Building a PC for Uncle

[chris76816]

Hey Everyone, I am building a PC for my uncle who is 65 years old. He liked the Fractal Design Core 500 case so I have chosen that for him. He will not be doing any video editing or gaming at all and will be only browsing, however he wants it to last a while. I don't want to put two drives otherwise that will likely confuse him and that is why I opted for a single 850 evo 500gb SSD. Can you tell me if you think I should put less ram or if I could improve anything. Thanks

 

https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/7Vzdd6

[RadiatingLight]

Power supply is way overpriced for 450W

Other than that. it's good.

 

keep in mind that no matter how fast the hardware, a clean install of windows every few years does wonders to a PC.

[chris76816]

1 minute ago, RadiatingLight said:

Power supply is way overpriced for 450W

Other than that. it's good.

 

keep in mind that no matter how fast the hardware, a clean install of windows every few years does wonders to a PC.

I think the power supply's overpriced as well but at the place we are buying it from at Mwave Australia, anything cheaper looked super dodgy. Hes coming from an ancient core 2 duo

[ItsTheDuckAgain]

Like the others already mentioned, the PSU is sort of expensive. Other than that it looks good to me.

 

ProTip: Don't give him the admin password / Install Teamviewer / install adblocker / replace the chrome icon with that blue E thing / set youporn as standard homepage so he doesn't need to browse the web for even fishier sides... :-)

[m0k]

honestly an i3+8gb ram+SSD will be flying for a long time.

[dizmo]

I get that you want it to be a decent system, but honestly he probably won't notice the difference between an i5 and a G4400.

Also, there's no real need for more than 4GB of RAM.

I'd also get a cheaper SSD. No need for the 850 EVO.

[chris76816]

17 minutes ago, mok said:

honestly an i3+8gb ram+SSD will be flying for a long time.

Do you think Intel Graphics 530 will be fine for him

 

[chris76816]

18 minutes ago, dizmo said:

I get that you want it to be a decent system, but honestly he probably won't notice the difference between an i5 and a G4400.

Also, there's no real need for more than 4GB of RAM.

I'd also get a cheaper SSD. No need for the 850 EVO.

Like the 750 EVO, will that be as fast as the 850 even with that being his main and only drive.

[chris76816]

20 minutes ago, ItsTheDuckAgain said:

Like the others already mentioned, the PSU is sort of expensive. Other than that it looks good to me.

 

ProTip: Don't give him the admin password / Install Teamviewer / install adblocker / replace the chrome icon with that blue E thing / set youporn as standard homepage so he doesn't need to browse the web for even fishier sides... :-)

Is their a way to put no admin password on windows 10

[chris76816]

20 minutes ago, dizmo said:

I get that you want it to be a decent system, but honestly he probably won't notice the difference between an i5 and a G4400.

Also, there's no real need for more than 4GB of RAM.

I'd also get a cheaper SSD. No need for the 850 EVO.

 

20 minutes ago, mok said:

honestly an i3+8gb ram+SSD will be flying for a long time.

Do you also think I could get away with an i5 6400

[ItsTheDuckAgain]

3 minutes ago, chris76816 said:

Is their a way to put no admin password on windows 10

by a default install you can leave the admin pw blank and the first user registered to the system will be admin without password protection.

which is a great idea, if your uncle got a nice aunt who makes fantastic cake that you like, because you will be there every other day to eat said cake while fixing the pc :-)

 

2 minutes ago, chris76816 said:

 

Do you also think I could get away with an i5 6400

yep, totally, sounds like a browser only machine anyway, so that one will do, actually it will be overkill, but will be able to run chrome in 5 years from now (most likely :-))

[chris76816]

2 minutes ago, ItsTheDuckAgain said:

by a default install you can leave the admin pw blank and the first user registered to the system will be admin without password protection.

which is a great idea, if your uncle got a nice aunt who makes fantastic cake that you like, because you will be there every other day to eat said cake while fixing the pc :-)

 

yep, totally, sounds like a browser only machine anyway, so that one will do, actually it will be overkill, but will be able to run chrome in 5 years from now (most likely :-))

Ok Cool, will it be able to handle microsoft applications with only 8 gb ram

[ItsTheDuckAgain]

4 minutes ago, chris76816 said:

Ok Cool, will it be able to handle microsoft applications with only 8 gb ram

yep it will run word / excel and other office programs without issues. 8GB Ram will only be needed for browsing when using chrome :-)

8GB RAM is more than enough these days for the normal office / browser machine.

