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MachoCyclone
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I recently talked to my mom on the phone and the main thing she talk about was how slow her computer was. I know she got it in 2010 and last time I visited about six months ago, it was in pretty rough shape. It's still running Vista. Ah, the joys of being the most tech person in the family. Both mine and the wife's.

 

So, I decided to build my mom a new computer for Christmas. She don't do much besides Facebook, Facebook games, browsing, and YouTube.

 

Any suggestions on the build I put together? I don't feel the video card is needed, but figured it couldn't hurt if she decides to hook it up to the tv. The SSD and HD I already had on hand.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($110.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: ASRock H170M-ITX/ac Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($97.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($37.99 @ Adorama) 
Storage: Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Storage: Samsung Spinpoint M9T 2TB 2.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Superclocked Video Card  ($79.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Fractal Design Node 202 HTPC Case  ($79.99 @ NCIX US) 
Power Supply: Silverstone 300W 80+ Bronze Certified SFX Power Supply  ($48.49 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $455.43
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-10 23:23 EDT-0400

 

 

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seams overkill

Good luck, Have fun, Build PC, and have a Wii and PS2 as your only consoles.

NightHawk 3.0: R7 5700x @, B550A vision D, H105, 2x32gb Oloy 3600, Asrock RX9070xt Steel Legends, Corsair RM750X, 500gb 850 evo, 2tb rocket and 5tb Toshiba x300, 3x 6TB WD Black W10 all in a Obsidian 750D airflow.
GF PC: (NightHawk 2.0): R7 2700x, B450m vision D, 4x8gb Geli 2933, Sapphire RX 6700XT  Nitro+, CX650M RGB, Obsidian 350D

Skunkworks: R5 3500U, 16gb, 500gb 860 evo, Vega 8. HP probook G455R G6 Ubuntu 20. LTS

Condor (MC server): 6600K, z170m plus, 16gb corsair vengeance LPX, samsung 750 evo, EVGA BR 450.

Spirt  (NAS) ASUS Z9PR-D12, 2x E5 2620V2, 8x4gb, 24 3tb HDD. F80 800gb cache, trueNAS, 2x12disk raid Z3 stripped

HP probook 445R G6 review

 

"Stupidity is like trying to find a limit of a constant. You are never truly smart in something, just less stupid."

Camera Gear: X-S10, 16-80 F4, 35mm F1.4, Helios 44

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seems good, although you might need to get a bit more wattage on the PSU.

Ryzen 5 3600 stock | 2x16GB C13 3200MHz (AFR) | GTX 760 (Sold the VII)| ASUS Prime X570-P | 6TB WD Gold (128MB Cache, 2017)

Samsung 850 EVO 240 GB 

138 is a good number.

 

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Looks good a psu is fine

 

Rigs I've Built

The Striker i5 4590 @ 3.7 ||  MSI GTX 980 Armor X2 || Corsair RMX 750 || Team Elite Plus 8 GB || Define S || MSI Z97S SLI Krait

The Office PC i3 4160 @ 3.6 || Intel 4600 || EVGA 500B || G.Skill 8 GB || Cooler Master N200 || ASRock H97M Pro4

The Friend PC G3258 @ 4.3 || Sapphire R9 280X Tri-X || EVGA 600B || 8 GB Dell Ram || Cooler Master N200 || ASRock H97M- iTX/ac

The Mom Gaming PC A10-7890K @ 4.4 || iGPU + ASUS R7 250 ||  8 GB Klevv DDR3-2800 Mhz

 

 

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http://pcpartpicker.com/list/N32xcc

Good luck, Have fun, Build PC, and have a Wii and PS2 as your only consoles.

NightHawk 3.0: R7 5700x @, B550A vision D, H105, 2x32gb Oloy 3600, Asrock RX9070xt Steel Legends, Corsair RM750X, 500gb 850 evo, 2tb rocket and 5tb Toshiba x300, 3x 6TB WD Black W10 all in a Obsidian 750D airflow.
GF PC: (NightHawk 2.0): R7 2700x, B450m vision D, 4x8gb Geli 2933, Sapphire RX 6700XT  Nitro+, CX650M RGB, Obsidian 350D

Skunkworks: R5 3500U, 16gb, 500gb 860 evo, Vega 8. HP probook G455R G6 Ubuntu 20. LTS

Condor (MC server): 6600K, z170m plus, 16gb corsair vengeance LPX, samsung 750 evo, EVGA BR 450.

Spirt  (NAS) ASUS Z9PR-D12, 2x E5 2620V2, 8x4gb, 24 3tb HDD. F80 800gb cache, trueNAS, 2x12disk raid Z3 stripped

HP probook 445R G6 review

 

"Stupidity is like trying to find a limit of a constant. You are never truly smart in something, just less stupid."

