PC for my Grandad

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Hey guys.

I'm building my 85 year old Grandad a PC as his old one is a little long in the tooth. Its about 8 years old and was bought from OcUK. Well done to OcUK as it hasnt had a single problem

Anyway he wants to be able to run BF3 on Ultra.............just kidding :p

It just needs to be able to surf and watch the odd HD movie. I think the biggest improvement for him would be to have an SSD.

I don't have a budget but want to keep it cheap. I was thinking around £300 and below. Maybe with a cheap passive GPU. He doesnt need anymore storage as he was only using about half of his 74gb hardrive so I was think a 128gb SSD would be perfect for him.

The space he wants it to go in is one of those build in PC desks. So MATX would be good for the case.....I was looking at the fractal core 1000....good choice?


Anyway sorry for rambling. And thanks for reading.

Oh and no OS or monitor mouse and keyboard needed he's got all those.
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TD120BW) £83.99
1 x Gigabyte F2A55M-DS2 AMD A55 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £49.99
1 x AMD A6-5400K Black Edition 3.60GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Dual Core Processor (AD540KOKHJBOX) £47.99
1 x Antec VP350P 350W '80 Plus' Continuous Power Supply £32.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED34096M1600HC11DC) £29.99
1 x Xigmatek Helios XTK231 Mini Tower Case - Black £25.99
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £300.53 (includes shipping : £10.50).



The case is ok, but I'd also prefer the fractal design one you've mentioned. I've worked with the fractal design case twice before and it was easy to build with. That said, the one I've specced will be good enough for your needs
 
 
 
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IMO if all he does is browse the internet a A6 may be overkill. A A4 should have enough graphic grunt for a HD film and should cope absolutely fine with internet browsing, could save a £10 or so but in low budget builds every £ off is good :)

1600MHz RAM is fine if you are not going to be gaming since I very much doubt movies/word processing/internet will benefit from the increased speeds of RAM, even with a APU.
 
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ExRayTed said:
That ram is complete overkill for an 85 year old man who wants a basic computer.
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I know. I had it in there from a previous build thread that wanted a gaming machine. Forgot about removing it for something cheaper, was wondering why I couldn't get under £300. :p

First build would be perfect.
 
That's so much for the help guys. Will probably go with ExRayTed's but will take all the bits listed in to consideration. Can't wait to build this one for him. His current PC takes around 5-7 mins to boot and around 30 secs to 1 min to load chrome. His PC is his lifeline and entertainment when he's on his own so this will be a huge deal for him.

Many thanks to you all.

^-^
 
 
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