budget office PC for dad

[Ragingwasabi]

im building a desktop for my dad. he will be mostly web browsing, some word processing and youtubing but no gaming at all.

budget of about US$500.

id like the build to be lag free, so not completely cheaped out.

 

i found this build and would like some opinions on it, is it good?

original website: https://stickystatic.com/tech/cheap-desktop-computer-build

 

$109.67     Intel i3-6100 3.7Ghz

$53.99       GIGABYTE LGA1151 Intel H110 Micro ATX DDR4 Motherboard GA-H110M-A

$68.79       Kingston HyperX FURY Black 8GB Kit (2x4GB) 2133MHz DDR4 Non-ECC CL14 DIMM Desktop Memory (HX421C14FBK2/8)

$114.29     Samsung 750 EVO - 250GB - 2.5-Inch SATA III Internal SSD (MZ-750250BW)

$19.35       Rosewill Dual Fans MicroATX Mini Tower Computer Case FBM-01

$29.99       EVGA 400 N1, 400W, 2 Year Warranty, Power Supply 100-N1-0400-L1

$35.88        TP-Link Wireless Dual Band PCI Express Adapter (TL-WDN4800)

 

total: $431.96

[Herman Mcpootis]

13 minutes ago, Ragingwasabi said:

im building a desktop for my dad. he will be mostly web browsing, some word processing and youtubing but no gaming at all.

budget of about US$500.

id like the build to be lag free, so not completely cheaped out.

 

i found this build and would like some opinions on it, is it good?

original website: https://stickystatic.com/tech/cheap-desktop-computer-build

 

$109.67     Intel i3-6100 3.7Ghz

$53.99       GIGABYTE LGA1151 Intel H110 Micro ATX DDR4 Motherboard GA-H110M-A

$63.90       Ballistix Sport 8GB Kit (4GBx2) DDR3 1600 MT/s (PC3-12800) CL9 @1.5V UDIMM 240-Pin Memory BLS2KIT4G3D1609DS1S00

$114.29     Samsung 750 EVO - 250GB - 2.5-Inch SATA III Internal SSD (MZ-750250BW)

$19.35       Rosewill Dual Fans MicroATX Mini Tower Computer Case FBM-01

$29.99       EVGA 400 N1, 400W, 2 Year Warranty, Power Supply 100-N1-0400-L1

$35.88        TP-Link Wireless Dual Band PCI Express Adapter (TL-WDN4800)

 

total: $427.07

ram is incompatible with the mobo and the psu is bad quality.

this should be more than enough.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($59.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: ASRock H110M-ITX/ac Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($69.99 @ SuperBiiz) find out if the bios supports kabylake or get a b250 mobo.
Memory: G.Skill Aegis 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($52.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: ADATA Ultimate SU800 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($74.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Silverstone ML05B HTPC Case  ($40.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic 300W 80+ Certified SFX Power Supply  ($43.98 @ Newegg) 
Total: $342.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-03-20 06:41 EDT-0400

[M.A.P]

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/zwYGNN
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/zwYGNN/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($172.69 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock H110M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($37.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Avexir Core Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($47.92 @ Amazon) 
Storage: ADATA Ultimate SU800 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($44.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 250GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($22.86 @ Amazon)(Optional) 
Case: Zalman T2 Plus MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($23.98 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic 350W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($31.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Wireless Network Adapter: Edimax EW-7811UTC USB 2.0 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter  ($15.99 @ B&H) 
Total: $398.40
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-03-20 07:06 EDT-0400

[M.A.P]

or this one

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/r4psxY
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/r4psxY/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($59.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: MSI B250I GAMING PRO AC Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($91.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Avexir Core Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($47.92 @ Amazon) 
Storage: ADATA Ultimate SU800 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($74.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($46.88 @ OutletPC)(Optional)
Case: Zalman T2 Plus MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($23.98 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic 350W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($31.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $377.73
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-03-20 07:16 EDT-0400

[Ragingwasabi]

thanks for the replies guys.

ive picked different parts from your builds and come up with this. i decided to spend a bit more more for the i5, tho it does seem really expensive..

 

Intel Core i5-6400 6 MB Skylake Quad-Core 2.7 GHz LGA 1151 65W BX80662I56400 Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 530

ASRock H110M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard

G.Skill Aegis 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory

ADATA Ultimate SU800 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive

ZALMAN T2 Plus Black ATX Mini Tower Computer Case Standard ATX / ATX 12V Power Supply

SeaSonic 80 Plus SS-350ET Bronze 350W ATX12V V2.31 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply - OEM

TP-Link Wireless Dual Band PCI Express Adapter (TL-WDN4800)   total $453.82

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