Parental PC Build Advice

[Devastator0]

So, I've been tasked with trying to put together a decent, and what I hope to be a long lasting PC for a friend's parents. As per the sticky on this section of the forums....

• Where are you located? Sydney, Australia
• What is your budget? $500AUD-$700AUD
• Will you need a monitor, keyboard, and/or mouse included in that budget? Not at this stage.
• Shall you be requiring an OS? Yes
• What will you be using this rig for? Non-Gaming Rig. Home Use. Office, Internet, etc etc
• If gaming, what resolution will you be playing at? N/A
• Will you be overclocking? No
• Do you need a full build or will you be reusing some old parts? Full Build

I currently have the following parts scoped out:

Case - BitFenix Merc Alpha Mid Tower Case
PSU - Corsair CS450M Modular 80 Plus Gold
Mobo - ASUS H97M-E Motherboard
CPU - Intel Pentium G3420 Haswell Refresh
RAM - Corsair Vengeance Pro CMY8GX3M2A1600C9 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3
GPU - Integrated Intel HD Graphics
HDD - Seagate ST1000DX001 Desktop SSHD 1TB

I would welcome any advice or better suggestions.

Thanks all

 

[Highlander89]

Add a SSD and I'd take the G3258 instead. Perhaps something like this:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($64.99 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: RAIJINTEK ZELOS 41.0 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler ($24.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Asus Z97-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($137.94 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Kingston Fury Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($66.98 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($50.78 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($44.99 @ Best Buy)
Case: BitFenix Neos Black ATX Mid Tower Case ($33.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($45.98 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($87.75 @ OutletPC)
Total: $558.39
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-20 04:28 EST-0500

EDIT: 558 USD = 712 AUD

 

[Davva2004]

If you were in the UK, I'd say get one of the £150 Lenovo E50 units from eBuyer.

http://www.ebuyer.com/658956-lenovo-e50-desktop-pc-90bx0018uk

£149.99, free delivery, Pentium J2900, 4db DDR3 ram, 500gb hard drive, even includes a mouse and keyboard.

I've completely given up on building low end PCs for general internet and office type use, when stuff like this is available.

Just do a clean install of Windows 8.1 when you get it, remove any bloat or spyware.

See if there is a similar deal available in any Ozzie PC sites?