Budget build for Parents

[Nemmith]

Hello,


I am looking to do a budget build for my parents. Here are the requirements it will have windows 10 and excel on it as my mom is an accountant and works out of the house. They do not want to spend more than $600-$700 tops. Also need a good monitor that she can do her accounting on and this is not included in the budget.

 

[user11464]

You don't have to spend anywhere near that to meet your needs.

CPU: Pentium G4560
Motherboard: any h270/b250+wireless networking card
A high capacity SSD
8gb DDR4 2400mhz
an optical drive just because they are cheap
that leaves you plenty of money to get a quality power supply and a nice case.

you could even replace that CPU with an i5 and still be under budget, but I feel that would be overkill. up to you.

 

[boosted1g]

A solid build for home office use:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($108.37 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus H110M-A/M.2 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($50.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Aegis 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($88.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial MX300 275GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($89.88 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.33 @ OutletPC)
Case: Corsair 100R ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ B&H)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 350W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($44.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($88.58 @ OutletPC)
Total: $571.12
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-02-27 13:19 EST-0500

In regards to monitors pretty much any moniotor would work for her needs from acer, asus, aoc, dell, etc. If you live near larger electronics store might see what looks good for your mom.

 

[okcnaline]

Even avoids wire clutter.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Intel 535 Series 120GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($69.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Toshiba 1TB 2.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($51.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($88.58 @ OutletPC)
Monitor: AOC E2425SWD 24.0" 1920x1080 60Hz Monitor ($99.98 @ Jet)
Other: Intel NUC (Next Unit of Computing) BOXNUC6I5SYH Mini / Booksize ($349.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $715.52
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-02-27 13:26 EST-0500

 

[Fluffybunnyofdoom]

Here is an AMD variant. Total: $464.52

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/Lf32Yr

 

[boosted1g]

Here is an AMD variant. Total: $464.52

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/Lf32Yr

Wow that is a A LOT less of a computer for only saving $100.

That A10 would be noticably slow compaired to even a 4th gen i3, let alone skylake/kabylake cpus. Just becasue it has the same number of threads in NO way makes it equal.
You have no SSD which is the most crucial part nowdays for a fast responive computer.
So not only are you getting something much slower for only saving 20%, you are also completely trapping yourself into 2013/2014 technology with no way out but to do a full upgrade on the system

 

[okcnaline]

Wow that is a A LOT less of a computer for only saving $100.

That A10 would be noticably slow compaired to even a 4th gen i3, let alone skylake/kabylake cpus. Just becasue it has the same number of threads in NO way makes it equal.
You have no SSD which is the most crucial part nowdays for a fast responive computer.
So not only are you getting something much slower for only saving 20%, you are also completely trapping yourself into 2013/2014 technology with no way out but to do a full upgrade on the system

Hilarious; you did not complain about my strategy of the Intel NUC.

For Pete's sake, the build is for an older parent who uses it to do worksheets. It's not going to be upgraded or anything. AMD APUs work well for this, but be careful of heating. But yeah, it needs an SSD since the rig is going to handle office work.

 

[user11464]

Wow that is a A LOT less of a computer for only saving $100.

That A10 would be noticably slow compaired to even a 4th gen i3, let alone skylake/kabylake cpus. Just becasue it has the same number of threads in NO way makes it equal.
You have no SSD which is the most crucial part nowdays for a fast responive computer.
So not only are you getting something much slower for only saving 20%, you are also completely trapping yourself into 2013/2014 technology with no way out but to do a full upgrade on the system

Hilarious; you did not complain about my strategy of the Intel NUC.

For Pete's sake, the build is for an older parent who uses it to do worksheets. It's not going to be upgraded or anything. AMD APUs work well for this, but be careful of heating. But yeah, it needs an SSD since the rig is going to handle office work.

shots fired lmfao

 

[boosted1g]

Wow that is a A LOT less of a computer for only saving $100.

That A10 would be noticably slow compaired to even a 4th gen i3, let alone skylake/kabylake cpus. Just becasue it has the same number of threads in NO way makes it equal.
You have no SSD which is the most crucial part nowdays for a fast responive computer.
So not only are you getting something much slower for only saving 20%, you are also completely trapping yourself into 2013/2014 technology with no way out but to do a full upgrade on the system

Hilarious; you did not complain about my strategy of the Intel NUC.

For Pete's sake, the build is for an older parent who uses it to do worksheets. It's not going to be upgraded or anything. AMD APUs work well for this, but be careful of heating. But yeah, it needs an SSD since the rig is going to handle office work.

If she is an accountant she likely also uses quickbooks and other software which will provide at least a little more performance hit then ms office.
Your NUC while not upgradeable is still using SSD and a 6th gen i5, nothing to complain about there. To build an FM2 system today in 2017 is just a waste of money, even more so for someone not looking for a $400 "gaming" computer.

 

[Tanoxil]

A solid build for home office use:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($108.37 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus H110M-A/M.2 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($50.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Aegis 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($88.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial MX300 275GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($89.88 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.33 @ OutletPC)
Case: Corsair 100R ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ B&H)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 350W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($44.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($88.58 @ OutletPC)
Total: $571.12
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-02-27 13:19 EST-0500

In regards to monitors pretty much any moniotor would work for her needs from acer, asus, aoc, dell, etc. If you live near larger electronics store might see what looks good for your mom.

Why i3? G4560 cost so much less for almost the same performance

 

[boosted1g]

A solid build for home office use:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($108.37 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus H110M-A/M.2 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($50.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Aegis 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($88.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial MX300 275GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($89.88 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.33 @ OutletPC)
Case: Corsair 100R ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ B&H)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 350W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($44.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($88.58 @ OutletPC)
Total: $571.12
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-02-27 13:19 EST-0500

In regards to monitors pretty much any moniotor would work for her needs from acer, asus, aoc, dell, etc. If you live near larger electronics store might see what looks good for your mom.

Why i3? G4560 cost so much less for almost the same performance

Yes the G4560 costs less, but then you add on another $30 for a b250 motherboard. whch takes away a moderate chunk of the savings.
Also I was error on the side of caution since they said was she was accountant and thus the extra hz may be needed and the extra instruction sets in the 6100 vs the pentium may become a factor here.
Quite possibly it is not a factor but would rather assume they need it, then assume they dont and be wrong.