Simple PC for simple stuff

[Coomber]

Hi everyone

I would like to build a new PC for my mum this Christmas, she has a 3-4 year old laptop which is pretty knackered now. She uses a keyboard/mouse/screen connected to it so I was thinking to replace it with a small desktop. Possibly a micro-ATX or mini-ITX would be fun to build as I have only built big ol' gaming towers before now.

Can anyone recommend a build for light office work, web browsing, YouTube, that kind of stuff. Budget is £200. A nice, clean looking case would be a bonus.

Cheers

 

[snips86x]

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x AMD A6-5400K Black Edition 3.60GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Dual Core Processor (AD540KOKHJBOX)= £34.99
• 1 x XFX TS 430W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply - Black ** 5 YEAR WARRANTY OCUK EXCLUSIVE **= £30.95
• 1 x Seagate 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (ST1000DM003)= £38.99
• 1 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9)= £26.99
• 1 x Kolink Satellite Micro-ATX Cube Case - Black= £26.99
• 1 x Gigabyte F2A88XM-DS2 AMD A88X (Socket FM2+) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard= £41.99

Total: £212.60
(includes shipping: £11.70)
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[Danny75]

Here's a Mini-ITX offering:

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x AMD Athlon 5350 2.05GHz Quad Core Processor - Retail (Socket AM1)= £35.99
• 1 x Asus AM1I-A AMD AM1 (Socket FS1b) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard= £26.99
• 1 x Raijintek Metis - Blue Mini ITX Case= £35.99
• 1 x XFX TS 430W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply - Black ** 5 YEAR WARRANTY OCUK EXCLUSIVE **= £30.95
• 1 x Samsung 120GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E120B/EU= £49.99
• 1 x GeIL Black Dragon 4GB (1x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Single Module (GD34GB1600C11SC)= £17.99

Total: £209.60
(includes shipping: £11.70)
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Chose blue but that case comes in several colours.

The laptop's hard drive could be salvaged and used as extra storage, perhaps. So she gets the snappiness of the SSD and more storage room.