Upgrade advice

[ATiRubyfan]

Good morning.

May I have some assistance plase?

I have an elderly family friend ( in her 60s ) who wants her PC upgraded.
I last built her one 11 years with an i5 3330s.

These are the specs that I have come up with for a new PC for her. Please advise.

HCS Hellcracks PC case £37
650W Corsair CX £50
Gigabyte B850 Eagle WIFI £150
Ryzen 7 9800X3D £400
Peerless assassin £26
32GB DDR5 Crucial RAM £79
1TB 990 Pro £93

Total - £835

If I swap for the i5 14600K & ASUS Z790-AYW WiFi motherboard, I can save about £120. The plan is also to use integrated graphics.

 

[ATiRubyfan]

What will your friend be using the PC for?

A 9800X3D is a very powerful/fast processor (just saying).

Just web browsing and light Microsoft Office usage. Absolutely no gaming!

Am I right not to go the Intel route?

 

[ATiRubyfan]

Apologies for not updating you all.

I ended up with the below in November :

CASE - Sharkoon RGB Slider - £28
PSU - be quiet! 550W - £49 ( maybe I should have kept the Silverstone 500W from her old PC but it was 12 years old! )
CPU - AMD Ryzen 5 8600G - £152
CPU HSF - Thermalright Assassin X 120 R - £19
MOBO - ASRock B850M Pro-A WiFi - £135
RAM - 32GB CORSAIR Vengeance - £63
SSD - 1TB Lexar EQ790 - £60
I even threw in a monitor as she had an old TFT monitor.
MSI MAG 242C - £69

TOTAL - £575

The old build had the ASROCK B75 Pro-3M and is not compatible with Windows 11 no matter what workarounds are used.

 

[ATiRubyfan]

Looking at current RAM and SSD prices, I am glad she upgraded at the right time. Otherwise, she would paid an extra £350!

 

[ATiRubyfan]

Did you try RUFUS to make the install USB?


Well done getting the RAM at that price, was it SH or new?

Yes, I did use Rufus. I also upgraded the BIOS. The damn board does not have a TPM chip.

I got the RAM brand new off ebay.

 

[ATiRubyfan]

Thank you to everyone who posted and assisted.