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Started by viralsiel | | 7 answers
No more than 300 Euro PC Build for present to my Mom.
I want to buy a good PC as a present for my mom, not to play latest games, but to be pretty snappy and with Wifi. I'm from Spain and buy stuff from www.pccomponentes.com .
So far I only picked:
1. CPU - AMD Athlon X2 340 3.2Ghz FM2 Box - 33€;
2. GPU - Sapphire R7 250 1GB GDDR5 - 79.95€;
3. Memory - G.Skill DDR3 1600 PC3-12800 8GB 2x4GB CL11 - 73€;
4. PSU - Tacens Mars Gaming 500W - 22€;
5. Case - Tacens Mars Gaming MC0 - 17.75€;
6. Matherboard - don't know wich is better to take?
7. What do I have to buy to have WiFi in that PC Case?
8. Mouse and Keyboard - Genius SlimStar 8000M Wireless - 15.95€.
All of this is 241.65€ + shipping 5€ - Motherboard and WiFi component.
Need your recommendations and especially on the motherboard and WiFi.

Thankful for all the help.
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October 17, 2014 4:27:42 AM

And Also I'm looking at:
MSI Wind Box DC111 Intel Celeron 1037U/4GB/500GB - Mini PC
It has all I need, it's cheap, but is it responsive, snappy and not too loud?
October 16, 2014 3:04:57 PM

At that price point, buying a prebuilt is often the best idea. Especially this time of year.
October 16, 2014 3:01:14 PM

Thank you for your help, i will look it up and see if I can find there something. What is the best way to have WiFi in that PC? Buy Mobo with WiFi or buy something else?
October 16, 2014 2:56:28 PM

What you want is an i3 with igp so no need for the 250x. Here's what you need:
Cheapest i3 you can find thats haswell based.
Cheap mobo from Gigabyte / MSI / ASUS/ ASRock
GPU - integrated in i3
Cheapest 8gb (2x4) ddr3 you can find
PSU - you chose a bad brand thats likely to kill the pc - get this http://www.pccomponentes.com/cooler_master_e_600_600w.h...
HDD/SSD - i'd recommend an SSD for general snappiness but since your budget doesn't allow it go for a WD caviar blue 1TB

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