For the Pastor

[ronopp]

Ok, The Pastor of my church wants a new computer for his church. $700 USD budget.
I keep wanting to build for Gaming but need a basic system, with a O/S license. I need some input please...
needs for E-mail/surfing/Wants MS.word but I will push towards Open office.
Was thinking AMD APU/ Fm2+ mobo?
Not sure, but will assume at this point he can use existing Monitor.

Thanks,
Ron

 

[daveybrat]

This would be perfect for him!

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16883220835

ASUS M32AD-US009O Desktop PC Intel Core i5 4460 (3.2GHz) 8GB DDR3 1TB HDD Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit

$449.00 + free shipping. I added all the parts up individually and you can't even build a pc with a Windows 7 real license key for this price.

Plenty of horsepower with a Haswell i5 processor and 8GB of ram. It also comes with a new keyboard and mouse! 🙂

Also well under your budget.

 

[VirtualLarry]

That's a great deal, with Win 7 even! That's getting harder to find, these days.

 

[cubby1223]

If you don't mind a few scratches on the exterior, you can regularly find complete used Sandy Bridge Core i3 systems for ~$150 on eBay with a genuine Windows 7 license. And since it is Windows 7, you can install the Office 2010 Starter version on it. Heck, I recently bought a couple Pentium G630 systems for $90 shipped each, Win 7 Pro license with them both.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/HP-Compaq-8...Gen-3-1GHz-2GB-160GB-DVD-NO-O-S-/251813679680
Everything's included, Win7Pro COA, you just have to install Windows 7 yourself.

or something a little cheaper:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/HP-Compaq-dc5850-SFF-AMD-Phenom-8600B-2-3GHz-2GB-160GB-GE738-/151578021142

Just because $700 is budgeted, doesn't mean it's wise to overspend. The DC5850 has a Radeon 3100 graphics chip, more than plenty for Windows 7 aero interface on a basic 1-monitor setup. Pick up a new basic ssd for $50 & additional 2gb of ram for $20. You have yourself a computer @ $150 that for what the pastor does, will be hard-pressed to notice any difference in speed between this and that above Core i5 system.

 

[silicon]

This would be perfect for him!

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16883220835

ASUS M32AD-US009O Desktop PC Intel Core i5 4460 (3.2GHz) 8GB DDR3 1TB HDD Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit

$449.00 + free shipping. I added all the parts up individually and you can't even build a pc with a Windows 7 real license key for this price.

Plenty of horsepower with a Haswell i5 processor and 8GB of ram. It also comes with a new keyboard and mouse! 🙂

Also well under your budget.

This.

 

[dave_the_nerd]

Yeah, just buy a prebuilt.

 

[frozentundra123456]

This would be perfect for him!

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16883220835

ASUS M32AD-US009O Desktop PC Intel Core i5 4460 (3.2GHz) 8GB DDR3 1TB HDD Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit

$449.00 + free shipping. I added all the parts up individually and you can't even build a pc with a Windows 7 real license key for this price.

Plenty of horsepower with a Haswell i5 processor and 8GB of ram. It also comes with a new keyboard and mouse! 🙂

Also well under your budget.

I would agree with a prebuilt. This is a very good price, but an i3 or even a haswell pentium would be sufficient.

 

[MongGrel]

Yeah, a prebuilt these days is just the easy way to go for way less than that much.

Not that I'd use it myself but not like he's gaming on it.

 

[denis280]

Yeah, a prebuilt these days is just the easy way to go for way less than that much.

Not that I'd use it myself but not like he's gaming on it.

+1:thumbsup: