Please Reveiw - Building a Budget PC for 2nd Grader

Thanks for your kind suggestions and review

Approximate Purchase Date: In 2 weeks or less

Budget Range: $400 - $500

System Usage from Most to Least Important – Building for a 2nd grader to do homework (school website links), Microsoft Word, YouTube and simple online games

Parts Not Required: Monitor Samsung SyncMaster 216BW
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6824001236

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg

Country: USA

Parts Preferences: AMD CPU

Overclocking: No

SLI or Crossfire: No

Monitor Resolution: Using existing http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6824001236

Additional Comments: Need a quite case with quite fans recommendation

Computer Case - $84.99 +$5.99 Shipping. Total = $90.98

Antec Three Hundred + BP430 Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 430W Power Supply

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6811129065

CPU - $79.99

AMD Athlon II X3 455 Rana 3.3GHz Socket AM3 95W Triple-Core Desktop Processor ADX455WFGMBOX

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819103911

Motherboard -$69.99+$6.98 shipping = $76.97

BIOSTAR A880GZ AM3+ AMD 880G HDMI SATA 6Gb/s Micro ATX AMD Motherboard

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813138345

Memory - $29.99

G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F3-10600CL8D-4GBHK

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820231180

DVD Writer $21.99

LITE-ON DVD Burner - Bulk 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM Black SATA Model iHAS124-04 – OEM

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6827106289

Hard Drive - $79.99 +6.29 Shipping = $86.28

HITACHI HDS721050CLA362 (0F10381) 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6822145299

Speakers - $22.99

Logitech S-220 17 Watts 2.1 Multimedia Speaker System – OEM

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6836121014

Keyboard & Mouse - $26.99

Logitech Wireless Combo MK260 920-002950 Black 8 Function Keys USB RF Wireless Standard Keyboard and Mouse

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6823126197

Wifi Card – Already purchased

Rosewill RNX-N300X IEEE 802.11b/g, IEEE 802.11n Draft 2.0 PCI Wireless Adapter (2T3R) Up to 300Mbps Wireless Download Data Rates 64/128-Bit WEP, WPA PSK and WPA2 PSK (TKIP and AES) Vista/Win7

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6833166051

Monitor – Giving my existing Samsung 216BW

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6824001236

Total Cost Including Shipping = $431.92

I'd hesitate to recommend an old, outdated AMD CPU with an outdated AMD motherboard when it's far outperformed by it's Intel equivalent. Also - I would not recommend Hitachi hard drives as they have a tremendously high fail rate than their Western Digital and Seagate counterparts.

Try this build instead:

- Case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6811129042 - Antec 300 - $59.99
- PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817139027 - Corsair CX500 - $59.99
- Motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813121508 - Intel BOXDH67DLCB3 - $89.99
- CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819116401 - Intel Pentium Dual Core G620 - $79.99
- RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820226095 - Mushkin Enhanced Silverline 1333MHz - $39.99
- HD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6822148767 - Seagate Barracuda XT 500GB - $89.99
- Optical: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6827106289 - Lite On Bulk DVD Burner - $17.99
- Video Card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814102922 - Sapphire Radeon HD 5450 - $34.99

Total: $467.97

A4-3300/HD6410D/4GB/500GB SuperCombo
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Comb [...] mbo.816573

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 32-bit - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6832116983


I just built this combo (minus the windows 7, I used a copy of XP) for a friend's daughter. She's in 3rd grade and they wanted a basic computer for her to surf the web, do homework, look up stuff, and play simple web based games. Works very well for what he needed it for. Just add any cheap dvd drive to the combo and you're good to go.

Thanks g-unit1111

I spent some time on your suggestions and read reviews at Newegg. Some folks have complained have noise about PSU.

Thanks for your help.

Update

I already ordered Case and DVD Burner from Newegg. DVD Burner was on sale today and It is not going to used except for OS/Software install that I have.

Case ordered - Antec Three Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6811129042
DVD Burner order - LG 22X Super-Multi DVD Burner Black SATA Model GH22NS90B - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6827136240

Now I need CPU/MB/Ram/PSU/Keyboard&Mouse

I am split between 3 decisions for MB/CPU. The new set-up is not going to be used no more than 1-2hrs at the most every day for MS Word and Internet surfing only. And I will leave the system as it for next 3-4 years, except if some part or monitor needs replacement.

g-unit1111’ setup will be $416.19 including shipping

CPU - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819116401
MB - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813121508
Ram - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820231180
PSU - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817139027
Video Card - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814102922
HD- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6822148767
Keyboard - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6823126197

pezcore27 setup will be $338.86 including shipping

CPU - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819103957
MB - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813128530
Ram - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820231180
PSU - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817139027
HD- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6822148767
Keyboard - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6823126197
DVI to HDMI Cable - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6812186012

Third Setup I can get Core i5-2500K (brand new unopened) for $120.00

This setup will be $343.71 (newegg) +$120 CPU = $463.71

CPU - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819115072
MB - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813138296
Ram - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820231180
PSU - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817139027
Video Card - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814102922
HD- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6822148767
Keyboard - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6823126197

My 8th grader uses this about 1-1/2 yr. old setup using this MB/CPU (internet and MS Office etc.)
CPU - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819103886
MB - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819103886

Would a Core i5 will be more useful for him in High School later this year? He is not into PC Gaming (XBOX).

I also need suggestions for a monitor upgrade ($150-$200) for my setup since I will be using my current for the new set-up
My existing MB and CPU combo is

MB - ASUS M4A89GTD PRO/USB3 AM3 AMD 890GX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813131631
CPU - AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb 3.4GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor HDZ965FBGMBOX
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819103727

Thanks for all your help. It means a lot to novices like me.