Trying to build a custom PC for my mom for Mother's Day, not entirely sure what components to use?

Hello,

For me I will buy laptop, WHY it's more easy for them and they can carry it with them.

But if you really want to build go only for budget one's

Cheap motherboard but it will long last: Gigabyte, MSI, ASUS

RAM: 4gb it's ok already

GPU: depends to you if you want

CPU: go for intel i3 or something that your budget will do

PSU(power supply): maybe generic

CASE: generic

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If it is getting loud, it is probably over heating and on the verge of death. Try blowing it out with compressed air. If it is only serving Internet browsing duties, and low resource gaming, it would be cheaper to buy a massed produced machine. Sure you can probably build a light duty rig cheaper than dirt, it is the software that is going to kill the budget. If you can salvage the HDD,optical drive, power supply and case. All you need is a mother board, new memory for it (or find a motherboard that uses the memory presently installed in her comp now) and a CPU. If it was a corporate machine, a new OS will be needed, cause the system disk will not jive with the new motherboard. Then you will need to do a fresh install on the old hard drive. Socket 775 motherboards are still plentiful, along with a cheap socket 775 quad core CPU, would be beastly for your moms. Get a q9300 real cheap off eBay.

From a in basic terms hardware viewpoint (the way I appear at computer systems regardless of the company), a custom pc will beat out an iMac. As you've gotten already come to the conclusion that you get extra to your cash, go for the custom pc.

Some ideas ;

i3 or i5 processor

6-8 gb of ram

asus or gigabyte mobo

amd 7750 or a nvidia gt 630 graphics

optical drive standard dvd drive

500 gb hdd drive

coolermaster pc case

550 watt psu

AMD 5600K APU or Go ALL out with the 5800K

8GB DDR3

Western Digital Blue Hard Drive

Corsair CX430 or CX430M

Cooler Master HAF 912

MSI FM2-A75MA-E35

Lite-On DVD Drive

$ 350 setup.

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CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($169.99 @ Microcenter)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.98 @ Amazon)

Motherboard: Asus P8Z77-V LX ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($109.99 @ Newegg)

Memory: Crucial Ballistix sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory ($36.78 @ B&H)

Video Card: XFX Radeon HD 7850 2GB Video Card ($184.99 @ NCIX US)

Case: BitFenix Merc Alpha ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.98 @ NCIX US)

Power Supply: Corsair Builder 500W 80 PLUS Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($39.99 @ Newegg)

Optical Drive: Samsung SH-222BB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($37.77 @ Mac Connection)

Total: $649.47

Or

GPU: Radeon HD 7850

CPU: i3 3220

RAM: 4gb RAM

CASE: NZXT Source 210

MOTHERBOARD:MSI Z77A-G41

PSU: Cooler Masater Elite 460w

OPTICAL DRIVE: Lite On DVD writer/reader x24

This shouldn't cost that much FYI expect to spend around $300 i personally use this build for all of my gaming servers. It should be able to run HD video with a monitor.

awkward moment mothers day was 2 months a go...

that site is wrong:

https://www.google.co.uk/webhp?sourceid=chrome-ins...

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/UtWh

Does not include screen etc.