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nah, he doesn't know anything about computers, it doesn't matter, save some money.

Ok, then I'd go for that! Nice build :)

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Hi all,

 

My Dad has a 7 year old HP potato, you can hear the hard drive in the next room and it has DDR2 ram. Still, it launches chrome in 3 seconds, and plays CS:GO at 40fps. However, it is so loud and hot, that I want to treat my Dad with a nice, new PC for emails, word processing, and web browsing only, as that is all he does. His main wants in a PC are for it to be small, quiet and allow him to opens a 10 windows at once, no gaming. OS: Cheap windows 7 (I'll find it somewhere :D) How is this?

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£149.99 @ Novatech) 
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Alpine 11 Pro Rev. 2 36.7 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler  (£7.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Thermal Compound: ARCTIC MX4 4g Thermal Paste  (£3.95 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: Asus H81I-PLUS Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£54.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£23.49 @ Ebuyer) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£67.98 @ Novatech) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£39.95 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: Thermaltake Core V1 Mini ITX Tower Case  (£34.46 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£44.49 @ Dabs) 
Software: Microsoft Office Professional 2016 
Other: Mouse (£6.13)
Other: 16GB USB Stick (£4.98)
Other: USB Hub + 1 metre extension cable (£13.99)
Other: Ninite Installer (£0.00)
Total: £452.38
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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2 minutes ago, Rob.S said:

Hi all,

 

My Dad has a 7 year old HP potato, you can hear the hard drive in the next room and it has DDR2 ram. Still, it launches chrome in 3 seconds, and plays CS:GO at 40fps. However, it is so loud and hot, that I want to treat my Dad with a nice, new PC for emails, word processing, and web browsing only, as that is all he does. How is this?

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£149.99 @ Novatech) 
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Alpine 11 Pro Rev. 2 36.7 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler  (£7.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Thermal Compound: ARCTIC MX4 4g Thermal Paste  (£3.95 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: Asus H81I-PLUS Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£54.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£23.49 @ Ebuyer) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£67.98 @ Novatech) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£39.95 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: Thermaltake Core V1 Mini ITX Tower Case  (£34.46 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£44.49 @ Dabs) 
Software: Microsoft Office Professional 2016 
Other: Mouse (£6.13)
Other: 16GB USB Stick (£4.98)
Other: USB Hub + 1 metre extension cable (£13.99)
Other: Ninite Installer (£0.00)
Total: £452.38
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-31 12:49 BST+0100

That looks great! Maybe skylake though if your dad wants to upgrade?

He who asks is stupid for 5 minutes. He who does not ask, remains stupid. -Chinese proverb. 

Those who know much are aware that they know little. - Slick roasting me

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CPU- Intel i5-6500 GPU- EVGA 1060 6GB Motherboard- Gigabyte GA-H170-D3H RAM- 8GB HyperX DDR4-2133 PSU- EVGA GQ 650w HDD- OEM 750GB Seagate Case- NZXT S340 Mouse- Logitech Gaming g402 Keyboard-  Azio MGK1 Headset- HyperX Cloud Core

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3 minutes ago, Rob.S said:

Hi all,

 

My Dad has a 7 year old HP potato, you can hear the hard drive in the next room and it has DDR2 ram. Still, it launches chrome in 3 seconds, and plays CS:GO at 40fps. However, it is so loud and hot, that I want to treat my Dad with a nice, new PC for emails, word processing, and web browsing only, as that is all he does. How is this?

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£149.99 @ Novatech) 
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Alpine 11 Pro Rev. 2 36.7 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler  (£7.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Thermal Compound: ARCTIC MX4 4g Thermal Paste  (£3.95 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: Asus H81I-PLUS Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£54.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£23.49 @ Ebuyer) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£67.98 @ Novatech) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£39.95 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: Thermaltake Core V1 Mini ITX Tower Case  (£34.46 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£44.49 @ Dabs) 
Software: Microsoft Office Professional 2016 
Other: Mouse (£6.13)
Other: 16GB USB Stick (£4.98)
Other: USB Hub + 1 metre extension cable (£13.99)
Other: Ninite Installer (£0.00)
Total: £452.38
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Only office work? You´ll be fine, go I3 then though, save some $.

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That looks great! Maybe skylake though if your dad wants to upgrade?

nah, he doesn't know anything about computers, it doesn't matter, save some money. No gaming, no better intel hd graphics needed

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Just now, Rob.S said:

nah, he doesn't know anything about computers, it doesn't matter, save some money.

Ok, then I'd go for that! Nice build :)

He who asks is stupid for 5 minutes. He who does not ask, remains stupid. -Chinese proverb. 

Those who know much are aware that they know little. - Slick roasting me

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AXIOM

CPU- Intel i5-6500 GPU- EVGA 1060 6GB Motherboard- Gigabyte GA-H170-D3H RAM- 8GB HyperX DDR4-2133 PSU- EVGA GQ 650w HDD- OEM 750GB Seagate Case- NZXT S340 Mouse- Logitech Gaming g402 Keyboard-  Azio MGK1 Headset- HyperX Cloud Core

Offical first poster LTT V2.0

 

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Just now, Starelementpoke said:

Only office work? You´ll be fine, go I3 then though, save some $.

thanks! But he does want to multitask heavily, and the strongest i3 is only £10 cheaper than the i5 here in the uk

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Just now, Clanscorpia said:

Ok, then I'd go for that! Nice build :)

yay! Now lets wait 6 months till the summer holidays... when I might be allowed to :D

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How's this?

