Building my wife a computer!

[miker0mg]

Hello!!

I'm going to be building or buying my wife a new computer, her laptop is about to die and I was wanting to replace it before that happened. I was thinking that instead of getting her a new laptop which she very rarely takes with her on trips (she usually uses a tablet) that I would look into building her either a mini computer or something kind of small. Something that would be easily portable, but powerful enough to run some less graphic intensive games like hearthstone for example. Any input on the subject would be much appreciated! Thanks!!

 

[DeathRabit]

From what country you are ? because prices are different around the world.

 

[Xephius]

A Mini-ITX form factor pc sounds really good in this situation. Try putting in a Pentium G3258 along with a GTX 750 or 750ti graphics card. Of coure you would also need a Mini-ITX compatable motherboard along with all of your other regualr computer components. Good Luck!

 

[ZeroGravity780]

Can you please fill out this form so we can get some more information about your build... http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/353572-31-build-upgrade-advice

 

[DeathRabit]

This bulid will be overkill for the task but mayby she wants someday play in Witcher 3
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($72.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A88M PRO3+ Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($46.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($60.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($51.49 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R7 260X 2GB Video Card ($112.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Enermax OSTROG ATX Mid Tower Case ($23.75 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($34.99 @ Micro Center)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSC0B DVD/CD Writer ($9.99 @ Newegg)
Monitor: AOC E2260SWDN 60Hz 21.5" Monitor ($99.99 @ Best Buy)
Total: $514.06
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-01 12:18 EDT-0400

 

[miker0mg]

From what country you are ? because prices are different around the world.

USA

 

[Sapphire Thunder]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3rXN4D

This is something I came up with.

Leaving the case and power supply up to you to decide.


Intel Pentium G3258
MSI H81i
G.Skill Ares 1600Mhz 2x4Gb
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB
Western Digital Caviar Blue 1Tb hdd (optional if will want some extra storage)
MSI GTX750 2Gb

Total: 430.43$ (with the 1TB Western Digital, without case and power supply for now)

 

[miker0mg]

Can you please fill out this form so we can get some more information about your build... http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/353572-31-build-upgrade-advice

Approximate Purchase Date: Any time in the next few weeks
Budget Range: I was hoping for around 500
System Usage from Most to Least Important: General work stuff to running high end games
Are you buying a monitor: No
Do you need to buy OS: Yes
Location: Montana/ USA

 

[miker0mg]

This bulid will be overkill for the task but mayby she wants someday play in Witcher 3
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($72.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A88M PRO3+ Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($46.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($60.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($51.49 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R7 260X 2GB Video Card ($112.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Enermax OSTROG ATX Mid Tower Case ($23.75 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($34.99 @ Micro Center)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSC0B DVD/CD Writer ($9.99 @ Newegg)
Monitor: AOC E2260SWDN 60Hz 21.5" Monitor ($99.99 @ Best Buy)
Total: $514.06
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-01 12:18 EDT-0400

Thanks for this I might go with a build like so!

 

[Bossyfins]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor ($108.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($76.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($60.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($51.49 @ OutletPC)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($26.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Antec Basiq Plus 550W 80+ Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($35.00 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSC0B DVD/CD Writer ($9.99 @ Newegg)
Monitor: AOC E2260SWDN 60Hz 21.5" Monitor ($99.99 @ Best Buy)
Total: $470.42

No need for a GPU if you are just doing baisc browsing/work.

 

[Sapphire Thunder]

No need for a GPU if you are just doing baisc browsing/work.

He said it should run some less graphic intensive games. So some basic gpu is needed.