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[Giallo Corsa]

Hello, boys.

My cousin's PC gave up the other day, so he needs a new one.

Nothing demanding, just the usual stuff: email, web browsing, Excel, PDFs, Office, and general day-to-day use.

What would you recommend in terms of:

• CPU (AMD or Intel?)
• RAM (capacity and DDR4 or DDR5?)
• Motherboard?

He'll be buying the components through a guy he knows, so I'm looking for suggestions on what hardware to put together.

He'll also need a monitor.

I was thinking that a budget of around €1,000 should be more than enough for this kind of PC, including the monitor. Does that sound about right?


Thanks in advance, boys.

 

[winjer]

If it's only for office use, have you considered a mini PC?
For example:

GMKtec NucBox M6 Ultra for around 500$

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 7640HS
Graphics: AMD Radeon 760M
RAM: Up to 32GB DDR5 (expandable to 128GB)
Storage: 1TB (expandable to 8TB)
Connectivity: 3x USB 3.1, 1x USB4, 1x USB 2.0, 1x HDMI 2.0, 1x DisplayPort, 1x 3.5mm audio jack, 2x 2.5G ethernet ports
Barebones model available: Yes
Dimensions: 5.07 x 5 x 1.88in / 12.88 x 12.7 x 4.78cm

 

[phant0m]

Should be in non-gaming forum.

Anyway, if it's truly just for office/web stuff I would not build a PC. It's not worth it. Just get a prebuilt mini PC (Lenovo ThinkCentre, Dell OptiPlex, HP EliteDesk). You can save a bunch by buying refurbs direct from mfr too. Don't get anything less than 16 GB of RAM and 512 SSD.

That said if he's a hobbyist then go for it but you're not going to save any money and you'll be responsible for all your own support.

Also DDR4 is fine and you can get a setup really cheap if you looks for units a generation or two old on eBay

 

[asdasdasdbb]

MBP

 

[Lillie]

just tell him to buy a macbook neo

 

[Cakeboxer]

Any old office pc (SFF or Mini) for <100 bucks with an i5, Win 11 compatability and an SSD will do just fine.