Mom PC

[Fluxmaven]

My mom uses a Mac at home but has a few programs that require Windows. I threw together a basic rig for her a while back but it was starting to show its age. She asked if I had any parts lying around to upgrade it.

 

Old PC 

i5 6500

ASRock Z270M Pro4

Gigabyte Windforce RX 460 4GB

8GB of 2133Mhz

256GB NVMe + 128GB SATA m.2

 

I decided to rob the CPU/MOBO/RAM from my travel PC. I'll shuffle around parts from other rigs to get that rig back online and buy myself some upgrades along the way.  

 

New(ish) PC 

i5 11500

MSI B560i Edge

RX 460

32GB of 3200Mhz

1TB NVMe

 

Her old build was in a cheap Rosewill case with a non modular ATX PSU. It was also in Florida... So instead of just shipping her a box of parts and rebuilding the PC when I got down there for Christmas, I decided to build her an entire new PC.

 

I picked up a Phanteks Evolv Shift but decided it would look kind of empty. So I gave her my Louqe Raw S1 that I picked up for myself and never used do to thermal concerns with higher end hardware. 

 

Everything is a tight fit in this case. I was building it in the Discord chat so a few peeps saw the struggle. the BeQuiet! Shadow Rock LP cooler fit with just a couple millimeters to spare. Supposedly you can use an SFX-L but I tried squeezing in a Seasonic SGX-500 and it wasn't having it. Corsair SF450 worked albeit still a snug fit. 

 

Got everything up and running then boxed it up and shipped it to her.

 

 

I moved over the RX 460 4GB from the previous build because she doesn't really need a dGPU so it didn't make sense to get her anything fancier. The router is a foot away and the PC is hardwired anyway so I stuck the WiFi antenna inside the case. Got it all setup for her. Now I just need to convince her to to buy a bigger desk so next Christmas I can surprise her with some better monitors. 

 

[UltraMega]

Seems hard to imagine that a 6th gen i5 with a ssd would be too slow for an older person. 

[Fluxmaven]

2 hours ago, UltraMega said:

Seems hard to imagine that a 6th gen i5 with a ssd would be too slow for an older person. 

She's been dabbling in CAD for some of her jewelry making which is where it's shortcomings were brought to light.