pc for small jobs

[steelbull54]

I am trying to find a small cheap PC for my sis to do power point and word processing and light browsing on and was hoping to find some suggestions to save money.

Budget: $400 usd

 

AIM: web browsing power point and word

 

no monitors or peripherals needed

 

and im upgrading because her current computer is still running windows vista its time for change

 

any help or ideas will be appreciated im willing to build the pc from scratch but if there is a comparable pre built that will work to i have had trouble finding good ones for $400 or less

[TheRandomness]

If she ever decides to game:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD A8-7600 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($67.81 @ B&H) 
Motherboard: ASRock A68M-ITX Mini ITX FM2+ Motherboard  ($63.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: Klevv Neo 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($27.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($47.49 @ OutletPC) 
Case: Silverstone Sugo SG13B-Q Mini ITX Tower Case  ($42.98 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Antec EarthWatts Green 380W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($42.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $293.25
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-07-22 13:23 EDT-0400

 

If she doesn't:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G4400 3.3GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($58.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: ASRock H110M-ITX/ac Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($67.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: Crucial 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($15.98 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($47.49 @ OutletPC) 
Case: Silverstone Sugo SG13B-Q Mini ITX Tower Case  ($42.98 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Antec EarthWatts Green 380W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($42.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $276.42
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-07-22 13:25 EDT-0400

[Zyndo]

In that pricepoint, and for that workload, you are probably best off with a prebuilt computer. This is a 300 dollar computer, nearly 400 with windows. Buying smart from a store, or getting a prebuilt on sale, could potentially yield a better computer than this. However this computer will be able to do well the things she wants to do on it. She will not be able to play any fancy video games with it though.

http://pcpartpicker.com/list/PkfKBP

[Alice in game]

Well, a full build shoud be easily done, especially if you are upgrading. Depending on what you start with, you can probably keep the case and dvd player (if sata), you might want to keep HDD and maybe able to keep RAM an PSU (ram if at least DDR 3 and PSU if it's not incompatible). You should keep the components you already have, or else it's a waste of money.

 

I got the exact same idea as Zyndo for parts. That would be pretty good for what is needed.

[swordsman247]

27 minutes ago, steelbull54 said:

I am trying to find a small cheap PC for my sis to do power point and word processing and light browsing on and was hoping to find some suggestions to save money.

Budget: $400 usd

 

AIM: web browsing power point and word

 

no monitors or peripherals needed

 

and im upgrading because her current computer is still running windows vista its time for change

 

any help or ideas will be appreciated im willing to build the pc from scratch but if there is a comparable pre built that will work to i have had trouble finding good ones for $400 or less

Something like this would do well, a hdd could be added if more storage is needed.

http://pcpartpicker.com/list/MCr9JV

[antisleep]

If you have no problem buying OS from 3rd party sites...

 

Skylake i3 with 120GB SSD and Optical drive:

PCPartPicker part list

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($110.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: MSI H110M Pro-VD Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($55.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: Kingston FURY 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($33.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Storage: Sandisk Z400s 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($39.88 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($47.49 @ OutletPC) 
Case: Cougar Spike MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($33.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: EVGA 430W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($32.88 @ OutletPC) 
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer  ($16.88 @ OutletPC) 
Other: Windows 10 @Kinguin.net ($25.00) / https://youtu.be/yXTqz3Fd28M
Total: $397.09 / just 2 merchants for easier shipping