Reddit mentions of Lenovo Ideacentre 300 Desktop Computer, Black (Intel Core i3, 8GB DDR4 RAM, 1TB HDD, Windows 10) 90DA00LPUS

The role of computers in a business is to help a business make money.

If/when something goes wrong with one of these computers, you are going to be held responsible for fixing the issue because it's "your fault" because you built them. Any lost productivity, business, and money will be blamed on you.

Cover your ass, avoid this headache, and just buy prebuilts:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01KLSMWVA/

If you really want to go the extra mile, use the Windows serial that comes with the PC to do a clean install so that they don't have any preinstalled junk.

https://www.amazon.com/Lenovo-Ideacentre-300-Computer-90DA00LPUS/dp/B01KLSMWVA/

If you want a Budget GPU, it'll be hard to put a windows OS in there. So I can come up with this build

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type|Item|Price

----|:----|:----
CPU | Intel Pentium G4400 3.3GHz Dual-Core Processor | $57.99 @ SuperBiiz
Motherboard | ASRock H110M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard | $39.98 @ Newegg
Memory | Kingston ValueRAM 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory | $21.75 @ Directron
Storage | Sandisk Z400s 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive | $42.99 @ Amazon
Video Card | PowerColor Radeon RX 460 2GB Red Dragon Video Card | $74.98 @ Newegg
Case | Zalman ZM-T4 MicroATX Mini Tower Case | $29.99 @ Amazon
Power Supply | EVGA 430W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply | $28.89 @ OutletPC
| Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts |
| Total (before mail-in rebates) | $336.57
| Mail-in rebates | -$40.00
| Total | $296.57
| Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-12-04 20:41 EST-0500 |
But without a GPU (running with the integrated that comes with the pentium)
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type|Item|Price

----|:----|:----
CPU | Intel Pentium G4400 3.3GHz Dual-Core Processor | $57.99 @ SuperBiiz
Motherboard | ASRock H110M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard | $39.98 @ Newegg
Memory | Kingston ValueRAM 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory | $21.75 @ Directron
Storage | Sandisk Z400s 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive | $42.99 @ Amazon
Case | Zalman ZM-T4 MicroATX Mini Tower Case | $29.99 @ Amazon
Power Supply | EVGA 430W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply | $28.89 @ OutletPC
Operating System | Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit | $88.58 @ OutletPC
| Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts |
| Total (before mail-in rebates) | $340.17
| Mail-in rebates | -$30.00
| Total | $310.17
| Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-12-04 20:41 EST-0500 |
You can fit an operating system in there. You might be better off getting a prebuilt desktop than building one though, I recommend this one
https://www.amazon.com/Lenovo-Ideacentre-300-Computer-90DA00LPUS/dp/B01KLSMWVA/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1480902284&sr=1-1&refinements=p_36%3A20000-35000
Has a better processor than what you could possibly build just from pcpartpicker.
That's my opinion though. Somebody will probably come through and blow my build out of the water. LOL

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01KLSMWVA/ref=psdc_13896597011_t1_B01N5SXZY8

Even cheaper i3.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01KLSMWVA/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1481227752&sr=8-1&pi=SY200_QL40&keywords=i3+desktop+windows+10+8gb&dpPl=1&dpID=418o8f0UHZL&ref=plSrch

On second thought, is it even worth building? Isnt this essentially the same?

Looking around on Amazon you can get this Lenovo computer for $329 which covers all of the minimum specs except for the graphics card but you can get this Radeon HD6450 which should cover you on that front too.

Hope this helps get you started somewhere at least. Also, I should mention I play on PS4 as well and my knowledge of computers is mediocre at best so take this with a grain of salt.

They would prefer a desktop. Someone suggested

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/dell-inspiron-3650-desktop-intel-core-i3-8gb-memory-1tb-hard-drive-silver/4826902.p?skuId=4826902
and
https://www.amazon.com/Lenovo-Ideacentre-300-Computer-90DA00LPUS/dp/B01KLSMWVA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1481004452&sr=8-1&keywords=core+i3+6100+desktop

I don't necessarily want to build because they would like it in 1-2 weeks. Their old one was a built computer my friend put together for me... windows vista. I gutted the parts... but dont have a case, OS, mobo, cpu, and ram.

While this is heathanous here, something with a modern i3 and then a GTX 1050 would do better for less.

The 460 and the 1050(Ti) are all cards that will rarely have issues with being slapped into a prebuilt.

I'm currently looking at this model. It's for very basic family use: Word (which I know I'll have to buy Office to get it), business affairs, basic internet surfing, e-mail, YouTube. And that's about it. Nothing too major.

I'm confused about Worksword. I think Works was phased out but we currently use the Worksword template unless otherwise specified to the person/s we're sending a specific document to. So I don't know if PC's come with Worksword anymore. I think they do.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01KLSMWVA/

Full tower, so you can manually upgrade it later if need be. Would run the game on medium-high~ish detail.

Im sorry, But at that pricepoint a prebuilt PC will be a ripoff, any reason why you can't build one.

I would suggest getting a decent prebuilt PC and sticking in a GTX 1050/1050ti

Edit: found this

https://www.amazon.com/Lenovo-Ideacentre-Desktop-Computer-90DA00LPUS/dp/B01KLSMWVA/ref=sr_1_10?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1498177427&sr=1-10&keywords=Desktop+computer.

Stick in a gtx 1050 and you'll be good to go, and still under budget.

I like this one as it's cheaper. Cheaper the better. I looked at this one and noticed a similar PC. I see that this is a little behind in specs but for the price difference, would you say it could be worth it? Does the Acer have anyhing exceptionally better?

If I cut the SSD which I'm leaning towards doing, are there any advantages to buying this and making it over just purchasing this?

Do you mind if it's a desktop? If not
desktop

Usually, with a budget like that, you want to go with a prebuild. Here is a nice option: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01KLSMWVA/ref=twister_B01M4HGMFW?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
It is a bit over budget, but it will do what you need it to do.