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Hey guys,

I'm looking to upgrade my parent's hardware from Sempron 140 with integrated video to something faster. Will be buying used parts from eBay. I'm looking to spend $150 to $200. Looking to get best performance in office tasks, browsing and sometimes games. I won't OC. SSD is a must (80Gb is more than enough). I have 1Tb HDD already. Need some advises on MB, CPU, RAM, Video, and SSD. Any suggestion would be gratefully appreciated.
 
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Do not buy used SSD since their lifespan is lower. SSDs have around 100k-1M write-erase cycles so... For CPU go for AMD A10 or A8 but the Kaveri ones. They have CPU, GPU and DSP in one. For integrated GPU AMD have far superior than Intel's. AMD claim that the A10 7870K can run BF4 on Medium. For RAM go for 1866Mhz 2x2 or 2x4 Gb or you can go for 4 or 8 Gb single channel. Or if you are very low on buged dont fall under 1600Mhz because APUs need fast ram. For mobo go for A88 or A85 chipset with absolutely FM2+ socket. (All mobos are pretty much the same one have features you'll like more. But for Best perfomance in games just forget with $200 PC. These rigs cost more than $2000 but for Office and browsing the web $200 PC is just perfect...
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Do not buy used SSD since their lifespan is lower. SSDs have around 100k-1M write-erase cycles so... For CPU go for AMD A10 or A8 but the Kaveri ones. They have CPU, GPU and DSP in one. For integrated GPU AMD have far superior than Intel's. AMD claim that the A10 7870K can run BF4 on Medium. For RAM go for 1866Mhz 2x2 or 2x4 Gb or you can go for 4 or 8 Gb single channel. Or if you are very low on buged dont fall under 1600Mhz because APUs need fast ram. For mobo go for A88 or A85 chipset with absolutely FM2+ socket. (All mobos are pretty much the same one have features you'll like more. But for Best perfomance in games just forget with $200 PC. These rigs cost more than $2000 but for Office and browsing the web $200 PC is just perfect but keep in mind that everything from AMD gets realy hot because they are idiots and refuse to make something more power efficent or atleast make better architectures (you didnt read this all did you?)
 
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Thank you for suggestions. I just won Intel Core I3 2100 3.1 Ghz Dual Core Cpu + Asus P8H61-M Lx2 MB + 4GB + 500 GB for $130. Hope it stands well against what you have suggested. I'm not a big fun of AMD :)) What would you suggest as for SSD? I have already two HDD for 1.5TB total. Just need enough space to run Win 7and Office 2013 smoothly. If I need to go new I will. Also which video card should I get under $50 used? Thank you
 
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