[chris76816]

2 minutes ago, ItsTheDuckAgain said:

yep it will run word / excel and other office programs without issues. 8GB Ram will only be needed for browsing when using chrome :-)

8GB RAM is more than enough these days for the normal office / browser machine.

Thanks for your help!

[Daniel Z.]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G4400 3.3GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($78.00 @ Shopping Express) 
Motherboard: ASRock H170M-ITX/ac Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($154.00 @ Skycomp Technology) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws 4 series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($56.00 @ Umart) 
Storage: Crucial MX300 525GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($169.00 @ Shopping Express) 
Case: Fractal Design Core 500 Mini ITX Desktop Case  ($89.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Power Supply: Corsair 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($65.00 @ IJK) 
Total: $611.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-12-05 18:05 AEDT+1100

[Daniel Z.]

A more sensible build. If you really want an i5 in it thats fine.

[chris76816]

6 minutes ago, Daniel Z. said:

A more sensible build. If you really want an i5 in it thats fine.

Ok Cool, thanks for your help. I think im gonna go with an i5 6400 and 8gb ram

[Daniel Z.]

Ok.  

[m0k]

11 hours ago, chris76816 said:

Do you think Intel Graphics 530 will be fine for him

 

yes you can easily watch 1080p videos with just the processor and the igpu

[dizmo]

16 hours ago, chris76816 said:

Do you think Intel Graphics 530 will be fine for him

 

Way more than enough. To put it into context, I have a much, much weaker iGPU and I easily run Diablo 3 and other games.

16 hours ago, chris76816 said:

Like the 750 EVO, will that be as fast as the 850 even with that being his main and only drive.

You can get away with something like a PS1211, or SP550 from Adata. You don't need a Samsung. The difference will not be noticed.

16 hours ago, chris76816 said:

Ok Cool, will it be able to handle microsoft applications with only 8 gb ram

I have 4GB of RAM and I always have around 50 tabs open.

So no, you don't need 8GB of RAM. This isn't likely to change any time soon.

15 hours ago, Daniel Z. said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G4400 3.3GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($78.00 @ Shopping Express) 
Motherboard: ASRock H170M-ITX/ac Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($154.00 @ Skycomp Technology) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws 4 series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($56.00 @ Umart) 
Storage: Crucial MX300 525GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($169.00 @ Shopping Express) 
Case: Fractal Design Core 500 Mini ITX Desktop Case  ($89.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Power Supply: Corsair 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($65.00 @ IJK) 
Total: $611.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-12-05 18:05 AEDT+1100

That is drastically overkill.

You don't need a motherboard anywhere near that expensive, and that SSD has way, way more space than needed.

 

[chris76816]

2 hours ago, dizmo said:

Way more than enough. To put it into context, I have a much, much weaker iGPU and I easily run Diablo 3 and other games.

You can get away with something like a PS1211, or SP550 from Adata. You don't need a Samsung. The difference will not be noticed.

I have 4GB of RAM and I always have around 50 tabs open.

So no, you don't need 8GB of RAM. This isn't likely to change any time soon.

That is drastically overkill.

You don't need a motherboard anywhere near that expensive, and that SSD has way, way more space than needed.

 

He's a lawyer though and price isn't really an issue. He just wants it to be really fast.

[dizmo]

1 hour ago, chris76816 said:

He's a lawyer though and price isn't really an issue. He just wants it to be really fast.

Spending more won't make it faster. The tasks you've listed don't require anything more than a basic processor.

It's like living in a dense city and driving a car with a 500hp engine. Sure, you could go fast, but you'll never use it.