Computer Build Resource Thread - Page 682

Hello TL-community,
I was ask by my grandparents to help them upgrade their pc.
It's parts are 4 to 12 years old.
They looked into buying a premade cheap pc from the supermarket,
which I dehorted - because I believe it would be a waste of their money.

To not waste their money I looked into what they would need, and what not.
However since I am no longer up to date I hope you would take a look at my conclusions and denounce them if necessary, aswell as retrofit them reasonable.

The parts I am looking to upgrade are:
-motherboard
-CPU
-ram
-ssd

The budget:
400 euro

When:
Within 2 weeks

What my grandparents use their PC for:
-Video editing(basic windows-moviemaker/holiday vids etc)
-surfing
-playing cardgames

CPU/Motherboard:
I believe(pls correct if otherwise), that videoediting stresses mostly the cpu
and therefore conclude that an onboard graphiccard will be enough.
I also saw my friend running an AMD + Win7 + 8GB ram + onboard Nvidia,
watching 4 streams simultaniously while playing wow in 1400x1050.
Resolution used by my grandparents is around 1400x1050 aswell.

Concerns and Superstitions:
Intel>AMD : I remember seeing a friend playing morrowind on a P4 with only a Geforce MX400 on full settings while the game was relativly new, since then I always believed that Intel CPU are more willingly to pitch in when the GPU is weak,
and it will be weak.
However, AMD is cheaper and there is really no problem if rendering a video takes 36 instead of 24 minutes, also my AMD CPU never dissapointed (even though I personally prefer intel today).
The onboard Chip: I made countless(3) bad experiences with raedon/amd based chips. On the other hand, every single Nvidea Card I ever used, from Riva TNT to Geforce4200Ti to the 8600 series blew my mind and exceeded all my expectations.
I have one bad memory to a noname chip, because of lacking driver support for linux xD.
So if the onboardchip was to be from nvidea, even though just an onboard chip it would be appreciated.
As for AMD or Intel, I believe I would prefer AMD, as the SSD will cut into the budget too much to be able to pay for the, even though welcome, but little gains Intel I believe would bring.
->hidden crossrelated concern, see SSD.

ram:
Not much of a concern I think? 8GB, it is really cheap atm. Whatever ram will fit the mainboard choice.

SSD:
I never owned one. I read that they are AWESEOME, but tend to break in 5 instead of 10 years.
I want one for my Grandparents, mostly for Win7, because when it comes to Pcs, nothing is more frustrating for my
Grandma than waiting for the system to boot.
I don't use Win7 myself yet. How much GB does the SSD need to support it?
Is it reasoned or superstitious to not plan on using the SSD for storing videos/Pictures/Music/Pdf etc...
because I think it will fail or become slow, or have the aquivilant to what bad sectors are on an HDD,
within a few years when being writting on too much?
Also space/cost is a problem here. Maybe even if using an SSD exessiv does not impact it's durability much,
I guess a 500 GB SSD is not in the budget xD.
SO here comes the hidden concern for the motherboard:
Atm the HDDs are IDE, I guess they aren't compatible to modern motherboards?
Are there differences? Or would it be the most stressless thing to simply by an 1TB SATA for Data that is not Win7 and often used programms?

Purchase:
I have a local retailer I prefer:
+ Show Spoiler +
He gives me %, maybe not the cheapest price you find on
the internet, but reasonable + guarantee + easier to return if something is malfunctioning.

How I image the money distribution:

motherboard(Nvidea onboardchip): 100Euro
CPU(AMD): 100Euro
ram: 50Euro
SSD: 100Euro

What I don't think needs an upgrade:
Case- the case is old, but I don't expect there to be heat problems with an onboard chip.
PSU- rather weak, around 350 watt, but again, I don't think this build should needs much power.

The last 50 Euros I would use for a quite CPU cooler, or a SATA if needed.

Thoughts and explicit suggestions for the parts appreciated.

-Did I miss something maybe? Also: I don't know the specicfic hardware used in their PC, I will however see them later this week and take a look.

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