Camera Gear: X-S10, 16-80 F4, 35mm F1.4, Helios 44

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6 minutes ago, itsmyjobtoknow said:

The integrated GPU should be fine, no need for a 750 Ti..

Kinda figured as much, but I've never used the integrated GPU before on a CPU and don't know how they perform. So ditching the GPU.

10 minutes ago, GDRRiley said:

seams overkill

I know it is, but this is meant to be the last computer she will need. Minus little things like HD failure.

5 minutes ago, GDRRiley said:

http://pcpartpicker.com/list/N32xcc

I thought about AMD, but have no experience with their CPUS. 

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Just now, MachoCyclone said:

 

Kinda figured as much, but I've never used the integrated GPU before on a CPU and don't know how they perform. So ditching the GPU.

I know it is, but this is meant to be the last computer she will need. Minus little things like HD failure.

I thought about AMD, but have no experience with their CPUS. 

that CPU is very good for lower power systems if you don't need the hard drive you power should be fine but otherwise you are pushing it

Good luck, Have fun, Build PC, and have a Wii and PS2 as your only consoles.

NightHawk 3.0: R7 5700x @, B550A vision D, H105, 2x32gb Oloy 3600, Asrock RX9070xt Steel Legends, Corsair RM750X, 500gb 850 evo, 2tb rocket and 5tb Toshiba x300, 3x 6TB WD Black W10 all in a Obsidian 750D airflow.
GF PC: (NightHawk 2.0): R7 2700x, B450m vision D, 4x8gb Geli 2933, Sapphire RX 6700XT  Nitro+, CX650M RGB, Obsidian 350D

Skunkworks: R5 3500U, 16gb, 500gb 860 evo, Vega 8. HP probook G455R G6 Ubuntu 20. LTS

Condor (MC server): 6600K, z170m plus, 16gb corsair vengeance LPX, samsung 750 evo, EVGA BR 450.

Spirt  (NAS) ASUS Z9PR-D12, 2x E5 2620V2, 8x4gb, 24 3tb HDD. F80 800gb cache, trueNAS, 2x12disk raid Z3 stripped

HP probook 445R G6 review

 

"Stupidity is like trying to find a limit of a constant. You are never truly smart in something, just less stupid."

Camera Gear: X-S10, 16-80 F4, 35mm F1.4, Helios 44

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1 minute ago, GDRRiley said:

that CPU is very good for lower power systems if you don't need the hard drive you power should be fine but otherwise you are pushing it

Yeah, the HD is needed. She has a bunch of pictures and family videos stored on it. I'm trying to convince her to let me store them to the cloud, but she watched to much tv on how people's pictures where hacked a while back and absolutely refuses to let me store them to the cloud. 

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Just now, MachoCyclone said:

Yeah, the HD is needed. She has a bunch of pictures and family videos stored on it. I'm trying to convince her to let me store them to the cloud, but she watched to much tv on how people's pictures where hacked a while back and absolutely refuses to let me store them to the cloud. 

turn her old PC into a NAS

Good luck, Have fun, Build PC, and have a Wii and PS2 as your only consoles.

NightHawk 3.0: R7 5700x @, B550A vision D, H105, 2x32gb Oloy 3600, Asrock RX9070xt Steel Legends, Corsair RM750X, 500gb 850 evo, 2tb rocket and 5tb Toshiba x300, 3x 6TB WD Black W10 all in a Obsidian 750D airflow.
GF PC: (NightHawk 2.0): R7 2700x, B450m vision D, 4x8gb Geli 2933, Sapphire RX 6700XT  Nitro+, CX650M RGB, Obsidian 350D

Skunkworks: R5 3500U, 16gb, 500gb 860 evo, Vega 8. HP probook G455R G6 Ubuntu 20. LTS

Condor (MC server): 6600K, z170m plus, 16gb corsair vengeance LPX, samsung 750 evo, EVGA BR 450.

Spirt  (NAS) ASUS Z9PR-D12, 2x E5 2620V2, 8x4gb, 24 3tb HDD. F80 800gb cache, trueNAS, 2x12disk raid Z3 stripped

HP probook 445R G6 review

 

"Stupidity is like trying to find a limit of a constant. You are never truly smart in something, just less stupid."

Camera Gear: X-S10, 16-80 F4, 35mm F1.4, Helios 44

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7 minutes ago, MachoCyclone said:

 

Kinda figured as much, but I've never used the integrated GPU before on a CPU and don't know how they perform. So ditching the GPU.

 

Intel HD530 is very good. I can play Arma 3 low settings 900p at 40FPS,  Skyrim High 60fps, CSGO high 60fps

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

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1 minute ago, TheSuspenceful said:

I say ditch the 2TB HDD. A 120GB SSD alone should be plenty. Also downgrade the RAM. 4GB of RAM would be more than enough.

 

It's an extra HD I have laying around with no use for as I have moved my home PC and laptop over to SSDs. Just giving the HD a new home.

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