Question A good PC recommendation for my mother?

[NateTh3Great]

I need a for a PC for my 62-year-old mother. She has been using a Gateway model for the last 15 years and an Emerson TV. Her activities include movies, browsing the internet, participating in Zoom calls, gaming, word processing, and emails. She is interested in Windows 11 and prefers SFF or mini PCs (flexible).
Her budget is around $800 USD and she needs a complete setup, including a monitor, mouse, keyboard and speakers.

 

[Lutfij]

Welcome to the forums, newcomer!

You could just pick up an All-in-one system;
https://www.newegg.com/p/pl?N=10016...37529 600014654 601409291&PageSize=96&Order=1
The one that caught my eye was the Lenovo;
https://www.newegg.com/lenovo-f0hr0...n-one-pc/p/2NR-000D-00HE7?Item=9SIA24GKB04917
assuming you're located in the USA, ofc.

gaming
Can you elaborate on this? What sort of titles are we looking at?

 

[NateTh3Great]

Hi and thanks. She specifically said no all in one. I recommended the same. Id build it out, but shes in maine, im on the west coast. Games like bejeweled, maybe second life. She was looking at pcs at staples, i was like, oh no.. They had stuff from 6, 7 yrs ago. Thats Maine.

 

[logainofhades]

$600
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/msi-dp...sd-mineral-grey-black/6500276.p?skuId=6500276

$95
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/msi-pr...rt-hdmivga-port-black/6559607.p?skuId=6559607

$20
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/logite...e-bundle-for-pc-black/1440638.p?skuId=1440638

Then whatever speakers that will work for her.

 

[Eximo]

15 year old gateway is pretty easy to replace with an all in one, I agree.

SFF desktops, might be time to look at a NUC / Mini-PC.

https://www.newegg.com/brenuc-n7p-8...M9SKE26153&cm_sp=product-_-from-price-options


Just add peripherals.

PCPartPicker Part List

Monitor: MSI Pro 24.5" 1920 x 1080 100 Hz Monitor ($74.99 @ B&H)
Keyboard: Logitech MK200 Wired Slim Keyboard With Optical Mouse ($19.98 @ Amazon)
Speakers: Logitech S150 2.4 W Speakers ($17.60 @ Amazon)
Total: $112.57
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-02-17 15:11 EST-0500

 

[ohio_buckeye]

Could get something like this. It’s about the size of a book. Then add a nice monitor.

https://www.newegg.com/p/1VK-0001-6KYR6

If something a bit bigger

https://www.newegg.com/p/1VK-0001-6M868

You can also look at options like this with say a 10th gen and save some bucks if you were to look at refurbished/off lease systems. For example I recently bought a nice Dell latitude 7490 laptop with an 8th gen i5, 8 gb of ram and a 128gb ssd for just over 100 bucks from eBay. 20 bucks for a 16gb kit of ram, tossed in a 240gb ssd I had spare and have a nice laptop for peanuts.

 

[dingo07]

I just suggested the same thing to someone else on the forum - get a new M4 Mac Mini and be done with building a PC. More power than she'll know what to do with, for 10 years.