Future Proof Girlfriend Build?

[XPGFX]

Looking for a build for my girlfriend she doesn't do any major gaming mostly just to use for school and work. (although she might wanna play the sims etc)

• Budget & Location

My Current Budget is 600 USD, this being a minimal basic computing build.

 

• Aim

I would like this build to be able to be used for the next 7 years if possible. Since its only used for basic browsing and school assignments etc.

 

Aesthetics:

This will be chosen by my girlfriend after the basis for the build is chosen.

 

• Monitors

I plan on running 1 Monitor.

 

• Peripherals

If you can recommend any simple mouse, keyboard combos it would be helpful and appreciated.

 

• Why are you upgrading?

She currently has a mac book and loves it but would really like a PC, plus I'd like to kinda inch her away from apple products and I think this'll be a nudge in the right direction.

[Phill7]

I would recommend getting a ryzen 2400g (has integrated graphics and since she isn't gaming she won't need more than this), 8gb of ddr4 ram, a b450 motherboard, any bronze rated power supply at or above 450w, and any atx case that she likes. This should only cost around $500 also recommend getting windows from a place like cdkeys to save a buck and for peripherals sorry I don't know that much just check Amazon reviews and pick what you like I guess. I hope this was helpful.

[bleedblue]

I think the macbook she currently has would be much better for school. She likes it and is usable anyway.

 

[Phill7]

1 minute ago, Phill7 said:

I would recommend getting a ryzen 2400g (has integrated graphics and since she isn't gaming she won't need more than this), 8gb of ddr4 ram, a b450 motherboard, any bronze rated power supply at or above 450w, and any atx case that she likes. This should only cost around $500 also recommend getting windows from a place like cdkeys to save a buck and for peripherals sorry I don't know that much just check Amazon reviews and pick what you like I guess. I hope this was helpful.

Totally forgot also recommend getting a SSD for the operating system/programs she uses often and a cheap hard drive for storing mass files.

[XPGFX]

6 minutes ago, bleedblue said:

I think the macbook she currently has would be much better for school. She likes it and is usable anyway.

 

She actually plans on giving it away soon so this would be to replace her main driver. So any suggestions?

[keskparane]

27 minutes ago, XPGFX said:

Looking for a build for my girlfriend she doesn't do any major gaming mostly just to use for school and work. (although she might wanna play the sims etc) ...

I would say stick with what you got, she sounds pretty good. You can upgrade parts but it can introduce problems. Don't spend large amounts early on or you may set a precedence. 

Just now, XPGFX said:

She actually plans on giving it away soon... So any suggestions?

Be gentle.

[XPGFX]

1 minute ago, keskparane said:

I would say stick with what you got, she sounds pretty good. You can upgrade parts but it can introduce problems. Don't spend large amounts early on or you may set a precedence. 

Be gentle.

LMAOOOOOOOO

[Enderman]

Why a PC and not another laptop?

Does she never take it anywhere?

[BigDamn]

How hot is she on a scale of 1-10

[XPGFX]

Just now, BigDamn said:

How hot is she on a scale of 1-10

20

[XPGFX]

9 minutes ago, Enderman said:

Why a PC and not another laptop?

Does she never take it anywhere?

basically. she ends up just using the computer at her job and carries around a harddrive

[Enderman]

11 minutes ago, XPGFX said:

basically. she ends up just using the computer at her job and carries around a harddrive

That doesn't sound like a great idea.

Buy her a portable SSD.

[Origami Cactus]

3 minutes ago, Enderman said:

That doesn't sound like a great idea.

Buy hey a portable SSD.

Yeah external ssds are as cheap as portable hdds, but they are much more resistant(some are even ip68 and almost all are very drop resistant) and they are also much lighter and smaller than hdds.

 

[BigDamn]

Just now, XPGFX said:

20

Score.

 

If you wanted to stay on the cheap end you could get something like a Ryzen 3 2200G. Quad core CPU with built in Vega 8 graphics. Not going to handle intensive games, but The Sims 4 will be fine (might crank down the settings). 8gb DDR4 ram will be fine. Look at something like the MSI B450-A PRO motherboard. Doesn't need to be that board obviously, but you'll want something with the B450 chipset (not B350) and display outputs (that one has VGA, DVI, and HDMI).

