So my mom trashed her Pc

[CptWesker07]

So my parents wants me to build a cheap pc for them, all they use it for is work that's it. What cpu and mobo should I get?

[tacoshy]

AMD Athlon 200GE
B450 Motherboard
2x4GB DDR4
500GB SSD
SeaSonic S12II 520W

does the trick for office work at minimal cost.

[upcoast]

How cheap is cheap?

How did she trash it by tossing it off the balcony, lol?

[emoticorpse]

What kind of work she do?.

[tacoshy]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/Mkvf6s

alternativly rasie it by 30-40$ for 2x8GB RAM. Not really needed but can give a nice eprformance boost for "those moms" that never reboot their PC, never clean it (digital cleaning) and keep all their browser stuff open with tons of plugins they have no idea where they downloaded them.


Will do all normal work unless you do profession work like photoediting with ease. Can get barely cheaper then this.

[CptWesker07]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von upcoast:

How cheap is cheap?

How did she trash it by tossing it off the balcony, lol?

she knocked the tower over and the hard drive is making ticking sounds and it won't boot so it's trashed, it's a cheap pos dell so might as well get a new pc lol

[CptWesker07]

and the budget is $550

[tacoshy]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von CptWesker07:

Ursprünglich geschrieben von upcoast:

How cheap is cheap?

How did she trash it by tossing it off the balcony, lol?

she knocked the tower over and the hard drive is making ticking sounds and it won't boot so it's trashed, it's a cheap pos dell so might as well get a new pc lol

either that, already linked you a partlist for a cheap selfbuild office PC or you simply exchange the drive.

[CptWesker07]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von CptWesker07:

Ursprünglich geschrieben von upcoast:

How cheap is cheap?

How did she trash it by tossing it off the balcony, lol?

she knocked the tower over and the hard drive is making ticking sounds and it won't boot so the hdd is trashed, I would go and get a new hard drive but I'm not sure if anything else is damaged like the mobo so might as well build her a proper pc.

[tacoshy]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von tacoshy:

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/Mkvf6s

alternativly rasie it by 30-40$ for 2x8GB RAM. Not really needed but can give a nice eprformance boost for "those moms" that never reboot their PC, never clean it (digital cleaning) and keep all their browser stuff open with tons of plugins they have no idea where they downloaded them.


Will do all normal work unless you do profession work like photoediting with ease. Can get barely cheaper then this.

below 350$. Like I said, more then you need for office work... no reason to get more expensive parts even if it's within budget.

[retro_Ed]

Asrock deskmini A300
Cheap Ryzen
2 x 4GB DDR4
M.2 NVMe drive

[emoticorpse]

https://www.amazon.com/Dell-Optiplex-9020-Certified-Refurbished/dp/B076X6QRTD/ref=sr_1_5?keywords=dell&qid=1562797036&s=gateway&sr=8-5

[tacoshy]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von emoticorpse:

https://www.amazon.com/Dell-Optiplex-9020-Certified-Refurbished/dp/B076X6QRTD/ref=sr_1_5?keywords=dell&qid=1562797036&s=gateway&sr=8-5

a pc that is refurbished (2nd Hand) and does not come with warranty. just 90 days that are offered by amazon. only 240GB memory in total which is to low.
Actual used parts are not mentioned...
and its dell again - hard to upgrade.

[just.kamk /idle]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von CptWesker07:

and the budget is $550

Get her a laptop, a used office PC, or in case of "has to be new", even better would be some NUC, or for some way more performance a mini-stx build - depending on workload, i currently assume the latter might be best. But maybe her work involves "whatsoever", so please enlighten us.

Again, what is "work" for her. Anybody who tells you to buy X without asking even what it's for doesn't know what he's doing.

[r.linder]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von tacoshy:

AMD Athlon 200GE
B450 Motherboard
2x4GB DDR4
500GB SSD
SeaSonic S12II 520W

does the trick for office work at minimal cost.

200GE on a B450? AM4 Athlons are the only case I would suggest an A320. Don't need a B450 for a home/work system because an A320 isn't just going to blow up, it just needs to run the basics.

[hawkeye]

Swap the drive. Or buy a refurbished i7 pc off ebay.