Recommend a cheap AMD machine

I am looking to spec up an AMD machine for dad as his machine is old and slow.

All he does with his computer is write letters and play solitaire so it doesn't need to be anything fancy.

I am unfamiliar with AMD hardware, specs and prices so I would appreciate suggestions.

The budget is around £220.

You can build an inexpensive one base on an A4-4000. Nice basic APU. IMO..

@swarfega Do you need an OS or peripherals or just the rig itself?

Here are a couple of options without an OEM OS included.

OPTION ONE

 A4-6300 BUILD

Processor (CPU)
AMD A4-6300 Dual Core APU (3.7GHz) & Radeon™ HD 8370D Graphics
Case
COOLERMASTER ELITE 342 M-ATX CASE
Motherboard
ASUS® A58M-E FM2+ (M-ATX, DDR3, USB 2.0, 3Gb/s)
Memory (RAM)
4GB KINGSTON DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz (1 x 4GB)
Graphics Card
Integrated AMD Radeon HD 8000 / R7 Series Graphics
1^st Hard Disk
500GB 3.5" SATA-III 6GB/s HDD 7200RPM 16MB CACHE
1^st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply
CORSAIR 350W VS SERIES™ VS-350 POWER SUPPLY
Processor Cooling
STANDARD AMD CPU COOLER
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (Wi-Fi NOT INCLUDED)
USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Operating System
NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED
Windows 10 Upgrade
FREE Upgrade to Windows 10 with all Windows 7 & Windows 8.1 Purchases*
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 4 to 6 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £253.00 including VAT and delivery.

Unique URL to re-configure: http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/quotes...nd/A7KY4TJGKe/

OPTION TWO

 SEMPRON 2650 BUILD

Processor (CPU)
AMD SEMPRON 2650 Dual Core APU (1.4GHz/AM1) & Radeon™ HD8240
Case
COOLERMASTER ELITE 342 M-ATX CASE
Motherboard
ASUS® AM1M-A: (M-ATX, DDR3, USB 3.0, 6Gb/s)
Memory (RAM)
4GB KINGSTON DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz (1 x 4GB)
Graphics Card
Integrated AMD Radeon HD 8000 / R7 Series Graphics
1^st Hard Disk
500GB 3.5" SATA-III 6GB/s HDD 7200RPM 16MB CACHE
1^st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply
CORSAIR 350W VS SERIES™ VS-350 POWER SUPPLY
Processor Cooling
STANDARD AMD CPU COOLER
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (Wi-Fi NOT INCLUDED)
USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Operating System
NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED
Windows 10 Upgrade
FREE Upgrade to Windows 10 with all Windows 7 & Windows 8.1 Purchases*
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 4 to 6 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £226.00 including VAT and delivery.

Unique URL to re-configure: http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/quotes...m1/9qxW743s5s/

Nice Boozad.

And later swarfega you can upgrade to SSD, for even faster performance.

BTW Intel Pentium G3258 Anniversary Edition can also be used to cheap machines.

Hope it helps.
jisr7

Nice one jisr7... G3258 is very interesting for entry level computers...

ARK | Intel Processor G3258 (3M Cache, 3.20 GHz)

:)

You could probably add £80 or thereabouts onto the A4 build if you went for the G3258.

Thanks for the help guys. I have an ageing OCZ Vertex 2 SSD which dad can use. I believe the Vertex 2 had a bit of a reputation for failing though.

Adding a 120GB SSD to either of the above systems would probably add about sixty quid. Have a play around with the configurations.