[bebejapes]

will she game?

what work does she do?

[Herman Mcpootis]

something like this will do, you can slam in a better gpu in the future if she starts playing anything intensive.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 2200G 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($98.69 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: MSI - B450M PRO-VDH Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($59.99 @ Newegg Business) 
Memory: Team - Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($70.98 @ Newegg) 
Storage: ADATA - XPG SX6000 256GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($54.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: SAMA - Maxcool-W-15LEDLight MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($44.98 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM (2015) 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($29.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $359.62
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-10-06 01:53 EDT-0400

[mxk]

1 minute ago, Herman Mcpootis said:

something like this will do, you can slam in a better gpu in the future if she starts playing anything intensive.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 2200G 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($98.69 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: MSI - B450M PRO-VDH Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($59.99 @ Newegg Business) 
Memory: Team - Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($70.98 @ Newegg) 
Storage: ADATA - XPG SX6000 256GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($54.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: SAMA - Maxcool-W-15LEDLight MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($44.98 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM (2015) 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($29.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $359.62
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-10-06 01:53 EDT-0400

I looked at those motherboards and theres a lot of trouble around having to somehow update the BIOS for the newer amd apus. I'm making a non-apu build to make it easier on them

[Herman Mcpootis]

2 minutes ago, mxk. said:

I looked at those motherboards and theres a lot of trouble around having to somehow update the BIOS for the newer amd apus. I'm making a non-apu build to make it easier on them

B450 boards support raven ridge and zen+ cpus out of the box.

[mxk]

Just now, Herman Mcpootis said:

B450 boards support raven ridge and zen+ cpus out of the box.

Oops, I might've been looking at b350m. Sorry for confusion

[mxk]

10 minutes ago, Herman Mcpootis said:

something like this will do, you can slam in a better gpu in the future if she starts playing anything intensive.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 2200G 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($98.69 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: MSI - B450M PRO-VDH Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($59.99 @ Newegg Business) 
Memory: Team - Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($70.98 @ Newegg) 
Storage: ADATA - XPG SX6000 256GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($54.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: SAMA - Maxcool-W-15LEDLight MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($44.98 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM (2015) 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($29.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $359.62
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-10-06 01:53 EDT-0400

in that case this build is great! (sorry for mistake Herman)

It can handle some light gaming very well and should be good for everything else you wanted. If you want to change it Herman has done a good job of keeping the price low so you have a good amount of the budget left to expand if you want to.

[XPGFX]

Thanks you guys all of you were suuuper helpful

[MandoPanda]

If she needs a computer for school, why not get a laptop. Plenty of laptops can play Sims. Laptops are SUPER convenient for school. Why is she giving away the Macbook?

 

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 2200G 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($98.69 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: MSI - B450-A PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($79.99 @ B&H) 
Memory: Patriot - Signature Line 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  ($65.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Kingston - A400 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($39.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($44.89 @ OutletPC) 
Case: Corsair - 200R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: EVGA - BR 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($29.99 @ B&H) 
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit  ($98.99 @ Amazon) 
Monitor: HP - 22cwa 21.5" 1920x1080 60Hz Monitor  ($89.99 @ Amazon) 
Keyboard: Logitech - MK120 Wired Slim Keyboard w/Optical Mouse  ($14.44 @ Newegg) 
Total: $622.95
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-10-07 09:10 EDT-0400

 

[XPGFX]

On 10/7/2018 at 9:10 AM, MandoPanda said:

If she needs a computer for school, why not get a laptop. Plenty of laptops can play Sims. Laptops are SUPER convenient for school. Why is she giving away the Macbook?

 

 

She's actually giving it to me to replace the laptop I'm currently using which is an AMD A6-7310 4GB RAM.

 

She really just wants a PC to feel more official lol and I wanna give her something that'll do what she wants super well. She still plans on getting a laptop, this isn't a logic situation as much as its a pleasure situation lmao

[MandoPanda]

39 minutes ago, XPGFX said:

AMD A6-7310 4GB RAM

Oooof. Yea, good thing you are getting this replaced.

 

40 minutes ago, XPGFX said:

She still plans on getting a laptop, this isn't a logic situation as much as its a pleasure situation lmao

Cool, cool.