98 @ OutletPC) 

Case: Silverstone ML03B HTPC Case  ($59.99 @ Amazon) 

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($38.98 @ Newegg) 

Total: $407.89

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-18 22:52 EST-0500

[The_Stig]

I'm starting to look for parts for a new computer I will be building for my parents, all it needs to do is run office and be able to surf the internet and some HD video playback. The budget is $400

What's your recommendation?

i3+8gb RAM+ 1tb hdd or 250gb SSD+ no GPU+ decent case+ Cheapest SeaSonic,Superflower or XFX powersupply.

 

You dont need a GPU for you parents, they dont play Crysis or xXxmlgqwikskop3xXx

[Maximoose]

I based this off of one thing, 4-5 star parts.

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/wJWT6h

[The_Stig]

I'm starting to look for parts for a new computer I will be building for my parents, all it needs to do is run office and be able to surf the internet and some HD video playback. The budget is $400

What's your recommendation?

i3,good motherboard, smaller case (micro-atx), 500gb of storage for whatever, a good, quality power supply.etc

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i3-4130 3.4GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($109.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($45.89 @ OutletPC) 

Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($29.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($42.90 @ Amazon) 

Case: Silverstone PS08B (Black) MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($34.99 @ Amazon) 

Power Supply: SeaSonic 350W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($42.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit)  ($89.99 @ NCIX US) 

Total: $396.74

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-18 23:22 EST-0500