Dad's computer build

[Murissa]

Hello everyone

 

I am building a computer for my Dad and I would like to double check that the parts I am buying are correct and are not underkill/overkill for him. He mainly uses the computer for internet, youtube, videos, trading stock programs and excel.

 

These are the specifications:

- be quiet! Pure Rock CPU Cooler

- Corsair Carbide 300R Compact Gaming Case with Window

- Corsair Vengeance LPX CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4

- Intel Core i5 7500

- Western Digital WD Black 1TB WD1003FZEX

-  Corsair CX-600 V3 Power Supply

- Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1050 OC 2GB

- ASRock H270 Performance Motherboard

 

Is this overkill for what is required/underkill/about right? He needs a computer that is fast.

[PerfectPlasma]

If you plan to get him a non-K cpu don't but extra cooling for it. Also a 1050 for an I5 isn't really ideal. either a 1060 3/6 gig for it or get an I3.

[hconverse02]

1 minute ago, PerfectPlasma said:

If you plan to get him a non-K cpu don't but extra cooling for it. Also a 1050 for an I5 isn't really ideal. either a 1060 3/6 gig for it or get an I3.

Did you see what he's doing with it? Youtube, excel, stocks and internet?

[COUPER MILLAR]

I would argue that any gpu for his use case is overkill. Use that money and get a ssd, or at a bare minimum a sshd

[NoxiousOdor]

I would get a less beefy cpu cooler, and for this kind of thing 8gb of ram should be okay. With the exra money get an ssd for the OS. If you need a little more money to get a ssd then you could downgrade the gpu as well and still be okay

[TurbulentWinds]

I would say to buy an old prebuilt and stick an SSD in it. Much cheaper and a better experience.

[Rolling Potatoe]

Seems like your dad doesnt need a powerfull pc. An i3 without the dedicated GPU would be fine,

to make it snappy you could use a fast m.2 nvme ssd and 16gb of ram.

[SquintyG33Rs]

46 minutes ago, Murissa said:

Hello everyone

 

I am building a computer for my Dad and I would like to double check that the parts I am buying are correct and are not underkill/overkill for him. He mainly uses the computer for internet, youtube, videos, trading stock programs and excel.

 

These are the specifications:

- be quiet! Pure Rock CPU Cooler

- Corsair Carbide 300R Compact Gaming Case with Window

- Corsair Vengeance LPX CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4

- Intel Core i5 7500

- Western Digital WD Black 1TB WD1003FZEX

-  Corsair CX-600 V3 Power Supply

- Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1050 OC 2GB

- ASRock H270 Performance Motherboard

 

Is this overkill for what is required/underkill/about right? He needs a computer that is fast.

honestly no GPU and an i3 would be good enought for his use.... this is way way more power than he will ever use. this doesn't use more than 300W either so you don't need to buy more than 430W or 500W if you want (not much price difference between the two). 16GB of ram is also probably overkill and that's a huge added cost right now