help me build a PC for buying shoes!

krazyjake247

i’m looking to spend under $600 for a pc that can be used for shoe botting. i don’t need it for gaming just basically opening up like 200 chrome tabs at once. 
i currently have the lenovo m93p SFF desktop computer    if you think adding parts to this would be better then starting fresh i can also do that 

Ian

Greetings! At that price and for this purpose, you're probably better off looking at a new pre-built and perhaps adding RAM to it. Here are some suggestions:

https://www.microcenter.com/product/632411/powerspec-b683-desktop-computer

https://www.microcenter.com/product/625283/acer-aspire-desktop-computer

saphalline

I agree with Ian, you just need RAM. Lots of it. Chrome (and most other browsers) use lots and lots of RAM for multiple tabs.

Your m93p SFF does have 4 DDR3 RAM slots, and can go up to 32 GB, which I would think is technically enough:

https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/desktops/thinkcentre/m-series-sff/m93-m93p-sff/

DDR3 is older these days, but your $600 budget could easily cover that:

https://www.microcenter.com/product/507542/gskill-ripjaws-x-8gb-%281-x-8gb%29-ddr3-1600-pc3-12800-cl10-single-channel-desktop-memory-module-f3-12800cl10s-8gbxl-red

Four (4) of these would get you 32 GB total in your current system, but double-check what you have now. It does not even matter much about the rated speed (DDR3-1600 is what your system wants, if that matters).

I would then spend the rest of your budget on an ultra-wide monitor to view more of those 200+ Chrome tabs. 3440 x 1440 would be a killer resolution for tons of browser tabs. Something like the Samsung SJ55W, for instance:

https://www.microcenter.com/product/513350/samsung-sj55w-341-uw-qhd-75hz-hdmi-dp-freesync-led-monitor

A new monitor can provide a new perspective into an existing PC. 😉 It is also a wise investment that can be connected to a new PC if/when that happens.

I am not entirely opposed to you starting over with a new PC as Ian suggests, but if your current PC has a 4th-gen Intel Core i5 or i7 and a measly 8 GB of RAM, then the technical limitation preventing you from opening 200+ Chrome tabs is obviously the RAM and not the PC itself. This is not to say that a CPU upgrade from a 4th-gen i5/i7 to a 10th-gen i5 is insignificant (not to mention the rest of the platform) but moving from 4 cores and (maybe) 8 GB of RAM to 6 cores and 16 GB of RAM is, for your use case, not enough juice per dollar spent, IMHO. Not when you can get 32 GB of RAM and a life-changing monitor for roughly the same amount of money. Or if you currently have 8 GB, then just buy two of those 8 GB sticks and get 24 GB of RAM total for a slightly cheaper price and still have more RAM than a new PC.

If I were in your shoes (wow, no pun intended, that is funny! 🤣) and I "only" had $600 to spend, I would do the RAM upgrade and a new ultra-wide monitor. If I thought I could save up another $400 in just a few months, I would get a new PC like Ian suggested and plan on upgrading the RAM in that new PC. But also, a new ultra-wide monitor. 👍️

Mallik141

I am looking for something similar. i do have a hdd and os. I am thinking of below pc would it be a good configuration? 

Ryzen 3700X (340$ including mother board)
Gigabyte b450M
G skill ripjaw (2 x 16) (167$)
NZXT H510(70$
Powerspec 650W power supply (56$ openbox)

Do i need a graphics card as chrome likes to offload to gpu quite a bit ? If i do can you please recommend one for me

Thank you. 

Ian

https://community.microcenter.com/discussion/comment/31588#Comment_31588

Chrome will offload video elements typically to the GPU if available, you could get a 1GB/2GB video card and that should work well.

Mallik141

Thanks Ian. Is rest of config good enough to open multiple chrome browsers lets say 100 or should i look to upgrade to higher core count ? I am currently using a i7 6500u with 16gb ram and cpu usage is always 100 even with 20 window(profiles not tabs)  open. 

Ian

https://community.microcenter.com/discussion/comment/31608#Comment_31608

The 3700x should be good with at least 32GB of RAM.