Building PC for Mom

[StangMan04]

Looking to build a PC for my mother this Christmas, figured I would look for parts now due to Black Friday, even though it doesn't look good for PC components.

1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
This is for web browsing, web-based games (pogo,facebook)

2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
Would like to keep this under $550, cheaper the better

3) Which country do you live in? If the U.S, please tell us the state and city if possible.
Richmond,Va U.S.

4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. The word "Everything" is not a valid answer. Please list out all the parts you'll need.
CPU,RAM,Motherboard,PSU,CD/DVD drive, SSD, Case, Win 7 x64(if possible)

5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model.
Just my Dell (2005FPW) 20in monitor

6) Will you be overclocking?
No

7) What is the max resolution of your monitor? What size is it?
Probably be a 20in Dell monitor (2005FPW)

8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
ASAP

9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? USB 3.0? SATA 6Gb/s? eSATA? Onboard video (as a backup or main GPU)? UEFI? etc.
SATA 6Gb/s would be the only requirement

10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license? If yes, what OS? Is it 32bit or 64bit?
I do not, will need a x64 Windows OS. (preferably Win7 due to mothers lack of knowledge with Win8)




Here is what I have put together, let me know if there is anything I need to replace.

Case

DVD Burner

PSU

Memory

Motherboard

CPU

OS

SSD

Total is $494.92 shipped (not including MIRs)

 

[Dangman]

I recommend getting the Corsair 200R instead since it 's better built and has more room behind the motherboard tray for cable management. Totally worth it for $10 more.

Besides the case, looks good to me.

 

[StangMan04]

I recommend getting the Corsair 200R instead since it 's better built and has more room behind the motherboard tray for cable management. Totally worth it for $10 more.

Besides the case, looks good to me.

Thanks, one question. Not exactly for this build. But, I am giving my mother my Dell 2005FPW. Is there a good 23-24'' monitor on sale this black friday I should look at to replace it? I only play WoW on my computer and some random games, nothing intense.

 

[Dangman]

Thanks, one question. Not exactly for this build. But, I am giving my mother my Dell 2005FPW. Is there a good 23-24'' monitor on sale this black friday I should look at to replace it? I only play WoW on my computer and some random games, nothing intense.

AFAIK, not really.

 

[Quartz-1]

A white-box build lacks a certain style for a Christmas present. It's not especially gadgetacious. Have you considered a mini-PC like a Zotac Zbox? Or a NUC box?

 

[StangMan04]

A white-box build lacks a certain style for a Christmas present. It's not especially gadgetacious. Have you considered a mini-PC like a Zotac Zbox? Or a NUC box?

Not too worried about style, she asked for a new PC and I told her I would build her one to replace her crappy Dell laptop on its last legs.

 

[defaultluser]

Since she would be playing web games, I wanted to suggest the i3 3225 (with HD 4000), but it's still selling at quite a premium. I'm not sure it's worth the extra $25 (Amazon) or $40 (Newegg).

But on the flip side, you can find good deals on the Haswell Core i3 processors, all of which ship with HD 4600 graphics.

Discounted to $120 for Black Friday:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116945

And the same exact motherboard except featuring B85:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157388

So for twenty more bucks you get a vastly superior GPU, and a slightly more modern platform. Trust me, the HD 2500 will struggle on BASIC full-screen flash games, whereas the HD 4600 can actually PLAY GAMES on low/medium.