£500 full spec for office use PC

[richwellings]

I am looking to build a computer for work use only, 500£ budget.

Main focus:

- High RAM
- Decent CPU
- Large HDD
- OS to be included (Ideally Windows 7) with Office package
- Small-medium case

Not required:

- Expensive graphics card
- Monitor
- Any other peripheral components
- After market cooler, no overclocking necessary

No preference on MoBo/Power supply

Thanks in advance!

 

[RJC]

A little over:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Microsoft Office 365 Small Business Premium - (6SR-00005) £119.99
1 x Intel Core i3-4130 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £89.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02733) £67.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan GOLD 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLYD38G2400HC11CDC01) £65.99
1 x Toshiba 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA200) HDD £59.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020046-UK) £39.95
1 x Asus H81M-K Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £37.99
1 x BitFenix Comrade Midi-Tower - Black £29.99
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £14.99
Total : £540.96 (includes shipping : £11.75).

 

[altrewin]

Might as well drop the RAM to these as the board only supports up to 1600Mhz. You could also drop the HDD to 1TB and you're only a tenner off the £500 budget, but I guess that depends on OPs idea of a 'large' HDD.

YOUR BASKET
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan GOLD 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLYD38G1600HC9DC01) £59.99
Total : £68.69 (includes shipping : £7.25).

 

[richwellings]

Thanks guys, perfect advice.

 

[ShivP]

YOUR BASKET
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
Total : £64.69 (includes shipping : £7.25).



Job done - fast and cheap

 

[RJC]

But out of stock, at the time of the build all items were in stock.
if you can hold out then the ram above will be fine.

 

[will1b]

Just a little thing if you haven't already ordered - is official Microsoft Office 100% necessary? The free open-source alternatives have all the features and most have the document support (LibreOffice can read and write .docx/.pptx/.xlsx files fine, while OpenOffice can have broken formatting). Not only would this shave £120 off to be spent elsewhere, you also wouldn't need to renew the 1 year Office 365 subscription.

 

[tbyeah]

If you dig through rjk's Christmas sale i believe there's an 8GB kit for £46, even cheaper.

 

[Idleman]

If you dig through rjk's Christmas sale i believe there's an 8GB kit for £46, even cheaper.

Not any more.