What PC specs is required for high school work?

[Divan85]

So my sister's oldest (my nephew) is going to high school next year and apparently he / they require a PC for him to be able to do homework and tasks.

They still have an old PC of mine which I upgraded from yeaaaaaars ago. They haven't been using it and turned it on and sent me pictures so I can see the specs...

https://imgur.com/a/F6Cd5K3

From the pics you can see it's a PC from Noah's ark.

What would be the minimum specs I should look at for a PC for them? Obviously something that won't break the bank but also somewhat future proof to last at least about 5-7 years so my niece can also use it.
He has a PS4 which he games on (bought with his own money he saved over the years), so gaming is not required and onboard GFX should be fine I guess. Since it is for school work I would assume that means word processing, excel, power point, etc. only.

Any suggestions?

 

[moedeez]

Just for school work a ryzen 3 or i3(10th gen up) would be good enough, just have about 16 gb of ram and ssd and it will handle all their basic tasks.

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With something like this you'd just need a case + storage + psu

Just on a side note, crt screens are becoming collectors items for retro gamers The screen is probably worth more than the old pc.

 

[YmsTechSolutions.co.za]

So my sister's oldest (my nephew) is going to high school next year and apparently he / they require a PC for him to be able to do homework and tasks.

They still have an old PC of mine which I upgraded from yeaaaaaars ago. They haven't been using it and turned it on and sent me pictures so I can see the specs...

https://imgur.com/a/F6Cd5K3

From the pics you can see it's a PC from Noah's ark.

What would be the minimum specs I should look at for a PC for them? Obviously something that won't break the bank but also somewhat future proof to last at least about 5-7 years so my niece can also use it.
He has a PS4 which he games on (bought with his own money he saved over the years), so gaming is not required and onboard GFX should be fine I guess. Since it is for school work I would assume that means word processing, excel, power point, etc. only.

Any suggestions?

Drop us a DM , We can arrange something in your budget

 

[goldfritter]

Are you sure he doesn't need a laptop? Some schools nowadays the kids use laptops at school.

 

[Switch]

Just for school work a ryzen 3 or i3(10th gen up) would be good enough, just have about 16 gb of ram and ssd and it will handle all their basic tasks.

Anything from i5 4th gen and up will probably suffice for basic work, just the ssd will make the difference for general responsiveness. Relative cost and reliability are probably the barriers for going to old hardware.

 

[Switch]

Are you sure he doesn't need a laptop? Some schools nowadays the kids use laptops at school.

I think something like this should suffice,

https://carbonite.co.za/index.php?threads/clearance-lenovo-thinkpad-t470-core-i5-7200u-256gb-m-2-ssd-8gb-ddr4-backlit-keyboard.506647/

spec wise it's fine, but those batteries are might need replacement soon.

 

[Areola Grande]

Assuming that his school work PC will inevitably turn into his gaming PC (it will), it might be worth getting something with a somewhat decent GPU? Like a 1060 6GB or up.

 

[Bloodlines]

I agree

Anything from i5 4th gen and up will probably suffice for basic work, just the ssd will make the difference for general responsiveness. Relative cost and reliability are probably the barriers for going to old hardware.

 

[Divan85]

Maybe I should talk to my sister and find out a bit more about what would be required in terms of what he will be needed to do with it. I doubt it would have be a laptop, but who knows.

I should still have my i7 2600 PC somewhere in a cupboard, think it had 16GB RAM. Think I only removed the HDD and GPU when I upgraded, everything else should still be there and working I hope. Should be miles better than what they currently have. I even think there is a 8600GT somewhere in a cupboard as well. If and when I someday upgrade my current GTX1060 6GB he can get that as well.

 

[Areola Grande]

Maybe I should talk to my sister and find out a bit more about what would be required in terms of what he will be needed to do with it. I doubt it would have be a laptop, but who knows.

I should still have my i7 2600 PC somewhere in a cupboard, think it had 16GB RAM. Think I only removed the HDD and GPU when I upgraded, everything else should still be there and working I hope. Should be miles better than what they currently have. I even think there is a 8600GT somewhere in a cupboard as well. If and when I someday upgrade my current GTX1060 6GB he can get that as well.

Dude honestly that would be just fine for school work - I played RDR2 on a 2500K with a 1070 so it has the horsepower for school stuff.

Just make sure you use an SSD for Windows and it will be solid.

 

[Divan85]

Dude honestly that would be just fine for school work - I played RDR2 on a 2500K with a 1070 so it has the horsepower for school stuff.

Just make sure you use an SSD for Windows and it will be solid.

If I can get away with using all the old hardware then I don't mind spending the money and putting in a SSD, will work out much cheaper than buying a whole new / used PC. Just now need to go search for the PC and see if it still works.🤞