Basic web browsing PC

CLXIV · 2025-02-28T08:36:32+0000

I'm putting together a new setup for my dad, just because of Windows 10 end-of-life (he's on a Haswell i3 so not officially allowed to use Windows 11). How does this look?

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i3-12100 3.3 GHz Quad-Core Processor (£98.97 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte H610M K DDR4 Micro ATX LGA1700 Motherboard (£51.48 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston FURY Beast 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory (£28.98 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Crucial T500 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£58.98 @ Amazon UK)
Case: SHARKOON M25-V ATX Mid Tower Case (£44.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: be quiet! System Power 10 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£51.37 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £334.77
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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DaemonForce · 2025-02-28T09:05:21+0000

Looks solid. For basic web browsing, we are well into the age of Chromium, which is by its very nature a memory hog.
95% of my daily activities are web related and streams are the majority. Memory usage typically looks like this:

So whatever the usage I'm sure it's fine.

CLXIV · 2025-02-28T09:13:48+0000

Cheers buddy. Yeah I get him on Firefox anyway but Windows 11 RAM usage is pretty horrific. I know some is cache but it's not always great at releasing it.

As you say, 16GB should be ample.

Shihab · 2025-02-28T09:13:57+0000

Memory consumption shouldn't be an issue for a purely web browsing build. a single or a couple of tabs wouldn't -typically- gobble 16GB. And if several tabs do consume that much, OS (and I think the browser itself has some forms of it) paging to disk would take care of the overflow. And considering there isn't any other use, experience shouldn't be annoyingly degraded.

Kwadratowicz · 2025-02-28T10:35:28+0000

About windows 11 if it is only for web browsing, mayb use UnattendedWinstall by memstechtips, it disables all bloatware from the start if You install new windows.
And You can add retrobar and Open Shell Menu so that He is not angered by stupid windows 11 ui.

Frick · 2025-02-28T10:51:11+0000

DaemonForce said:
Looks solid. For basic web browsing, we are well into the age of Chromium, which is by its very nature a memory hog.
95% of my daily activities are web related and streams are the majority. Memory usage typically looks like this:
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So whatever the usage I'm sure it's fine.

I have 8GB at work and Chrome is fine. It all depends on what "basic web browsing" means to you. One window and no tabs (as my parents do it) or five windows with 70 tabs (as I do it at home)?

@CLXIV If you want to save money (and space) you can always get something like this. I have something similar at work and it's great.

AusWolf · 2025-02-28T10:58:09+0000

Why does your dad need Windows 11 just for web browsing?

System Name	DevKit
Processor	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 ↗4.0GHz
Motherboard	Asus TUF Gaming X570-Plus WiFi
Cooling	Koolance CPU-300-H06, Koolance GPU-180-L06, SC800 Pump
Memory	4x16GB Ballistix 3200MT/s ↗3800
Video Card(s)	PowerColor RX 580 Red Devil 8GB ↗1380MHz ↘1105mV, PowerColor RX 7900 XT Hellhound 20GB
Storage	240GB Corsair MP510, 120GB KingDian S280
Display(s)	Nixeus VUE-24 (1080p144)
Case	Koolance PC2-601BLW + Koolance EHX1020CUV Radiator Kit
Audio Device(s)	Oculus CV-1
Power Supply	Antec Earthwatts EA-750 Semi-Modular
Mouse	Easterntimes Tech X-08, Zelotes C-12
Keyboard	Logitech 106-key, Romoral 15-Key Macro, Royal Kludge RK84
VR HMD	Oculus CV-1
Software	Windows 10 Pro Workstation, VMware Workstation 16 Pro, MS SQL Server 2016, Fan Control v120, Blender
Benchmark Scores	Cinebench R15: 1590cb Cinebench R20: 3530cb (7.83x451cb) CPU-Z 17.01.64: 481.2/3896.8 VRMark: 8009

System Name	192.168.1.1~192.168.1.100
Processor	AMD Ryzen5 5600G.
Motherboard	Gigabyte B550m DS3H.
Cooling	AMD Wraith Stealth.
Memory	16GB Crucial DDR4.
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte GTX 1080 OC (Underclocked, underpowered).
Storage	Samsung 980 NVME 500GB && Assortment of SSDs.
Display(s)	ViewSonic VA2406-MH 75Hz
Case	Bitfenix Nova Midi
Audio Device(s)	On-Board.
Power Supply	SeaSonic CORE GM-650.
Mouse	Logitech G300s
Keyboard	Kingston HyperX Alloy FPS.
VR HMD	A pair of OP spectacles.
Software	Ubuntu 24.04 LTS.
Benchmark Scores	Me no know English. What bench mean? Bench like one sit on?

System Name	Ryżem
Processor	AMD ryzen 2700
Motherboard	MSI b450 tomahawk
Cooling	Silentiumpc grandis 2
Memory	2x8gb corsair venegance
Video Card(s)	Zotac gtx 1070 Ti mini noctua industrial 140mm fan
Storage	500 GB Samsung 970 Evo plus, 3tb Toshiba p300, 1tb WD blue
Display(s)	Dell 21 inch fhd
Case	SilentiumPC regnum rg4t
Audio Device(s)	Integrated
Power Supply	Seasonic focus plus gold 550
Mouse	Logitech Mx master 2s, g100, corsair dark rock pro rgb
Keyboard	Motospeed ck104
VR HMD	HTC vive pro
Software	Windows 10 ltsc

System Name	Black MC in Tokyo
Processor	Ryzen 5 7600
Motherboard	MSI X670E Gaming Plus Wifi
Cooling	Be Quiet! Pure Rock 2
Memory	2 x 16GB Corsair Vengeance @ 6000Mhz
Video Card(s)	XFX 6950XT Speedster MERC 319
Storage	Kingston KC3000 1TB \| WD Black SN750 2TB \|WD Blue 1TB x 2 \| Toshiba P300 2TB \| Seagate Expansion 8TB
Display(s)	Samsung U32J590U 4K + BenQ GL2450HT 1080p
Case	Fractal Design Define R4
Audio Device(s)	Plantronics 5220, Nektar SE61 keyboard
Power Supply	Corsair RM850x v3
Mouse	Logitech G602
Keyboard	Dell SK3205
Software	Windows 10 Pro
Benchmark Scores	Rimworld 4K ready!

Processor	Various Intel and AMD CPUs
Motherboard	Micro-ATX and mini-ITX
Cooling	Yes
Memory	Overclocking is overrated
Video Card(s)	Various Nvidia and AMD GPUs
Storage	A lot
Display(s)	Monitors and TVs
Case	It's not about size, but how you use it
Audio Device(s)	Speakers and headphones
Power Supply	300 to 750 W, bronze to gold
Mouse	Wireless
Keyboard	Mechanic
VR HMD	Not yet
Software	Linux gaming master race

Basic web browsing PC

CLXIV

DaemonForce

CLXIV

Shihab

Kwadratowicz

Frick

Fishfaced Nincompoop

AusWolf