Barebone's PC Build for mother in law

[Barron2110]

Hi guys.

I'm after some advice on a PC for my mother in law. She normally uses laptops but after her last few over the years has decided she wants to have a small pc instead of a cheap laptop. Trouble is I'm not used to building something on a budget. Basically it use is for mainly Facebook games and my kids use it for mine craft / Roblox as well. So the spec's dont have to be a world beater. But needs to last and Im thinking small form factor just for space as it will be in her sitting room.

She will need Window's too. I'm thinking of the AMD CPU route as you can get most bang for your buck. I was looking at the Kaveri CPU? Any advice you can offer would be great.

Basically looking as cheap as possible, which is so hard lol.

Any advice would be great.

 

[mistersprinkles]

The grammar nazi in me can't help himself so here goes: Apostrophes don't pluralize words. There. I said it.

 

[Barron2110]

The grammar nazi in me can't help himself so here goes: Apostrophes don't pluralize words. There. I said it.

Thanks for the help i'll let her know ¬_¬

 

[lltfdaniel]

Here is my suggestion.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x AMD A4-7300 3.80GHz (Socket FM2+) w/ Radeon HD 8470D Graphics Dual Core Processor (AD7300OKHLBOX)= £36.95
• 1 x Gigabyte GA-F2A68HM-HD2 AMD A68 Chipset (Socket FM2+) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard= £44.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance 4GB (1x4GB) DDR3-PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Single Channel Module (CMZ4GX3M1A1600C9)= £34.99
• 1 x Corsair CX450 450W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply (CP-9020120-UK)= £49.99
• 1 x Asus 24x DVD±RW DRW-24D5MT SATA ReWriter - Black (OEM)= £13.99
• 1 x WD Blue 1TB 7200rpm SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (WD10EZEX)= £41.99
• 1 x Bitfenix Nova Midi Tower Case - Black Window= £31.99

Total: £267.19
(includes shipping: £12.30)



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[spoffle]

The grammar nazi in me can't help himself so here goes: Apostrophes don't pluralize words. There. I said it.

You will find that you're talking about punctuation.

 

[Barron2110]

Here is my suggestion.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x AMD A4-7300 3.80GHz (Socket FM2+) w/ Radeon HD 8470D Graphics Dual Core Processor (AD7300OKHLBOX)= £36.95
• 1 x Gigabyte GA-F2A68HM-HD2 AMD A68 Chipset (Socket FM2+) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard= £44.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance 4GB (1x4GB) DDR3-PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Single Channel Module (CMZ4GX3M1A1600C9)= £34.99
• 1 x Corsair CX450 450W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply (CP-9020120-UK)= £49.99
• 1 x Asus 24x DVD±RW DRW-24D5MT SATA ReWriter - Black (OEM)= £13.99
• 1 x WD Blue 1TB 7200rpm SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (WD10EZEX)= £41.99
• 1 x Bitfenix Nova Midi Tower Case - Black Window= £31.99

Total: £267.19
(includes shipping: £12.30)



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Price looks good mate. Should be fine for running minecraft etc?

How long will a system like this run for future wise?

 

[orbitalwalsh]

@Barron2110
Since you mentioned small


My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Gigabyte Brix GB-BKi3HA-7100 Intel Core i3 Kabylake DDR4 Mini PC= £299.99
• 1 x Kingston HyperX Impact Black Series 4GB 2133MHZ DDR4 CL13 SODIMM (Kit of 1) (HX421S13IB/4)= £37.00
• 1 x Seagate Barracuda 2.5" 500GB 5400RPM SATA 6GB/S HDD (ST500LM030)= £37.99

Total: £390.88 (includes shipping: £15.90)​

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Ocuk don't have the best section of Brix and zotac boxes, worth a Google

 

[Noughtboy]

Honestly, I would think not much further along. My kids are using an (older) Athlon 645 or similar. It is a quad-core with APU and can run Roblox etc but CPU is at something like 80%.

I would try and move a little up the food chain or alternatively add in a cheap discrete GPU for that side of things.

For email.and websurfing, it will be fine.

Remember, you need to add in Windows so another ~ £100.

You could save a little cash by dropping the DVD drive if she won't need it and swopping the PSU to this https://www.overclockers.co.uk/kolink-kl-400-400w-80-plus-bronze-power-supply-ca-010-kk.html to save another £33.

 

[Barron2110]

Shes looking for a bigger screen because of her eye sight and we've jumped back from the laptop idea because of this.

What do you guys think of this?

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Kingston A400 120GB SATA 6Gb/s 2.5" Solid State Hard Drive - (SA400S37/120G)= £49.99
• 1 x Kolink KL-400 400W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply= £30.95
• 1 x Asus PCE-N15 300Mbps 802.11B/G/N Wireless PCI-E Network Adapter= £15.95
• 1 x BenQ GL955A 18.5" 1366x768 TN Widescreen LED Monitor - Black= £68.99
• 1 x Asus GeForce GT 1030 OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £49.99
• 1 x Aerocool CS-1101 Midi Tower Case - Black= £23.99
• 1 x Asrock A320M AMD A320 (Socket AM4) DDR4 Micro ATX Motherboard= £54.95
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 3 Quad Core 1300X 3.70GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £109.99
• 1 x Corsair Value Select 4GB (1x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C14 2400MHz Single Channel Module (CMV4GX4M1A2400C16)= £49.99

Total: £467.39 (includes shipping: £12.60)
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[lltfdaniel]

Shes looking for a bigger screen because of her eye sight and we've jumped back from the laptop idea because of this.

What do you guys think of this?

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Kingston A400 120GB SATA 6Gb/s 2.5" Solid State Hard Drive - (SA400S37/120G)= £49.99
• 1 x Kolink KL-400 400W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply= £30.95
• 1 x Asus PCE-N15 300Mbps 802.11B/G/N Wireless PCI-E Network Adapter= £15.95
• 1 x BenQ GL955A 18.5" 1366x768 TN Widescreen LED Monitor - Black= £68.99
• 1 x Asus GeForce GT 1030 OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £49.99
• 1 x Aerocool CS-1101 Midi Tower Case - Black= £23.99
• 1 x Asrock A320M AMD A320 (Socket AM4) DDR4 Micro ATX Motherboard= £54.95
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 3 Quad Core 1300X 3.70GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £109.99
• 1 x Corsair Value Select 4GB (1x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C14 2400MHz Single Channel Module (CMV4GX4M1A2400C16)= £49.99

Total: £467.39 (includes shipping: £12.60)
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I think it definitely will run minecraft.