Simple computer for Watching movies and playing simple games - Hardware & Software

Hey, My mom is currently using a shitty compact e-machine computer and I wanted to upgrade it a bit for her. All she does is stream and download movies and play some minor casino/puzzle games I would like to keep it under $300 We have a good keyboard and monitor, but she needs a new mouse. Can someone put up a few good builds that I can choose from? Even a prebuilt is fine as long as it has at least 1TB

Check out the xbox one. sorry

I think a dual core APU rig would do just fine.

Here is a reference I put together: [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/KVMh1tu.png[/IMG] This should be good for your mother. Only problem is I couldn't get it lower than $397.06 I don't know if you want to re-use something or not, which makes it quite tough.

[b]CPU:[/b] [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/part/amd-cpu-ad3300ojgxbox]AMD A4-3300 2.5GHz Dual-Core Processor[/url] ($44.98 @ SuperBiiz) [b]Motherboard:[/b] [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asrock-motherboard-a55pro3]ASRock A55 PRO3 ATX FM1 Motherboard[/url] ($74.99 @ Amazon) [b]Memory:[/b] [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-memory-cmv4gx3m2a1333c9]Corsair 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3-1333 Memory[/url] ($34.98 @ NCIX US) [b]Storage:[/b] [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/part/western-digital-internal-hard-drive-wd5000aakx]Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive[/url] ($53.99 @ NCIX US) [b]Case:[/b] [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-case-200r]Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case[/url] ($29.99 @ Newegg) [b]Power Supply:[/b] [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-power-supply-cmpsu430cxv2]Corsair Builder 430W 80 PLUS Certified ATX12V Power Supply[/url] ($22.50 @ Newegg) [b]Total:[/b] $261.43 [i](Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)[/i] [i](Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-05-23 04:15 EDT-0400)[/i] Not sure if everything here works correctly, probably can go even lower but again not sure

Case: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119267[/url] Motherboard: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130661[/url] CPU: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113288[/url] RAM: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231423[/url] HDD: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136769[/url] (or one in above post for a bit more) $308 If you can't scavenge the optical drive from the old machine, might have to get a new one if you don't want to install Windows via flash drive.

[url]http://pcpartpicker.com/parts/partlist/[/url] $271, no optical drive, I'm assuming she'll be playing facebook games, this one should be perfectly up to the job, motherboard apparently has some compatibility issues, but as long as you flash the bios you'll be safe

[QUOTE=Merijnwitje;40742519]Here is a reference I put together: [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/KVMh1tu.png[/IMG] This should be good for your mother. Only problem is I couldn't get it lower than $397.06 I don't know if you want to re-use something or not, which makes it quite tough.[/QUOTE] Drop the gpu and go for a 3225 is probaly better tho

[QUOTE=Killervalon;40751066]Drop the gpu and go for a 3225 is probaly better tho[/QUOTE] That GPU was the cheapest partpicker could find.

[QUOTE=Merijnwitje;40752650]That GPU was the cheapest partpicker could find.[/QUOTE] Its a professional graphics card for CAD and OPENGL work. Its absolutely horrible for anything else. An i3-3220 and its HD2500 card should be enough for movies and simple games like that.

[QUOTE=taipan;40753651]Its a professional graphics card for CAD and OPENGL work. Its absolutely horrible for anything else. An i3-3220 and its HD2500 card should be enough for movies and simple games like that.[/QUOTE] Weird partpicker, it took a long time for me to find out partpicker doesn't show the product with the lowest price on top of the product list.

[QUOTE=taipan;40753651]Its a professional graphics card for CAD and OPENGL work. Its absolutely horrible for anything else. An i3-3220 and its HD2500 card should be enough for movies and simple games like that.[/QUOTE] As someone who was stuck on a HD2500 when my 7850 went for RMA, it can't even push HL2 at 1366x768. I think if you're going down the Intel route its worth the extra few quid for the i3-3225. I have one and it performs so much better in games (and even just web browsing and Windows UI) than the i5-3470 I have because of the GPU.

[QUOTE=rhx123;40774986]As someone who was stuck on a HD2500 when my 7850 went for RMA, it can't even push HL2 at 1366x768. I think if you're going down the Intel route its worth the extra few quid for the i3-3225. I have one and it performs so much better in games (and even just web browsing and Windows UI) than the i5-3470 I have because of the GPU.[/QUOTE] His mother watches movies and plays casion games. Not HL2.