Best web-browsing desktop box out of these three, for friend's mom?

[whm1974]

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=1VK-0003-03WC4&ignorebbr=1

Here's a refurb Lenovo SFF, with an A8-5500B (Trinity quad-core, 3.2Ghz base, 3.7Ghz turbo), 500GB HDD, Win10 Home, for $105.

Hard to compete against something like that.

For a web box/video box that is hard to beat.

 

[escrow4]

For a web box/video box that is hard to beat.

You won't beat it but would you want to use a non-SSD system in 2019?

 

[whm1974]

You won't beat it but would you want to use a non-SSD system in 2019?

Hell no. And I'm sure Larry has some spare small SSDS he could throw in there.

 

[eotsa]

New always good, y'd think it the first.

 

[BarkingGhostar]

I vote for a single-core Celeron with a 2080 video card.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Lenovo 90J0000YUS IdeaCentre 510A AMD Ryzen 3 2200G with Radeon Vega Graphics
(4 Cores @ 3.5 GHz) 8GB RAM, 1TB HDD
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Lenovo-90J...-2200G-with-Radeon-Vega-Graphics/113376148296

Picked up one of these, using the 10% coupon the other day on ebay. (Sold the i3-8100 rig with 512GB M.2 PCI-E NVMe SSD to a fellow AT'er, and an accessory package. Thanks!)

It's costing me under $300. I quoted to my friend $350 (with the default factory 1TB HDD). Separately, I ordered an HP EX920 M.2 PCI-E 3.0 x4 NVMe SSD, to either using in my main Ryzen R5 1600 rig here, or to add to that PC, as according to the SD thread, it has an open M.2 PCI-E slot for SSDs. It only has a 180-185W PSU though.

I figure that would make a really NICE web-browsing PC, even better with an SSD.

I've also toyed with the idea of removing the 2200G, and the 1TB HDD, and replacing them with an A200GE, and a 240/250GB SATA SSD, and a fresh install of Win10 Home.

Edit: Here's a refurb option:
Lenovo Grade B Desktop Computer M93 Intel Core i5 4th Gen 4570 (3.20 GHz) 8 GB DDR3 500 GB HDD Windows 10 Pro 64-Bit

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883998056

$189.99 FS

MSI GeForce GT 1030 DirectX 12 GT 1030 2G LP OC 2GB 64-Bit GDDR5 PCI

Express 3.0 x16 (uses x4) HDCP Ready Low Profile Video Card

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod...re=GT_1030_refurbished-_-14-137-371-_-Product

$77.99 FS

Add SATA SSD?

 

[burninatortech4]

I would add a SATA SSD, yea. You can get 860 EVO (SATA m.2)'s for around 45-50 used on eBay.

On a side note: I just determined that a GA-A88XN-WIFI board I had in the closet for 6 years actually works. Flashed it to F6 BIOS (to support Carrizo) and just ordered the following:

CPU: AMD - Athlon X4 845 3.5 GHz Quad-Core Processor (Purchased For $50.00)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - GA-F2A88XN-WIFI Mini ITX FM2+ Motherboard (Purchased For $100.00 in 2013)
Memory: Kingston - Black Series 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR3-1333 Memory (Purchased For $0.00) - saved from e-waste
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 120 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (Purchased For $35.00)
Video Card: Sapphire - Radeon RX 460 4 GB NITRO Video Card (Purchased For $55.00)
Power Supply: Silverstone - SFX 300 W 80+ Bronze Certified SFX Power Supply (Purchased For $38.00)
Other: SilverStone Technology Ultra Compact Mini-ITX Computer Case with Mesh Front Panel in Black SG13B (Purchased For $43.00)
Total: $321.00

It's a nifty little build that I'll probably try to pass off to a family member @ cost.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Well, I fixed my friend's mom's Win7 64-bit HDD PC. Over the phone, over a span of nearly three hours. Whew.

Thankfully, my friend didn't give me any guff, and dutifully executed my commands.

Symptoms were, system stopped responding, wouldn't shutdown properly.

Turned out, it was because BOTH Norton AV/Deluxe AND McAfee Scanner were installed.

Had the unfortunate experience of having worked on a rig that had two A/V softwares installed on Win7, and the symptoms were that the I/O performance of the HDD drops to nearly zero.

Checked temps, wasn't throttling on CPU or GPU.

Checked SMART, no pending sectors / re-allocated sectors, looked good.

Checked for mining trojans with Malwarebytes. None found.

Was given a clue, when Norton popped up a warning, after McAfee popped up earlier while fixing / diagnosing things.

Whoops, two A/V suites installed, NOT GOOD.

Once the Norton Removal Tool finished, it rebooted OK again. And with McAfee removed, things were flying along.

I put MS Security Essentials on. Lightweight, and works.

Updated Win7 and IE. Left my friend running a HDD surface scan with HDTune.