[SOLVED] Advice on building a $500 PC

[57vroom]

Approximate Purchase Date: Next month or two

Budget Range: $300-500ish After Rebates Shipping

System Usage from Most to Least Important: surfing the internet, VOIP, school work, ripping and watching videos/ DVDs

Are you buying a monitor: No

Parts to Upgrade: Assume everything as current system is 8 years old:
Antec NSK4480B [case]
Antect EA-380D [power]
AMD A6-3650 APU
ASRock A55M-HVS
4GB GSKILL F3 Memory

Do you need to buy OS: Have existing WIN 7 64 HOME PREMIUM, so guessing move to Windows 10 or Linux is that is an easy and viable alternative????

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: no loyalty here....

Parts Preferences: by brand or type: Objective is a build it and forget it, so quality is king

Overclocking: NO!

Your Monitor Resolution: 1,920x1,080 pixels

And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: 1. My wife- Frequent hangs with browsers/ attempting to multi task 2. Age of system (one of my hard drives is on the fritz) 3. Reformatting and reinstalling WIN7 helped some, but system is still slow

ADDED: Would like multiple USB3.0 on front/ top of case depending upon cost... 😉

 

[elbert]

This build includes a blu ray so should work with any movies you have.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 2200G 3.5 GHz Quad-Core Processor ($94.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock - B450 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 8 GB (1 x 8 GB) DDR4-2666 Memory ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial - MX500 250 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($44.99 @ Adorama)
Case: Thermaltake - Versa H22 ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.49 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - 520 W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: LG - UH12NS40 Blu-Ray Reader, DVD/CD Writer ($45.88 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($98.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $489.21
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-01-20 16:50 EST-0500