Build for £500

joemc · 28 Feb 2011 at 11:43

Hi guys, been asked by my company to look in to getting 5 new computers. They've asked me to obviously look at big company PC's (Dell etc.) however I believe for the same amount of money I can build a much better computer.

The req's are just for the best computer available for £500 at the minute. They're for general office work, and need to have Windows 7 on them. Have got everything else.

Fire away with some spec's! Cheers

joemc · 28 Feb 2011 at 11:45

Also... do overclockers look in to doing a little bit of discount for massive orders? Prices can be £500 ex VAT btw!

6644kp · 28 Feb 2011 at 12:05

if only office work is going to be done on those computers (p.s. Im thinking your gonna build them yourself) you really dont need to spend £500. Just get a AMD Athlon X3 or X4, use onboard gpu, 4GB RAM and and 500GB HDD should cost around ~£250 to £300

R088ieS86 · 28 Feb 2011 at 12:14

You'd have to call them to find out that

The reason why its better to get work PCs from big retailers is because you get onsite warranty if anything goes wrong.

Also in your spec i know its anoying but legally your supposed to buy the retail version of Windows as your not selling the PC on.
I've just built a load of office specs and used the sandy bridge i3-2100 CPU, H67 board, 4Gb RAM, 500Gb Samsung F3, Win7 Pro 64.
In theory its over kill atm but they won't be replacing them any time soon.

joemc · 28 Feb 2011 at 12:19

I am going to build them myself. No, they want as close to £500 being spent on them (I've told them it's overkill for what they want but I can see the logic behind it). They just want them to last for as long as possible. Also know what about the W7 needing to be retail, it's bloody annoying...

Dark_Angel · 28 Feb 2011 at 12:42

Give OCUK a call, or alternatively use the customer service forum for info.

Cookeh · 28 Feb 2011 at 13:57

Hows this? In budget excluding VAT - which I assume your buisness will be claiming back?

Intel Core i5-2500 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail
(£141.66)

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium - Retail (Full Version)(GFC-00025)
(£104.16) £124.99

Asus P8H67-M Intel H67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro-ATX Motherboard - (Sandybridge)
(£70.82) £84.98

G.Skill RipJawsX 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL )
(£66.66) £79.99

BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W Power Supply
(£35.82) £42.98

Antec 100 One Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black
(£34.99) £41.99

Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM 1yr Warranty (ST31000528AS)
(£31.66) £37.99

Sub Total : £485.77
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £99.25
Total : £595.52

joemc · 28 Feb 2011 at 14:13

Yes they will be claiming it back.

Cookeh · 28 Feb 2011 at 14:21

I don't think you can get better for £500 than my above spec (waits for Stulid/RJC/Redmint to be ******** star out fully please.).

You could get a i7 2600k in there, but you would have to drop down to 4GB of cheap ram, and a cheaper case/psu.

King Damager · 28 Feb 2011 at 14:25

I'd probably go with Cookeh's spec.... The 8gb is slightly overkill, but guess it will maybe be useful for future

kd

Cookeh · 28 Feb 2011 at 14:29

King Damager said:
I'd probably go with Cookeh's spec.... The 8gb is slightly overkill, but guess it will maybe be useful for future

kd

I was looking for ways to get the price up

could have stuck a fancier case in but thought "He -might- be using this for more intensive things down the line so more ram is more useful" xD

Brian8bit · 28 Feb 2011 at 14:43

An i5 build is complete overkill for an office machine, unless that office machine is going to be doing compiling of code or used in rendering. As Dark_Angel said, contact OCuK and talk to them about and they can build something to your specifications. But if it's a desktop machine for office work a quad core Athlon II and 4GB of RAM will be more than enough. OCuK own business class line starts with Core 2 E7500.

joemc · 28 Feb 2011 at 14:58

King Damager said:
I'd probably go with Cookeh's spec.... The 8gb is slightly overkill, but guess it will maybe be useful for future

kd

^ This exactly. They are looking for computers which will last for a long time. As said I've told them it will be overkill _but_ the longer it remains; the better.

R088ieS86 · 28 Feb 2011 at 15:05

Only thing which may come up is if your business runs on a domain?
Then you'll need Win7 Pro. Other than that who ever has those PCs is going to have some great lunch breaks gaming!

Cookeh · 28 Feb 2011 at 16:36

R088ieS86 said:
Only thing which may come up is if your business runs on a domain?
Then you'll need Win7 Pro. Other than that who ever has those PCs is going to have some great lunch breaks gaming!

Good point with the W7, I didn't realise that!

Gaming? On integrated graphics? Will have to be oldish games on lowest spec, but I suppose one could be sneaky

stulid · 28 Feb 2011 at 17:12

Cookeh said:
Hows this? In budget excluding VAT - which I assume your buisness will be claiming back?

Intel Core i5-2500 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail
(£141.66)

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium - Retail (Full Version)(GFC-00025)
(£104.16) £124.99

Asus P8H67-M Intel H67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro-ATX Motherboard - (Sandybridge)
(£70.82) £84.98

G.Skill RipJawsX 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL )
(£66.66) £79.99

BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W Power Supply
(£35.82) £42.98

Antec 100 One Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black
(£34.99) £41.99

Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM 1yr Warranty (ST31000528AS)
(£31.66) £37.99

Sub Total : £485.77
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £99.25
Total : £595.52

looks good to me!!