Office PC Upgrade - £300

RogerMesenseless · 14 Jan 2015 at 21:44

Office PC (Dell Dimension 5000

) is on its last legs and has become painfully slow. I've been given about £300 to build a new PC. Doesn't need to be anything too special as it's only used for word processing, emails, ect but I think an SSD for the boot drive would be a good idea.

Essentially, I need; Monitor, MoBo, CPU, SSD, Hard Drive. I was thinking of going Intel and using the onboard graphics, but I have a spare HD5450 that could be used also.

I already have a Power Supply (Corsair TX650M), 4 GB of Samsung Green, Enermax Heatsink and an Micro ATX case. I might be able to get a copy of windows so leave that out of the equation for now.

Thanks.

mcleish · 14 Jan 2015 at 22:03

YOUR BASKET
1 x BenQ GL2460 24" Widescreen LED Slim Bezel Monitor - Black £109.99
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £86.99
1 x Asus H81M-A Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £42.95
1 x Intel Pentium G3220 3.0GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £41.99
Total : £295.42 (includes shipping : £11.25).

Something like that I reckon. I built a similar type for my parents with similar needs. More than quick enough for surfing and word processing.
I went for 256gb SSD. Could go lower and get a Hard Drive too, but thats preference.

Danny75 · 14 Jan 2015 at 22:27

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus VX239H 23" Widescreen Super-Slim Bezel LED Monitor - White £139.99
1 x SK Hynix 128GB SSD SH910A SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (HFS128G32MNB-2201A) £49.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD10EZRX) **SINGLE PLATTER** HDD £44.99
1 x Intel Pentium G3220 3.0GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £41.99
1 x Asus H81M-PLUS Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £40.99
Total : £317.95 (includes shipping : ).

Bit over but very nice monitor for an office (there's a black version too). The H81M-PLUS motherboard brings USB 3 on the mid-board, if your case has USB 3 ports and you like using them.

RogerMesenseless · 14 Jan 2015 at 22:48

Thanks for the help! I will get a smaller 128GB SSD and pair it with 500/1000Gb hard drive as there's a load of photos and a few movies ect.

Is this Gigabyte board any better for the same price? http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-458-GI

Danny75 · 14 Jan 2015 at 22:58

RogerMesenseless said:
Is this Gigabyte board any better for the same price? http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-458-GI

That one's a nice one for the price too but it was out of stock. I can't really tell you if it'd be any better, other than Gigabyte has UK-based support so should be better on that front. One of the differences is it lacks a HDMI port. They both have decent buyer feedback, for a H81.