Help with a low budget office pc build.

[Deniedstingray]

So my mom has been talking about getting a new pc lately and i want to give her a hand but the budget is low and im not entirely sure where the priorities are in a office pc.

I assume i can leave out a GPU and just put a dual core in there but im not sure.

Budget would be 500-600 CAD Any suggestions appreciated.
(If you can go cheaper then feel free but im thinking thats a good amount.)

 

[ARICH5]

600$cnd budget is good for a office pc...but down the road when you wanna game with it youll be dissapointed.

i would say "office pc now but upgradeable later"...big difference

 

[Deniedstingray]

600$cnd budget is good for a office pc...but down the road when you wanna game with it youll be dissapointed.

i would say "office pc now but upgradeable later"...big difference

No i have a 1700 rig already.

This is purely for my mom who isnt very good with tech. It will just be microsoft word, emails and monitoring cameras.

I wanna say throw a dual core and an SSD in the build because that seems to work wonders with school computers. Am i right ?

 

[ARICH5]

600$cnd budget is good for a office pc...but down the road when you wanna game with it youll be dissapointed.

i would say "office pc now but upgradeable later"...big difference

No i have a 1700 rig already.

This is purely for my mom who isnt very good with tech. It will just be microsoft word, emails and monitoring cameras.

I wanna say throw a dual core and an SSD in the build because that seems to work wonders with school computers. Am i right ?

ya dual core is the minimum...big ssd's can get expensive for OS and productivity.

 

[ARICH5]

wth is wrong with the quote function???? 3rd answer ive lost in editing

 

[Deniedstingray]

Eh whatever. just dont use it then.

But she wouldnt download huge files or anything so it would be like a 120 or 250gb and then if she needs i could throw in an old 1 Tb HDD i have.

 

[ARICH5]

ya know what? if you could say "hey that loaded 1024.75 milliseconds faster!!!" then get a ssd....other than that get a new 7200rpm hdd and youll be fine.

take this for example: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/product/3kL7YJ/samsung-internal-hard-drive-mz75e250bam

the samsung evo line is what we have been recomending lately for gaming; you're at 125$ already for 250gb total storage. then your hdd you have. on-board graphics, 4gb of dual channel ram, 80+450w psu.

 

[dudeman509]

Pentium G4560 (the new, better-priced i3) + 250 gig SSD + 8 GB RAM + decent 450-500W PSU. You're actually well under $600 all said and done.

 

[Deniedstingray]

Pentium G4560 (the new, better-priced i3) + 250 gig SSD + 8 GB RAM + decent 450-500W PSU. You're actually well under $600 all said and done.

that is actually exactly what i had written down. Thank you for the reply.