Budget home office PC build (under $400, no GPU/OS needed)

[Kyle_105]

Hello,

I am looking to build my father a new desktop, he is currently running an 11 year old system with vista.
Most of the $500 builds I see on sites like best buy seem very lackluster for the price, considering most are limited to upgrades due to the OEM parts

He does a lot of office stuff, but nothing with gaming, so there is no need for a powerful GPU (maybe one if it does not contribute largely to the overal cost?)

My requirements are:
- 8 gig DDR4
- SSD (around 128-256 gigs for applications, I have a spare HDD for storage)
- optical disk drive (no need for blu ray)
- dont care about # of cores, but prefer intel processors (heard Pentium G4500 best budget CPU for DDR4?)
-has potential to be upgraded


Dont need:
- OS, I have an unused key for windows 7 (he would probably want to run windows 10 in a year or two).
- GPU - he does not game.

Here is what i came up with:

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/xxVmFd
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/xxVmFd/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Pentium G4500 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor ($72.98 @ Directron)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($41.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport LT 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($94.77 @ OutletPC)
Case: Zalman ZM-T1 PLUS MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($27.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($46.99 @ OutletPC)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($18.88 @ OutletPC)

Total: $343.59



... but Im pretty sure that power supply is overkill and I have no idea what to do for a network adapter.
let me know if there's anything that can be changed to lower cost & increase performance.

 

[badboyrog2]

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/vPGbCy
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/vPGbCy/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Pentium G4500 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor ($72.98 @ Directron)
Motherboard: MSI B150M MORTAR Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($75.28 @ Jet)
Memory: GeIL EVO POTENZA 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($46.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($74.99 @ Dell Small Business)
Case: Zalman Z1 Neo ATX Mid Tower Case ($42.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($36.97 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($18.88 @ OutletPC)
Total: $369.08
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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