Good PC build for my necessities?

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Trevon Harris

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I'm going back to college soon, and I absolutely hate my Toshiba Satellite C55-A. I detest its mediocre 720p display and sluggish performance. I'm just starting to hate laptops now I feel so locked down with them, I bought a high-end tablet to replace my laptops portability now I just need a desktop to replace its functionality.

I want a nice desktop PC for college, I'm not going to be playing any games on it because I prefer console, I just want buttery smooth performance when browsing the internet and solid speedy multitasking through multiple tabs and different apps. The main things I'll be doing on the PC is reading books, watching YouTube or videos on various sites, using Microsoft Word, Access, PowerPoint, and Excel extensively.
 
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Trevon Harris

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Well in the title it does say "build," I've mentioned that I use various Microsoft Applications as well so you know I'd be using windows. I just want a nice PC build the monitor and keyboard aren't any of your concern here, but if you can recommend a good keyboard that'd be appreciated. I have a Samsung Monitor 1080.

 
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hoorhay

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4130 3.4GHz Dual-Core Processor ($110.27 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($45.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($44.49 @ Amazon)
Storage: Crucial BX100 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($59.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($51.89 @ OutletPC)
Case: Rosewill RANGER-M MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($26.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Antec Basiq 350W ATX Power Supply ($25.98 @ OutletPC)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSC0 DVD/CD Writer ($13.99 @ NCIX US)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit) ($88.88 @ NCIX US)
Total: $468.37
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-31 13:14 EDT-0400

Just make sure you install your OS on the solid state drive, for an overall much snappier feel.
 
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Trevon Harris

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Too expensive, I need a sub $200 build
 
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hoorhay

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Minus the operating system which costs $80-99 on it's own

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3220 3.0GHz Dual-Core Processor ($52.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Foxconn H81MX Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($40.98 @ Amazon)
Memory: Patriot Signature 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory ($19.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Hitachi Deskstar 250GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($36.94 @ Amazon)
Case: Xigmatek Recon ATX Mid Tower Case ($25.50 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Antec Basiq 350W ATX Power Supply ($25.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $202.38
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-31 13:37 EDT-0400
 
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Hoorhay's solution is about as close as you'll get for a new build and windows alone will be a good $80-90 chunk on it's own. That's an extremely low budget for a pc. Your best bet may be to consider a used desktop through ebay or similar. There are quite a few core 2 duo based systems in that price range. Many will be used prebuilt units like lenovo, dell etc which may limit how far you can upgrade components due to proprietary motherboards and other parts. It would get you by for awhile though, or you could save up some more and build something more suitable.
 
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