Non Gaming build for a friend

Stretlow

Stretlow

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Hi.

My friend has asked me to put a non Gaming pc together for him as the one he uses for work is slooow.

He doesn't need any peripherals or a screen, just the box. His only request is that it looks nice (which I can do) is fast and can power 2 monitors.

I realise he doesn't need anything super spec but I do want to future proof it.

So you think it would be better to put something like the new Ryzen with Vega, or a higher core processor like the 1700 with a cheap graphics card?

Any help appreciated.

Stret
 
Well what does he do? Word processing? Spreadsheets? Video editing?

No point speccing a Ryzen 1700 if all he does is mail merges and small spreadsheets. Similarly there's no point speccing an i3 if he does a ton of video editing.
 
He has some software for his business but I don't know how resource heavy it is.

I agree the 1700 Is probably overkill but I just want it to be snappy with minium lag.

I built my littlen a machine at Xmas a Ryzen 1400 and 8 gug of ram and while it's not slow it does lag a little although I think this could be down to the hard drive.

I think I'm aiming for somewhere in the middle
 
Snappy with minimal lag = SSD.
Rest of the build depends on what he does.
Web browsing only? G4560 will do.
Budget end? Ryzen 2200g.
 
Bx300 is a good call.
I'd just stick with the 2200g unless there's a specific need for 4c8t (sounds like the improved GPU is lost on your friend anyway)
It's 85% of the performance and only 60% of the cost (less if you do a bit of bargain hunting)
 
tamzzy said:
Bx300 is a good call.
I'd just stick with the 2200g unless there's a specific need for 4c8t (sounds like the improved GPU is lost on your friend anyway)
It's 85% of the performance and only 60% of the cost (less if you do a bit of bargain hunting)
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Just thinking about future proofing

I'll be honest I think either will come in his budget..
 
Depends on his budget. For "future proofing" better to get a ryzen 1600 and a cheap GPU. Depending on budget ofc. Would be nice if you could give a ballpark figure. Speccing out of thin air at the moment :)
 
tamzzy said:
Depends on his budget. For "future proofing" better to get a ryzen 1600 and a cheap GPU. Depending on budget ofc. Would be nice if you could give a ballpark figure. Speccing out of thin air at the moment :)
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Sorry :)

£500 is the starting figure.

Need
case
Ram
CPU
Board
PSU
 
My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £500.15 (includes shipping: £12.30)
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case is oos at ocuk but can be bought from elsewhere - the case supports only half-height pcie expansion cards
cheap gt710 is needed with the ryzen 1600 (no integrated gpu)
the gt710 doesn't support 4k resolution - so need to bear that in mind depending on what resolution screen your friend has
8gb ram + ssd
future upgrades if required - further 2x4gb sticks of ram (for total 16gb) +/- gt 1030 to run games (lol)
 
tamzzy said:
My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £500.15 (includes shipping: £12.30)
​

case is oos at ocuk but can be bought from elsewhere - the case supports only half-height pcie expansion cards
cheap gt710 is needed with the ryzen 1600 (no integrated gpu)
the gt710 doesn't support 4k resolution - so need to bear that in mind depending on what resolution screen your friend has
8gb ram + ssd
future upgrades if required - further 2x4gb sticks of ram (for total 16gb) +/- gt 1030 to run games (lol)
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Thanks for your input on this i'll take a look later today :cool:
 
Stretlow said:
Like the look of this bundle

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/rang...w-radeon-vega-11-graphics-bu-09t-og.html#t=a1
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smaller then a shoe box- board will most likely need a bios flash either by sending to Gigabyte or applying for Boot kit from AMD

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £575.92 (includes shipping: £11.10)
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intel version, no flashing needed


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My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £619.88 (includes shipping: £11.10)
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both come with wifi
 
 
 
 
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