My grandma is looking for a new pc she’s wanting to keep it around the 500$ range. The only things she uses it for is internet browsing, Microsoft word/excel, and solitaire. Must have an optical drive. Already have a monitor picked out. Lmk your recommendations.

Budget:$5-600
More specific use (what games, what programs): Microsoft word/excel, solitaire, internet explorer.
Planned time until purchase: within this month
Do you need an Operating System?: yes
Do you have any specific preferred components?: optical drive
Do you need a sound or wireless card?: no
Do you want stock cooling or do you plan on overclocking?: stock or 120mm water cooler.
Do you need a monitor? mouse? keyboard?: no

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/4rp7p8



This motherboard has...

BIOS FLASHBACK+: Simply use a USB key to flash any BIOS within seconds, without installing a CPU, memory or graphics card

I assume that cpu has integrated graphics?

Yeah. Radeon Vega 8

Modifications of the previous list with more room for upgrades down the road if needed.
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/wwqTzN

You can pick up a cheap samsung or lg optical drive for the top slot.
The 5.25 slot is kinda funky on that case though.

This post was edited by Applecrack on Feb 3 2020 12:49pm

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/cZhqPn
Hell of a lot cheaper and she will get the same functionality out of it.

This post was edited by zell1luk on Feb 5 2020 09:49pm

are you guys serious?

this is MORE then enough for your grandma

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/KG8Ymg

win+office not incuded, can get them of ebay for very cheap.

This post was edited by BigBalaBoom on Feb 6 2020 05:01am