Web browsing machine only.

[Heroesneverquit]

Making a machine that will be just webbrowsing maybe some 1080p netflix watching.

Questions:
1. How much ram? Would 4gb be fine or should I stick with 8gb?
2. Cpu choice. Should I go with the a8 or would an a6 be fine?
3. Any other way to lower price? Trying to get this to be cheap but still fast.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD A8-5600K 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor ($94.29 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A88M-HD+ Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LP 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($44.80 @ Amazon)
Case: Logisys CS368BB ATX Mid Tower Case w/480W Power Supply ($29.99 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $414.04
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-01-31 01:05 EST-0500)
For instance I made this thinking it would be a bit better as like I said cheaper the better here. I also dont want to run the pc into the ground though either.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD A6-6400K 3.9GHz Dual-Core Processor ($62.74 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A88M-HD+ Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill NS Series 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($38.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($44.80 @ Amazon)
Case: Logisys CS368BB ATX Mid Tower Case w/480W Power Supply ($29.99 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $351.49
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-01-31 01:03 EST-0500)

 

[AMD Radeon]

i vote for the 2nd build
but with 1TB hdd and 2x 4GB ram
at $40 more

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD A6-6400K 3.9GHz Dual-Core Processor ($62.74 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus A88XM-A Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($69.99 @ Microcenter)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.66 @ OutletPC)
Case: Logisys CS368BB ATX Mid Tower Case w/480W Power Supply ($29.99 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $397.34
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-01-31 01:41 EST-0500)

 

[Heroesneverquit]

Well the thing is the person buying a machine like this would not be saving anything really. Just browsing and watching videos on the internet so a 1tb drive would not be needed. Also this is a cheap as possible build pretty much. So anywhere that I can save some cash I would like too. This is not a build for myself either.

So long as the A6 is fine I just dont really know about ram. Since this will just be a web/email/youtube/netflix pc will it really need 8gb? I think when watching videos on my i5 with integrated I only get to like 2.5 gb on youtube.

 

[AMD Radeon]

sometimes ppl leave so many tabs open, thats where that 8GB ram is needed
btw i think $40 for that upgrade will not hurt much

 

[Heroesneverquit]

I think I am going to stick with the 4gb. I just went to try to get over 4gb used in just a browser. I got to over 20 and I was still under 4. Thats with them all loaded onto a page. I had like 10 youtubes 1 facebook a netflix and then 8 wikipedia pages. I was at like 3.4gbs or so lol. So I am not to worried about it.

 

[Icaraeus]

Well seeing as you'd presumably only be doing that, 4GB of RAM would be fine. If, however, you intend to open stuff like MSO Word/PowerPoint, a few browser tabs w/ videos, and some file folders you could go with 8GB RAM, as you wouldn't slow down compared to if you had only 4GB.