Build for my mom

[OnionRings]

Budget is 850, needs to include tower, monitor, mouse, keyboard, webcam, speakers. I will build the tower, what I mostly need help on is if I'm debating something to get opinions on it and such. I'll edit my rough draft in here soon. My main question is though, will a pentium G4560 be enough? It's 2 core 4 threads and all she really does is web browse, facebook games, sims games, etc. Right need I think she has a true quad core, but only a HDD. I know for a fact ill be putting an SSD in. I'm thinking the pentium should be fine for her. Thoughts?

[LienusLateTips]

What is her current specs? Might be able to salvage some internal parts.

[TrigrH]

G4560 + SSD

[OnionRings]

Just now, JDE said:

What is her current specs? Might be able to salvage some internal parts.

Unfortunately not, it's an all in one and I can't dismantle it because she offered to let a friend use it.

[OnionRings]

I should mention she wants rgb lighting too, so I'll probably just get her some rgb fans or something.

[TrigrH]

1 minute ago, OnionRings said:

I should mention she wants rgb lighting too, so I'll probably just get her some rgb fans or something.

maybe you should list a budget

[OnionRings]

Just now, TrigrH said:

maybe you should list a budget

The budget is literally the first 3 words in the main post.

[TrigrH]

2 minutes ago, OnionRings said:

The budget is literally the first 3 words in the main post.

850 what? doge coin?

[LienusLateTips]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($66.39 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: *G.Skill - Aegis 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($87.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Crucial - MX500 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($79.89 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Seagate - BarraCuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($44.89 @ OutletPC) 
Case: Cooler Master - MasterBox Lite 5 RGB ATX Mid Tower Case  ($69.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Gold 450W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($59.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Monitor: AOC - i2267Fw 22.0" 1920x1080 60Hz Monitor  ($89.98 @ Amazon) 
Keyboard: Logitech - K120 Wired Standard Keyboard  ($8.49 @ Target) 
Mouse: Logitech - B100 Wired Optical Mouse  ($6.89 @ OutletPC) 
Speakers: Logitech - Z150 0W 2ch Speakers  ($17.00 @ Amazon) 
Other: Microsoft LifeCam HD-3000 (T3H-00011)  ($24.34 @ Amazon) 
Other: Ryzen 5 2400G ($169.00)
Total: $724.84
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-02-07 19:37 EST-0500

 

Wait till the Ryzen 5 2400G comes out. 

[OnionRings]

Here's what I have so far, working on case now, might take some time, want to make sure its easy to work in but she also wants smaller form factor with a window. Maybe I can do like a define mini c or something? https://pcpartpicker.com/list/kCqFjc

[OnionRings]

1 minute ago, TrigrH said:

850 what? doge coin?

So why didn't you ask me what currency instead of what the budget was? USD. 

[TrigrH]

Just now, JDE said:

Wait till the Ryzen 5 2400G comes out. 

was about to say that, though BIOS update might be an issue.

[OnionRings]

3 minutes ago, JDE said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($66.39 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: *G.Skill - Aegis 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($87.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Crucial - MX500 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($79.89 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Seagate - BarraCuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($44.89 @ OutletPC) 
Case: Cooler Master - MasterBox Lite 5 RGB ATX Mid Tower Case  ($69.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Gold 450W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($59.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Monitor: AOC - i2267Fw 22.0" 1920x1080 60Hz Monitor  ($89.98 @ Amazon) 
Keyboard: Logitech - K120 Wired Standard Keyboard  ($8.49 @ Target) 
Mouse: Logitech - B100 Wired Optical Mouse  ($6.89 @ OutletPC) 
Speakers: Logitech - Z150 0W 2ch Speakers  ($17.00 @ Amazon) 
Other: Microsoft LifeCam HD-3000 (T3H-00011)  ($24.34 @ Amazon) 
Other: Ryzen 5 2400G ($169.00)
Total: $724.84
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-02-07 19:37 EST-0500

 

Wait till the Ryzen 5 2400G comes out. 

I'll check some of those parts out, no ryzen, don't have any bios update cpus or w/e. Has to be plug and go. All the other pcs in my house are laptops or all in ones, my build is intel so I can't bios update her ryzen board with it.

[TrigrH]

1 minute ago, OnionRings said:

I'll check some of those parts out, no ryzen, don't have any bios update cpus or w/e. Has to be plug and go. All the other pcs in my house are laptops or all in ones, my build is intel so I can't bios update her ryzen board with it.

They should release new boards that are ready. Ryzen is the best option BY FAR.

[hconverse02]

Just now, TrigrH said:

They should release new boards that are ready. Ryzen is the best option BY FAR.

Maybe not if he can't afford a gpu in the build EDIT: an apu might be worth it, just saw the 2400g in the post

[OnionRings]

Just now, hconverse02 said:

Maybe not if he can't afford a gpu in the build EDIT: an apu might be worth it, just saw the 2400g in the post

She will be fine with the intel HD 620, she has igpu now and its fine for what she does which is just facebook games and sims 4.

[TrigrH]

Just now, OnionRings said:

She will be fine with the intel HD 620, she has igpu now and its fine for what she does which is just facebook games and sims 4.

sims 4 can make use of the extra power a ryzen APU has on the table.

[hconverse02]

Just now, OnionRings said:

She will be fine with the intel HD 620, she has igpu now and its fine for what she does which is just facebook games and sims 4.

With the new ryzen 2.0 apus coming out, and a 450 series board, there's no bios update or anything you'd need to do, however she would need to wait a month or two for the 4xx series boards to come out.  The r5 2400g is a great balance and I think that would much better fit this price range than a pentium and a gpu (maybe later)

[hconverse02]

Just now, TrigrH said:

sims 4 can make use of the extra power a ryzen APU has on the table.

So can any other application over a pentium

[OnionRings]

1 minute ago, TrigrH said:

sims 4 can make use of the extra power a ryzen APU has on the table.

Yea but it runs fine with igpu and I told you I don't want to do ryzen, I'm building this rig in like 2 weeks, when does the 2400g even launch?

[TrigrH]

Just now, OnionRings said:

Yea but it runs fine with igpu and I told you I don't want to do ryzen, I'm building this rig in like 2 weeks, when does the 2400g even launch?

under 2 weeks away, trust its worth.

[OnionRings]

Just now, hconverse02 said:

With the new ryzen 2.0 apus coming out, and a 450 series board, there's no bios update or anything you'd need to do, however she would need to wait a month or two for the 4xx series boards to come out.  The r5 2400g is a great balance and I think that would much better fit this price range than a pentium and a gpu (maybe later)

Can't wait, her AIO is super slow and dying out and we probably won't have the funds by then, tax return comes in like 2 weeks and with the way my parents spend money they probably wont be able to hold on to it that long lol

[OnionRings]

Shit, the case wont work, she liked it and so did I but she wants a dam cd burner... no 5.25 slot in that case.

[hconverse02]

Just now, OnionRings said:

Can't wait, her AIO is super slow and dying out and we probably won't have the funds by then, tax return comes in like 2 weeks and with the way my parents spend money they probably wont be able to hold on to it that long lol

I don't know when things are released, check google, i have no knowledge of the release dates because I haven't looked, but if it's less than a month and they've already set aside a budget for the build, they can hold onto the money for a week if the release dates are within that time frame.

[LienusLateTips]

6 minutes ago, OnionRings said:

Can't wait, her AIO is super slow and dying out and we probably won't have the funds by then, tax return comes in like 2 weeks and with the way my parents spend money they probably wont be able to hold on to it that long lol

In a week or two, it's already available for preorder in many sites