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[A Silver]

I am making a PC for my Dad which will be used for video streaming (netflix) and basic internet browising. I have put together a parts list below but I know the CPU is not the best. It HAS to stay at £300 or below so if there is a better quad core CPU and motherboard for that keeps it below £300, please let me know.

 

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

CPU: AMD - FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  (£62.50 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte - GA-78LMT-USB3 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard  (£44.40 @ Aria PC) 
Memory: Crucial - 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£59.99 @ Ebuyer) 
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£38.34 @ Aria PC) 
Case: Fractal Design - Core 1100 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£32.78 @ Novatech) 
Power Supply: Corsair - Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£42.73 @ Amazon UK) 
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link - TL-WN881ND PCI-Express x1 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi Adapter  (£11.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £292.73
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-11-03 17:07 GMT+0000

[ProjectBox153]

I'd look into getting a used Sandy Bridge machine. I've gotten a few for free, and they still do wonderful. I wouldn't buy an FX processor new. 

[seon123]

FX CPUs don't have integrated graphics. Why do you want a quad core for streaming Netflix and basic web browsing? Just get a G4400/G4560/G4600 and use the iGPU. It will also allow you to stream Netflix at 4K. Get a better PSU, like the Pure Power 10. If it's just a basic PC, just get a 120-250GB SSD instead of a HDD

[Lennart van de Merwe]

17 minutes ago, A Silver said:

I am making a PC for my Dad which will be used for video streaming (netflix) and basic internet browising. I have put together a parts list below but I know the CPU is not the best. It HAS to stay at £300 or below so if there is a better quad core CPU and motherboard for that keeps it below £300, please let me know.

 

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

CPU: AMD - FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  (£62.50 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte - GA-78LMT-USB3 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard  (£44.40 @ Aria PC) 
Memory: Crucial - 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£59.99 @ Ebuyer) 
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£38.34 @ Aria PC) 
Case: Fractal Design - Core 1100 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£32.78 @ Novatech) 
Power Supply: Corsair - Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£42.73 @ Amazon UK) 
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link - TL-WN881ND PCI-Express x1 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi Adapter  (£11.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £292.73
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-11-03 17:07 GMT+0000

You could easily get away with 4 gb of ram, but not with having no SSD. I wouldn't go AMD either but rather A: secondhand i3 6100 (should be about 50) or B: New intel pentium G4560 or G4600 or if you really need the budget: G4400. The SSD could just be 32 gb because it's most important for booting to windows. Btw: FX-6300 doesn't have iGPU

[Lennart van de Merwe]

30 minutes ago, A Silver said:

I am making a PC for my Dad which will be used for video streaming (netflix) and basic internet browising. I have put together a parts list below but I know the CPU is not the best. It HAS to stay at £300 or below so if there is a better quad core CPU and motherboard for that keeps it below £300, please let me know.

 

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

CPU: AMD - FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  (£62.50 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte - GA-78LMT-USB3 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard  (£44.40 @ Aria PC) 
Memory: Crucial - 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£59.99 @ Ebuyer) 
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£38.34 @ Aria PC) 
Case: Fractal Design - Core 1100 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£32.78 @ Novatech) 
Power Supply: Corsair - Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£42.73 @ Amazon UK) 
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link - TL-WN881ND PCI-Express x1 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi Adapter  (£11.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £292.73
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-11-03 17:07 GMT+0000

This is way better but unfortunatly 307 pounds, but you could shave of some money of with the case and PSU.

 

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/wdQLzM

[JaRy8]

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/rHm7m8

 

Is £302 OK?

 

Had to get rid of Wi-Fi adapter, do you think you can an Ethernet cable?

[Herman Mcpootis]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor  (£64.49 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: MSI - H110M PRO-VD PLUS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£38.98 @ Ebuyer) 
Memory: Crucial - 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (£66.96 @ Aria PC) 
Storage: Seagate - BarraCuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£35.94 @ Aria PC) 
Case: Deepcool - SMARTER MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£19.04 @ Ebuyer) 
Power Supply: be quiet! - Pure Power 10 400W 80+ Silver Certified ATX Power Supply  (£42.55 @ Aria PC) 
Wireless Network Adapter: Gigabyte - GC-WB867D-I PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter  (£28.22 @ CCL Computers) 
Total: £296.18
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-11-04 01:48 GMT+0000