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.
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.
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