What's the current base minimum PC for basic tasks like browsing, HD youtube, netflix (no 4k required), etc.
Asking, because I need to build small and cheap PC for my parents.
What's the current base minimum PC for basic tasks like browsing, HD youtube, netflix (no 4k required), etc
Ethan Howard
Angel Bell
An ODroid should work.
Ryder Ward
I use a 2008 dell ispiron laptop running windows vista basic for all my needs.
Isaiah Bell
Get something like a NUC, even an older refurbished model would be fine, somewhere in the Pentium or i3 ballpark. I gave my mum one and she still can't believe that a "computer is really in there"
Carter Torres
Ryzen 7 2700X
Corsair Trident Z 4x8GB
MSI X370 SLI PLUS
GTX 1070Ti (x2)
2x Samsung 860 Evo SSD in RAID 0
NVME M.2 boot drive
HX850 Corsair PSU
Hunter Garcia
It just needs 8GB of RAM and a SSD.
Zachary Wright
I was looking at building something from new parts, so it lasts them as long as it can. Was looking at some APUs, but I am no longer into PC building game.
What are the bare minimum specs I should look for?
William Rogers
T420
Elijah Perry
If you absolutely want new parts, either take a ryzen 3 2200g, or just an athlon 200ge. 8GB of RAM and a small SSD would be good too
Austin Peterson
I can do all you mentioned in your first post on a Sandy Bridge i5 with 4GB of RAM, use whatever processor is cheapest and made after 2014, 8GB of RAM and a 128GB SSD to install the OS and programs.
Jayden Wilson
Lincoln Ramirez
>anime
Fucking cringe.
Go to hell.
Chase Young
so basically and an SSD
Nathaniel Cooper
I want new parts for the reason that I want it to last them few good years... And maybe upgrade with a bit higher tier used parts in few years. I was already thinking about Athlon 200ge, since it seems like a decent product for the price.
Matthew Perry
Yeah sure go for it then, when your parents feel like the computer's going too slow switch the athlon with whatever Ryzen 1st to 3rd gen processor you want
Cameron Evans
>basic tasks
>HD youtube, netflix
Nathaniel Gutierrez
What can i do with an Odroid xu4?
Kayden Johnson
amd:
athlon xp / sempron: +1800
intel:
pentium 4 / celeron: +1800
ram:
+512 - 1000
hdd:
20 gigs (os + programs and download - view content)
video:
nvidia or amd card w/128 mb
sound:
onboard
monitor
crt 14 or lcd 17
programs
os: win 2000 - xp
web browser:
K-Meleon - opera presto - palemoon - seamonkey -ungg chromiun - ie 8 - dplus - Lynx - Links - ELinks
ftp
cmd - total commander - double command
mail
Sylpheed - thunderbird
File managers
total commander - double command - FAR Manager - explorer - cmd
youtube
MPlayer
Jeremiah Bell
What's so funny about it? These are basic tasks computers are used nowadays.
Noah Long
My 2012 laptop works fine for that. Just disable Youtube 60FPS
Hudson Davis
Just get the Ryzen 2200g or 2400g and call it a day. All you need is fast ram to get the most performance (3000 MHz minimum) but I doubt your parents would notice any performance increase. Also a cheap sata SSD also.