Surfing and more cheap setup

[Boyko]

I friend of mine asked me to upgrade his pc only his box hdd's and power suply are fine so i came up with this list. the budget is 200-250$ I'd love if you give feedback or advise changing some of the parts http://pcpartpicker.com/user/curlyman/saved/GXNwrH

 

[kanewolf]

To be legal you may have to purchase a new OS license.

 

[giantbucket]

or use Linux...

 

[giantbucket]

ok, a few thoughts:

no point in getting a G3258 if you're just getting a basic H81 board.
no point in a GT610 either.
heck, at this level i'd go AMD Kaveri.

 

[Boyko]

mz friend has a windows 7 disc. Ok if this setup is not ok what do you suggest?

 

[giantbucket]

honestly if you have a case, hdd, power supply, and win7, all you really need is cpu, mobo, and possibly ram.

how about this? you can even remove the cooler and use the stock unit for a short-term. if that stock cooler gets too be too loud, only then consider buying something nicer. pick and choose a different SSD if you like - they're all MOSTLY the same for 95% of the people anyways.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/QvfJ4D

 

[Boyko]

honestly if you have a case, hdd, power supply, and win7, all you really need is cpu, mobo, and possibly ram.

how about this? you can even remove the cooler and use the stock unit for a short-term. if that stock cooler gets too be too loud, only then consider buying something nicer. pick and choose a different SSD if you like - they're all MOSTLY the same for 95% of the people anyways.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/QvfJ4D

How about a GPU? I think you are missing this out in the build or is the integrated one good enough?

 

[giantbucket]

for just surfing and even light gaming, the integrated should be more than enough. match it up with fast ram (make sure you/he enables the fastest memory speed you can get, either 2133 or 2400 with whichever board you pick) and he should be doing quite well overall.

the good thing is that if his requirements change and he suddenly also wants to get into gaming, he can simply add whatever graphics card is a good value then - which might be in 4 months or it might be in 2 years.

most people on here are hardcore gamers, so for them low/medium detail settings are total garbage - they need to run everything on ultra with frame rates far higher than even the monitor's own refresh rate. just because. but some folks might be ok with low/medium game settings and frame rates that hit 30 to make it playable.

anyways, it's an option. depending on how likely he is to get into gaming, you can either stick with an AMD like that or 'plan ahead' and use an intel G or i3 (and stick with onboard graphics for web surfing / facebook / email / movies)