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Hi all, going to be putting together a PC for my parents in the next few weeks since I'm back from uni and I wanted some opinions on my current parts list. They'll probably have this computer (and not do anything to it) for the next ten or so years so it has to last. It will be used just for emails/microsoft office/youtube/browsing etc. They've only used around 60GB on their current hard drive in the last ten or so years hence the small capacity single drive.

CPU - Intel Core i3 6100 - £104.99
Motherboard - ASrock H110M-ITX / AC - £76.93
Ram - Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4 - £133.51
SSD - Corsair MP300 NVMe M.2 SSD 120GB - £49.46
PSU - Corsair CX550M 80+ Bronze - £55.46
Case - Current (a bit old but it works fine)
Windows 10 + Microsoft Office I'll get from somewhere like Kinguin, don't mind using OEM stuff etc - approx. £60 for both

Total - £500

I'm not very clued up on Ryzen stuff at the minute so if there are better options for the price/longevity (maybe with a quad core?) please let me know.

Thanks is advance for any help!
 
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Yeah, I see no point in going with an older dual-core i3 at this point. Both the Intel and AMD are offering competitive quad-core processors for around the same price or less now, and AMD's 2200G includes much better graphics performance, even if they might not make that much use of it. Likewise, SSDs with 240GB or more of storage are available for around the same price as that 120GB drive, so you might as well get more capacity should they ever decide to store some videos or something.

As for sites like Kinguin, it's not really "piracy", but it may be more of a grey market. Basically, people buy software licenses from countries where they are sold for less, then re-sell them in markets where they weren't intended to be sold for...
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Any reason for the mitx board ??

& I highly doubt they need 16gb ram for general browsing & office tasks.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 2200G 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£84.98 @ PC World Business)
Motherboard: MSI - B450M PRO-M2 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard (£63.98 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: ADATA - XPG GAMMIX D10 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2666 Memory (£79.75 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Intenso - Top Performance 256GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive (£39.95 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM (2015) 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£47.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £316.65
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-09-10 15:42 BST+0100

 
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Kinguin is not legit, not recommended.

This is better build for faster CPU and better GPU:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 2200G 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£84.98 @ PC World Business)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - B450M DS3H Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard (£68.40 @ Aria PC)
Memory: Patriot - Viper 4 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£134.02 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial - MX500 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£53.97 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM (2015) 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£47.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £389.36
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-09-10 15:44 BST+0100
 
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I was planning a new small case then just accidentally left it in when I scrapped that idea, could be anything up to ATX really.

Do you think in five years time when 16GB becomes a lot more mainstream that it'll be good to have? Or will 8GB still do the job even that far in the future?

Thanks for the Ryzen suggestion!
 
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How not legit if you don't mind me asking? I've had a few keys from there without any problems but to be honest I haven't really looked into it.

Thanks for the build suggestion, ryzen looks like the way to go for them. Do you think it will have better longevity than an equivalent option, or just better price to performance with the same general standard?
 
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Here is what I would go with if building something you want to last for 10 years. Quality of the parts is important so cutting cost or cheaping out is not recommended. Don't need to go nuts as far as parts go, just a good stable PC to good parts.

Kinguin is not legit, not recommended, it's pirated software and against TH to even talk about it.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i3-8100 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor (£103.72 @ PC World Business)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - B360 HD3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£79.92 @ Aria PC)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory (£75.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung - 860 Evo 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£173.03 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£79.99 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit (£87.04 @ PC World Business)
Total: £599.69
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-09-10 15:55 BST+0100
 
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Thanks for the info! Does that mean that something like this (https://www.amazon.co.uk/MICROSOFT-PROFESSIONAL-Reinstallable-Lifetime-Digital/dp/B01DYRABLI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1536592201&sr=8-1&keywords=microsoft+office+2016) will also not be legit because it's so cheap? Reviews are very varied...
 
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Yes, google the actual seller cairnquay and you will see shady...
 
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Yeah, I see no point in going with an older dual-core i3 at this point. Both the Intel and AMD are offering competitive quad-core processors for around the same price or less now, and AMD's 2200G includes much better graphics performance, even if they might not make that much use of it. Likewise, SSDs with 240GB or more of storage are available for around the same price as that 120GB drive, so you might as well get more capacity should they ever decide to store some videos or something.

As for sites like Kinguin, it's not really "piracy", but it may be more of a grey market. Basically, people buy software licenses from countries where they are sold for less, then re-sell them in markets where they weren't intended to be sold for such prices. They're technically legal keys (or most should be anyway), though using them in an alternate market may not fully abide by Microsoft's terms and conditions. Considering Tom's Hardware even mentioned the site in a front-page article not too long ago, there should be no problem talking about them in the forum. : P

https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/get-windows-10-free-or-cheap,5717.html
 
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And he needs to get parts that have a chance to actually last 10 years to begin with.

Otherwise they will be replacing parts as they go bad, buying things twice instead of once.


For something to last that 10 year time frame they really need to think about what it is they are buying.

Or this whole topic is completely worthless in the 1st place.


 
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