Non gaming build for my brother close to £400 as poss

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Hi guys,
My brother just emailed me to say he wants a desktop with monitor, mouse, keyboard, OS for his Uni work. Only requirements really are that he will be using 2 monitors (he has an old one of mine), can have a lot of stuff running at once, and would like it to be quick.
He doesn't use any graphics/video software outside of youtube editor and doesn't game so I really don't know what he needs.

Budget was £400-600 but he would really like to spend as little as possible.

I would like to include an SSD for the OS ideally. How close to £400 can I get?

Quick look at OcUK system builder I came up with this but I habe no idea if its overkill or if the processor is up to snuff.

YOUR BASKET
1 x "Primo Gold AX" Configurable AMD A Series Home and Small Office PC £175.06
- 1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02733) £79.99
- 1 x Seagate 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (ST1000DM003) £41.99
- 1 x Samsung 120GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E120B/EU £59.99
- 1 x Kingston HyperX 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-14900C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Gold (HX318C9BGK2/8-OC) £44.99
- 1 x AMD A4-4000 3.00GHz (Socket FM2) APU Richland Dual Core Processor (AD4000OKHLBOX) £25.99
- 1 x OcUK Standard System Warranty - 3 Year (24 Month C&R + 12 Month Labour) £0.00
- 1 x Standard Build Systems - Dispatched within 7 working days £0.00
- 1 x No Security Software £0.00
1 x Asus VS228DE 22" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £85.99
Total : £514.00 (includes shipping : Ex.VAT).




Any help much appreciated.
 
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subbytna said:
You won't get members market with your post count though
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Yeah I realise that now!
Bought most of my stuff from here before and would rather get him something from overclockers store so it's not loaded up with crapware.

Anyone got any ideas or thoughts on the build I quickly put together, or any other suggestions?
 
As a university student, he should be able to get Windows and Office for £15 or so through the university.
 
If it is NOT ever going to be for gaming, you can get a pre-built one for £387.

Go to Home & Mini PS's >Desktop PS's >"Primo Plus AX" Configurable AMD A Series APU Home and Small Office PC

CPU = AMD A6-5400K 3.9GHz.
RAM = 4GB (1x4GB) DDR3 1600MHz
SSD = Samsung 120GB
HDD = Seagate Barracuda 1TB
NET = TP-Link 300Mbps Wireless N PCI Express Adapter
OS = Win 7.

A faster CPU but with less Ram and with a wireless network card.

With the monitor you selected it comes to £473 + Delivery.

If you think he might start gaming it'd be better to buy the parts yourself, would suggest a Pentium K based system for starters.
 
get this as your base and go from there


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