A pc for grandma

[ugafan]

Not looking for anything fancy, a budget pc to browse the web will suffice. Any suggestions?

[Omega]

Grab a pre-build with 8GB of memory and a Celeron and you will fine. Something like a Lenovo Ideacentre around the $250 price point.

[_I_]

an old laptop or office desktop

make surei t has atleast 8g of ram and ssd

[Shadow]

Messaggio originale di ugafan:

Not looking for anything fancy, a budget pc to browse the web will suffice. Any suggestions?

Budget Price?

[Nabster]

I find laptop to be easier to use and quite reasonable priced at the budget end

[Tristan]

any cheap laptop will do

[_I_]

a buddy scored an awesome laptop at walmart
was a display model, but he wiped it anyway (new os install on the ssd and with disinfectant cleaners)
10th gen i5, 1080p touch display, gtx 1050, 250g ssd
was $800 on the site, but ob display model was $200

overkill for the kiddos homework, but couldnt pass it up

also check microcenter if you are near one
https://www.microcenter.com/search/search_results.aspx?Ntk=all&sortby=pricelow&prt=clearance&N=4294967291&myStore=true&storeid=029
select your store location at the top

if its just for browsing, a chromebook can do it at the $100-200 range

[chiefputsilao✖️ping]

for internet surfing? alternative: get her an android tablet.

[Electric Cupcake]

Messaggio originale di chiefputsilao✖️ping:

for internet surfing? alternative: get her an android tablet.

Or a Raspberry Pi.

[Disdoodfake322]

Pc are expensive, so you got the parts, but what about the monitor, the chair, and the upgrades?

[[☥] - CJ -]

Messaggio originale di ZootsIdenticalTwinSisterDingo:

Messaggio originale di chiefputsilao✖️ping:

for internet surfing? alternative: get her an android tablet.

Or a Raspberry Pi.

was going to suggest this also.

But any standard PC with at least 8GB RAM will be just fine, there are plenty for cheap on ebay.
The main thing to worry about would be the quality and size of the monitor though, depending on her age.

[Set-115689]

Fire tablets are cheap and prime day is on the 13th in ~5 days. Main concern would be the charging port getting wrecked or her letting the battery run down and the battery dying. Also there might not be stuff that works that she wants. You can't really use the google play store just the amazon apps. They also have low end cameras for taking pictures/videos and skyping/zooming. Can't do a lot of pc stuff on them that she might do?

Other than that look for old office work stations on ebay from a popular seller with high ratings. You can pick up pcs for like $40 + shipping since most people have no idea what xeon cpus are. Look for auctions and bid in the last few minutes. Also make offers instead of just buying.

I have a core 2 duo e8500 , 4 gb ddr2, 760 gtx (a 9800 gtx can still run the internet fine since most stuff seems to use the cpu) and it runs the internet ok. I think the cpu struggles with 720p 60 fps youtube videos maybe?

I also use a e5-1650 6 core 12 thread xeon , 4 gb ddr3 ram (2 sticks) 1333 and a 9800 gtx 512 mb and it runs the internet fine. 1080p 60 fps video is no problem. The internet doesn't seem to use the video card much just the cpu on all cores.

You can also build your own pc. Theres cheap multicore cpus with graphics on them. If you have a case and an old power supply you might be set.

[Talby]

ultra-budget / no budget: RCA Voyager 7" 16GB Tablet with Keyboard Case[www.walmart.com] $45

low budget: RCA Viking Pro 10.1" Android 2-in-1 Tablet 32GB Quad Core[www.walmart.com] $89

mid-budget: HP Chromebook 11-inch, 4 GB RAM, 32 GB[www.amazon.com]$220

high-end: HP 14" Ryzen 3 4GB/1TB Laptop[www.walmart.com] $300

ultra-high-end: Above Ryzen laptop plus:
Sceptre 27" 1080p/75hz[www.walmart.com] $110
Logitech MK120 Wired Keyboard/Mouse combo[www.walmart.com] $15

[[☥] - CJ -]

It doesnt even need to be a recent model PC, anything above an i5 2500k will do the trick and PCs with Intel 3xxx and 4xxx CPUs tend to be pretty cheap and do the trick just fine when a GPU isnt needed.
i wouldnt recommend tablets and the like though.