Computer for my mother

[phantomman465]

My mom is in need of a desktop and I want to build her one for mothers day. Im keeping the budget low since she wouldnt be doing anything crazy with it. Im debating on using the ryzen 3 2200g or the ryzen 3 1200 with a graphics card (I was thinking an rx 560). If I get rid of the graphics card and go with the apu I could save some money and just possibly add a gpu later on. Here is my parts list so far. Thanks in advance for any help. I dont have another amd processor to do the bios update for the ryzen 3 2200g, so Im somewhat stuck here
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/MWkzNQ

 

[CountMike]

Might as well go for R5 2400g, it has almost same performance as 560 on graphic side and is better than 1200.

 

[phantomman465]

Are there any motherboards out there that are compatible with the r5 2400g out of the box?

 

[CountMike]

Most of them should be compatible by now, it's been more than 2 month since Asus released compatible BIOS, other's can't be much behind. You should check with seller about it before you buy.

 

[zoltan.boese]

There are shops with bios upgrade service such as Memory Express in Canada. What region do you live/shop in?

 

[phantomman465]

I’m in the United States. I actually checked with my local Best Buy and their geek squad can do bios updates for me if needed.

 

[phantomman465]

Also count mike I changed the ryzen 1200 and rx 560 with the r5 2400g. Here’s my new list
I had to manually enter the motherboard because it wasn’t on pc part pickers list, but i read some reviews and found out that board is compatible out of the box with new ryzen apus
https://pcpartpicker.com/user/phantomman465/saved/KCQ4CJ

 

[zoltan.boese]

Will your mom need 1TB of storage? If you swap the HDD for a 120GB SSD the PC will feel more responsive and load quicker.

 

[gingerrankin]

If you buy a Ryzen 3 2200G or Ryzen 2400G, you need a 3000 or 3200 DDR4. With 2400 DDR4 the graphic card integrated in this Ryzen loses a lot.

Anyway, If your mother is not going to play games, this configuration is excessive.
I recommend a Intel G4560 ($ 60) and a matx mobo B250 (i.e. GIGABYTE GA-B250M-DS3H $ 60).
I recommend that the box be something smaller. Mothers usually like smaller PCs.
I agree with zoltan.boese to replace the HDD with an SSD.
I would not buy now any graphics card, because the small integrated in the G4560 is used for normal tasks and, if necessary later you can update when gpu is put at a reasonable price.

 

[dontlistentome]

If it's for basic computer tasks but you still want decent graphics performance for HD video and such I'd go with a 2200g. But I'd get 3200 ram for it, two sticks for dual channel, at least 8gb total. I'd spend the $40 on a 120-128gb SSD. Even after installing Windows and a handful of typical programs, she'll have a lot of space. Unless you know for a fact she has gigs of data to store, get the SSD. I have not seen any one component make such a difference to average users as an SSD. A fast boot up time plus fast program response time makes people happy to use the computer. You can always add a mechanical drive later if needed.

 

[phantomman465]

Thanks for all the feedback. I’ll take everything into account. Especially the ssd