£200-£300 budget build

nwgilbert

nwgilbert

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Hello, I would like to build a cheap computer for my partner for business work only - it won't be used for gaming. It will be for pretty basic use such as excel, word, possibly a bit of adobe.

If someone can give some general advice or make a suggested list it would be greatly appreciated.

I guess I would be looking at spending 200-300? Not sure how cheap it can really go when all the PC will be used for is word/excel/browsing...


Here is the build I have put together so far:

My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £212.65
(includes shipping: £11.70)
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Not sure if it is all compatible and if I can go cheaper?
Am I missing anything?
Can someone suggest alternate solutions for better parts?


Thanks in advance.
 
Thank you for your comments. I am still unsure as to whether I should go with Intel or AMD. Please can someone suggest which would perform better for basic PC use Browsing/Word/Excel/Some Indesign/Photoshop Adobe.

In my current basket below I have put both so I need to remove one and the motherboard to match. I am also open to someone suggesting another processor? Or are one of these two the best in my price range? I don't mind going a little higher if the difference in performance will be drastic.




My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £304.50
(includes shipping: £12.60)
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Since having a further look into the comparison of the two, I found the intel to have better performance results.

http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Pentium-G3258-vs-AMD-A4-4000
Please let me know if anyone thinks against this for any reason?

Having said that, Could I get a better processor than the G3258 for not much more? What would be the upgrade from that?

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Also wondering if it is worth getting a cooler, or not really on such a cheap processor? The reason I ask is it gets extremely hot in the room where we will have the PC.
 
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I would like to make purchase over the next couple of days - If anyone can take a look at this I would really appreciate before I go and spend money on something that may not be compatible or will slack in performance.
 
Can anybody give some feedback on the below build please :




nwgilbert said:
Since having a further look into the comparison of the two, I found the intel to have better performance results.

http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Pentium-G3258-vs-AMD-A4-4000
Please let me know if anyone thinks against this for any reason?

Having said that, Could I get a better processor than the G3258 for not much more? What would be the upgrade from that?

-

Also wondering if it is worth getting a cooler, or not really on such a cheap processor? The reason I ask is it gets extremely hot in the room where we will have the PC.
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nwgilbert said:
Thank you for your comments. I am still unsure as to whether I should go with Intel or AMD. Please can someone suggest which would perform better for basic PC use Browsing/Word/Excel/Some Indesign/Photoshop Adobe.

In my current basket below I have put both so I need to remove one and the motherboard to match. I am also open to someone suggesting another processor? Or are one of these two the best in my price range? I don't mind going a little higher if the difference in performance will be drastic.




My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £304.50
(includes shipping: £12.60)
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Thank you, looks good - I like it. What are others thoughts?

mickyflinn said:
Intel is the way to go but i would not be buying clearance items with 3 months warrranty, This is the latest skylake equivalent i have added an extra cse fan for better airfow to put in the front of the case.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £244.56
(includes shipping: £11.70)
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Thank you for your useful comments and you are right on so many points.

My main concern would be if my business partner was to start using more adobe software such as Photoshop and Indesign as we do use both of those within our business.

The question I have is... how well could this build you have suggested take on Photoshop and Indesign processing?
And if that was my concern, what should I look at upgrading from your suggestion if it wasn't going to be enough... is it the ram? is it the cpu? or is it a bit of both?

Bearing in mind that we have already purchased software both OS and packages so that is not considered as part of our cost.



Reflecting back on this build ...
mickyflinn said:
Intel is the way to go but i would not be buying clearance items with 3 months warrranty, This is the latest skylake equivalent i have added an extra cse fan for better airfow to put in the front of the case.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £244.56
(includes shipping: £11.70)
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It is £244 which in reality is £42 more expensive than yours. Plus lets say I was to shop around... I might even get those parts down to £200.
Just a thought, what do you think?
 
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