I need to buy a new computer for my dad. All he uses it for is YouTube and looking at the news and weather. My budget is $200.
Can I get something brand new at that budget?
I need to buy a new computer for my dad. All he uses it for is YouTube and looking at the news and weather...
Jonathan Gutierrez
Other urls found in this thread:
nayuos.nexedi.com
ebay.com
ebay.com
amazon.com
m.newegg.com
m.newegg.com
amazon.com
amazon.com
twitter.com
Charles Lopez
Just get him a thinkpad w530
Gabriel Bell
why not a tablet if it's only for media stuff
Angel Bennett
He really wants a desktop PC and likes typing on a keyboard
Logan Gutierrez
Yes tablet. If it's only for what you specified you can get a tablet with much better specs than any $200 laptop/desktop. If anything you can get a stand/keyboard attachment for it so he can type without touchscreen.
Levi James
Buy something used and buy a new case. He will appreciate you being handy and making something for him.
Ethan Perry
Question. Do you already have a mouse + keyboard + monitor? If yes you may be able to manage 200-250. If not you are looking at 400 minimum
Brandon Sanders
Yea I've already got all that for him. It's just that all the cheap towers on amazon, best buy, staples, and office depot are all refurbished shit.
$450+ for a new PC for general web browsing is a ripoff
Asher Wilson
Get him a Chromebook and install this OS
nayuos.nexedi.com
Levi Young
Ryzen 3 2200g
Luis Collins
Get a second hand ipad and buy a keyboard case. Ipads are idiot-proof and easy to understand
Liam Bailey
chromebook
Leo Brown
>CPU = computer
The current state of AMDrones
Jordan Stewart
Are you giving him a 1080p or 4k monitor?
Evan Taylor
This with some cheap motherboard
Get a computer case power supply combo
Look for cheaper ram dont go under 4GB
And a hdd for storage
Kayden Green
Bad choice for content consumption, doesn't have 10bit HDR 4k HEVC decoding ability.
If he was doing light gaming (but not emulation) then sure
David Sanders
If he had money for a 4k tv/monitor im sure he would have more than 200$ to spend on the build
Jason Peterson
You could try getting him a refurbished Dell OptiPlex
Grayson Rivera
The father may have one, even if the $200 is the father's and not the son buying the father a gift the father may still have it and just not be willing to spend much on a PC.
Parker Brown
Sounds like a problem a thinkpad would solve elegantly.
Carter Green
Just buy your Boomer Faggot dad a Chromecast.
I guarantee he has a huge flatscreen
>Youtube
?News
!Waether
Hunter Young
This but a rock64 running kodi or the like instead.
Camden Stewart
The hell? I just gave my father my old pc. A shitty a10 5700 with a simple ssd is more than enough for a boomer.
Jacob Foster
Chromebook
Asher Cooper
Your best bet is buying some used off-lease i5 slim desktop system from dell or hp, and then freshly installing Windows 10 to a cheap 120gb ssd.
William Evans
Here is the pro advice:
Just buy a used Office PC. You get those cheap af and their are normally in mint condition
Blake Russell
Samuel Parker
this, if you can go to a college surplus you can get some decent stuff for $200
i got 5 systems with old i5s and 8gb ram each for $250, although 1 was broken beyond repair it was still a bargain
Jordan Bell
Chromebook? Has all you need
Camden Jackson
Get a 10" tablet
Brandon Reyes
Jacob Johnson
I mean thats nice and all but OP specifically said DESKTOP.
Jaxson Myers
Don't fall for the windows meme.
Cheap netbook + Ubuntu
Luis Martinez
Adam Perez
>amazon.com
HPs of this type have a proprietary weird CPU fan for the mobo. Better to get a dell.
Kevin Rivera
amazon.com
Chromebook, sub-200 new. 4GB of ram should be plenty enough for web browsing/YouTube. If he really wants a tower just put it inside an old emptied out tower; run cables out for power, mouse, keyboard and monitor (heads up: this has a micro-hdmi port you'll need a $2 adaptor for)
Ayden Reyes
No he didn't