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD A8-7600 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£64.38 @ More Computers)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A68HM-DS2H Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£36.98 @ Novatech)
Case: Xion XON-310_BK MicroATX Mid Tower Case
Power Supply: Antec Basiq 350W ATX Power Supply
Total: £101.36
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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The problem is that this is an nVidia product and scoring any nVidia product a "zero" is also highly predictive of the number of nVidia products the reviewer will receive for review in the future.

On 2015-01-28 at 5:24 PM, Victorious Secret said:

Only yours, you don't shitpost on the same level that we can, mainly because this thread is finally dead and should be locked.

On 2016-06-07 at 11:25 PM, patrickjp93 said:

I wasn't wrong. It's extremely rare that I am. I provided sources as well. Different devs can disagree. Further, we now have confirmed discrepancy from Twitter about he use of the pre-release 1080 driver in AMD's demo despite the release 1080 driver having been out a week prior.

On 2016-09-10 at 4:32 PM, Hikaru12 said:

You apparently haven't seen his responses to questions on YouTube. He is very condescending and aggressive in his comments with which there is little justification. He acts totally different in his videos. I don't necessarily care for this content style and there is nothing really unique about him or his channel. His endless dick jokes and toilet humor are annoying as well.

 

 

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2 minutes ago, Shahnewaz said:

How's this?

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD A8-7600 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£64.38 @ More Computers)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A68HM-DS2H Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£36.98 @ Novatech)
Case: Xion XON-310_BK MicroATX Mid Tower Case
Power Supply: Antec Basiq 350W ATX Power Supply
Total: £101.36
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-31 13:16 BST+0100

4 things have no prices

He who asks is stupid for 5 minutes. He who does not ask, remains stupid. -Chinese proverb. 

Those who know much are aware that they know little. - Slick roasting me

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AXIOM

CPU- Intel i5-6500 GPU- EVGA 1060 6GB Motherboard- Gigabyte GA-H170-D3H RAM- 8GB HyperX DDR4-2133 PSU- EVGA GQ 650w HDD- OEM 750GB Seagate Case- NZXT S340 Mouse- Logitech Gaming g402 Keyboard-  Azio MGK1 Headset- HyperX Cloud Core

Offical first poster LTT V2.0

 

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How's this?

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD A8-7600 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£64.38 @ More Computers)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A68HM-DS2H Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£36.98 @ Novatech)
Case: Xion XON-310_BK MicroATX Mid Tower Case
Power Supply: Antec Basiq 350W ATX Power Supply
Total: £101.36
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-31 13:16 BST+0100

thanks for the effort! Sorry I didn't say in my post but I ave to have it mini itx, and an old amd apu with stock cooler doesn't seem too good for me :/ RAM seems nice, not sure about psu or case, but the hdd must be 1TB. I think I will stick with my current plan :D but it is really nice when someone takes the time to make a part list, thanks :D

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17 minutes ago, Clanscorpia said:

4 things have no prices

Oops.

Let me fix it.

16 minutes ago, Rob.S said:

thanks for the effort! Sorry I didn't say in my post but I ave to have it mini itx, and an old amd apu with stock cooler doesn't seem too good for me :/ RAM seems nice, not sure about psu or case, but the hdd must be 1TB. I think I will stick with my current plan :D but it is really nice when someone takes the time to make a part list, thanks :D

No problem. Just to make it clear, it's not really old, and I generally recommend this build as a poor man's CS:GO box. But it's more than enough for general office work.

 

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD A8-7600 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£64.38 @ More Computers)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XN-WIFI Mini ITX FM2+ Motherboard  (£77.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory  (£39.48 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£39.95 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Cooler Master Elite 110 Mini ITX Tower Case  (£38.49 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: EVGA 430W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  (£26.99 @ Novatech)
Total: £287.28
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-31 13:35 BST+0100

 

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The problem is that this is an nVidia product and scoring any nVidia product a "zero" is also highly predictive of the number of nVidia products the reviewer will receive for review in the future.

On 2015-01-28 at 5:24 PM, Victorious Secret said:

Only yours, you don't shitpost on the same level that we can, mainly because this thread is finally dead and should be locked.

On 2016-06-07 at 11:25 PM, patrickjp93 said:

I wasn't wrong. It's extremely rare that I am. I provided sources as well. Different devs can disagree. Further, we now have confirmed discrepancy from Twitter about he use of the pre-release 1080 driver in AMD's demo despite the release 1080 driver having been out a week prior.

On 2016-09-10 at 4:32 PM, Hikaru12 said:

You apparently haven't seen his responses to questions on YouTube. He is very condescending and aggressive in his comments with which there is little justification. He acts totally different in his videos. I don't necessarily care for this content style and there is nothing really unique about him or his channel. His endless dick jokes and toilet humor are annoying as well.

 

 

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1 hour ago, Shahnewaz said:

Oops.

Let me fix it.

No problem. Just to make it clear, it's not really old, and I generally recommend this build as a poor man's CS:GO box. But it's more than enough for general office work.

 

Fixed list:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD A8-7600 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£64.38 @ More Computers)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XN-WIFI Mini ITX FM2+ Motherboard  (£77.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory  (£39.48 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£39.95 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Cooler Master Elite 110 Mini ITX Tower Case  (£38.49 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: EVGA 430W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  (£26.99 @ Novatech)
Total: £287.28
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-31 13:35 BST+0100

 

Thanks!

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