Hi everyone. I would like a second opinion regarding my build. My gf does not play game, she will only browsing web, watch video, word process. She does want a cute looking PC, hence I build the PC around that case.
Date: No dead line, can take as long as possible (she just want to feel special to have me build a PC for her)
budget: Under CAD $400.00 is a must, and under 350 if possible
usage: Web surfing, watch video, word processing.
No monitor, no keyboard no mouse
Do not need OS
No OC
No dedicate GPU
Would I get a major performance hit if I use Celeron G1840 instead? i wouldn't know since I use an I5 atm. If a Celeron is good enough to deal with those basic tasks, I rather save a few bucks there. I tried to come up with an AMD CPU version, but for mITX, there isnt many cheap mobo avaliable, or good AMD CPU.
Second question, would 4 gig ram be enough for windows 7 professional 64 bits? She is likely to open 15+ tab on Google chrome, and I notice when I do that on my nettop, 4 gig ram run out quickly and I get the low memory error message I am not sure if it is net top thing, or win 7 thing. Since on my old laptop 4 gig ran fine with 20+ tabs. The reason why we open so many tabs is because often we have to do online research and that involve keeping web pages available for comparison.
SSD is for quick office performance, she isn't likely to store a lot of documents. She will open ms Words, PDF and stuff frequently, and I notice SSD make those application open very fast.
Any feed back would be welcome.
Thank you everyone.
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PCPartPicker part list: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/PyRjvK
Price breakdown by merchant: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/PyRjvK/by_merchant/
CPU: Intel Pentium G3220 3.0GHz Dual-Core Processor ($59.99 @ NCIX)
Motherboard: ASRock H81M-ITX/WIFI Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard ($74.50 @ Vuugo)
Memory: Crucial 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory ($39.99 @ DirectCanada)
Storage: Sandisk Ultra Plus 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($58.98 @ DirectCanada)
Case: BitFenix Prodigy (Red) Mini ITX Tower Case ($64.99 @ Canada Computers)
Power Supply: CoolMax 300W ATX Power Supply ($31.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($15.79 @ DirectCanada)
Total: $346.22
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-01 19:52 EDT-0400
Date: No dead line, can take as long as possible (she just want to feel special to have me build a PC for her)
budget: Under CAD $400.00 is a must, and under 350 if possible
usage: Web surfing, watch video, word processing.
No monitor, no keyboard no mouse
Do not need OS
No OC
No dedicate GPU
Would I get a major performance hit if I use Celeron G1840 instead? i wouldn't know since I use an I5 atm. If a Celeron is good enough to deal with those basic tasks, I rather save a few bucks there. I tried to come up with an AMD CPU version, but for mITX, there isnt many cheap mobo avaliable, or good AMD CPU.
Second question, would 4 gig ram be enough for windows 7 professional 64 bits? She is likely to open 15+ tab on Google chrome, and I notice when I do that on my nettop, 4 gig ram run out quickly and I get the low memory error message I am not sure if it is net top thing, or win 7 thing. Since on my old laptop 4 gig ran fine with 20+ tabs. The reason why we open so many tabs is because often we have to do online research and that involve keeping web pages available for comparison.
SSD is for quick office performance, she isn't likely to store a lot of documents. She will open ms Words, PDF and stuff frequently, and I notice SSD make those application open very fast.
Any feed back would be welcome.
Thank you everyone.
[strike][/strike]
PCPartPicker part list: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/PyRjvK
Price breakdown by merchant: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/PyRjvK/by_merchant/
CPU: Intel Pentium G3220 3.0GHz Dual-Core Processor ($59.99 @ NCIX)
Motherboard: ASRock H81M-ITX/WIFI Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard ($74.50 @ Vuugo)
Memory: Crucial 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory ($39.99 @ DirectCanada)
Storage: Sandisk Ultra Plus 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($58.98 @ DirectCanada)
Case: BitFenix Prodigy (Red) Mini ITX Tower Case ($64.99 @ Canada Computers)
Power Supply: CoolMax 300W ATX Power Supply ($31.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($15.79 @ DirectCanada)
Total: $346.22
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-01 19:52 EDT-0400