Basic PC for mother

[CookiezFort]

Not anything complicated will happen, just want something basic since the pc she currently has is very old, slow and bits are starting to break every other week.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i3-8100 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£103.72 @ PC World Business)
Motherboard: Asus - PRIME B360M-K Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£55.97 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston - ValueRAM 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (£59.99 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Western Digital - Green  120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£24.80 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Deepcool - Frame MicroATX Mid Tower Case  (£25.74 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: be quiet! - Pure Power 10 300W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£36.97 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £307.19
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-09-11 13:01 BST+0100

 

Anything you'd change? Pc won't have to do much other than browse the internet and do crappy windows store games.

 

[kelvinhall05]

I'd go with the new Athlon AMD announced.

[CookiezFort]

Just now, kelvinhall05 said:

I'd go with the new Athlon AMD announced.

Sadly I'm dealing with someone who used to be tech savvy (well, 2 people, both my dad and my mom) and both have some sort of hatred against AMD.

 

Hell I was being said I was wrong when I asked to get a 1050ti because the Geforce cards are old.

[GoldenLag]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 2200G 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($98.89 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Biostar - B450MHC Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($51.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill - Aegis 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($64.99 @ Newegg Business) 
Storage: Crucial - MX500 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($64.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: Rosewill - SCM-01 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($22.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CX (2017) 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($27.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $331.83
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-09-11 08:13 EDT-0400

 

This if you want something right away 

 Or swap the CPU for the new Athlon with vega 3 graphics.

 

3 minutes ago, CookiezFort said:

Sadly I'm dealing with someone who used to be tech savvy (well, 2 people, both my dad and my mom) and both have some sort of hatred against AMD.

 

Hell I was being said I was wrong when I asked to get a 1050ti because the Geforce cards are old.

This is from someone who is tech savy now and is keeping up to date as well as he can. 

 

Hatred is bad for everyone, this will include your parents.

[CookiezFort]

5 minutes ago, GoldenLag said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 2200G 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($98.89 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Biostar - B450MHC Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($51.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill - Aegis 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($64.99 @ Newegg Business) 
Storage: Crucial - MX500 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($64.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: Rosewill - SCM-01 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($22.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CX (2017) 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($27.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $331.83
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-09-11 08:13 EDT-0400

 

This if you want something right away 

 Or swap the CPU for the new Athlon with vega 3 graphics.

 

This is from someone who is tech savy now and is keeping up to date as well as he can. 

 

Hatred is bad for everyone, this will include your parents.

This is more expensive and its a pretty tight budget. Plus does that Ryzen have onboard Video, or do we have to buy a graphics card aswell?

 

For more storage we will use the 1TB WD Blue drive thats on her current PC.

[GoldenLag]

1 minute ago, CookiezFort said:

This is more expensive and its a pretty tight budget. Plus does that Ryzen have onboard Video, or do we have to buy a graphics card aswell?

 

For more storage we will use the 1TB WD Blue drive thats on her current PC.

Sorry, i used the wrong currency. Give me 5min.

 

Ryzen G series have onboard video. Much faster than intel which allows for better hardware acceleration in software like chrome

[GoldenLag]

12 minutes ago, CookiezFort said:

This is more expensive and its a pretty tight budget. Plus does that Ryzen have onboard Video, or do we have to buy a graphics card aswell?

 

For more storage we will use the 1TB WD Blue drive thats on her current PC.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 2200G 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£84.98 @ PC World Business) 
Motherboard: Asus - PRIME B450M-A/CSM Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£60.29 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Kingston - ValueRAM 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (£59.99 @ Aria PC) 
Storage: Crucial - BX500 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£23.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: BitFenix - Nova ATX Mid Tower Case  (£22.95 @ Aria PC) 
Power Supply: be quiet! - Pure Power 10 300W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£36.97 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £289.17
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-09-11 13:27 BST+0100

 

Updated tl correct currency. It can be built cheaper if you want to risk a unlikely hassle of ordering a bootkit and updating BIOS.

 

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

 

^^Cheaper build

 

You can also drop by another ~30£ if you wanna opt for the new athlon with vega 3 graphics

Edited September 11, 2018 by GoldenLag

[kelvinhall05]

21 minutes ago, CookiezFort said:

Sadly I'm dealing with someone who used to be tech savvy (well, 2 people, both my dad and my mom) and both have some sort of hatred against AMD.

 

Hell I was being said I was wrong when I asked to get a 1050ti because the Geforce cards are old.

Seriously, ANYTHING AMD has is better at this price point than what Intel has to offer.

[CookiezFort]

Just now, kelvinhall05 said:

Seriously, ANYTHING AMD has is better at this price point than what Intel has to offer.

Yea I KNOW, but there is very little I can do. I'll try to get them to buy AMD but it will take some negotiating.

[CookiezFort]

5 minutes ago, GoldenLag said:

You can also drop by another ~30£ if you wanna opt for the new athlon with vega 3 graphics

I'm going to attempt to go for

 

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/h9Xtkd

 

Don't want to risk the Mobo and updating the bios.

[GoldenLag]

1 minute ago, CookiezFort said:

I'm going to attempt to go for

 

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/h9Xtkd

 

Don't want to risk the Mobo and updating the bios.

Looks good. Note the new athlon Vega 3 can run with any BIOSes. So if you take that you can also get an A320 board at the same time to save even more money. 

 

Note the new athlon vega 3 is essentially a pentium with better graphucs performance

[RAM555789]

21 minutes ago, CookiezFort said:

Yea I KNOW, but there is very little I can do. I'll try to get them to buy AMD but it will take some negotiating.

I mean if shes actually tech savy how can she negotiate raw numbers and facts about new AMD processors or the fact that Geforce cards are top of the line? AMD had dominated Intel in the iGPU market this year, and this website shows it. https://wccftech.com/amd-raven-ridge-ryzen-apu-vega-gpu-graphics-performance/ She should be happy that Intel is finally under some pressure to innovate.

[CookiezFort]

18 minutes ago, RAM555789 said:

I mean if shes actually tech savy how can she negotiate raw numbers and facts about new AMD processors or the fact that Geforce cards are top of the line? AMD had dominated Intel in the iGPU market this year, and this website shows it. https://wccftech.com/amd-raven-ridge-ryzen-apu-vega-gpu-graphics-performance/ She should be happy that Intel is finally under some pressure to innovate.

They're not currently tech savvy thats the problem. They used to be tech savvy and know they act like they are.

[RAM555789]

1 minute ago, CookiezFort said:

They're not currently tech savvy thats the problem. They used to be tech savvy and know they act like they are.

Well them bring them up to speed with the times, show them examples from that websites and google a round a bit brining up other pieces of evidence.