Business pc

Holdon Tight · 4 Sep 2011 at 00:30

Could the kind people of this forum spec me a pc for work? I need to surf, type docs and perhaps a bit of light gaming. Large storage would be good.
Budget up to £500 I think, no monitor needed going to us old one and get a hazro for gaming I think.

Cheers all

Buchanan0204 · 4 Sep 2011 at 00:45

What games do you play? How much of the budget would you like to be used for the graphics card?

It's hard to recommend when It's unsure what sort of gaming it is.

Buchanan0204 · 4 Sep 2011 at 00:46

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Intel Core i3-2100 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail Intel Core i3-2100 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £94.99
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MSI H67MA-E35 Intel H67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro-ATX Motherboard - (Sandybridge) **B3 REVISION** MSI H67MA-E35 Intel H67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro-ATX Motherboard - (Sandybridge) **B3 REVISION** £64.99
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Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £41.99
(£34.99) £41.99
(£34.99)
Fractal Design Core 1000 Midi Tower Case - Black Fractal Design Core 1000 Midi Tower Case - Black £27.22
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(£22.68)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £25.99
(£21.66) £25.99
(£21.66)
Lepa N-Series 400W Power Supply Lepa N-Series 400W Power Supply £25.98
(£21.65) £25.98
(£21.65)
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DPD Next Day Parcel
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VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £49.21
Total : £295.26

There's a base to play with. Depending on what card you want to add in. You may need to change the PSU to something better. If you don't care about games, then a 30 quid card will do fine.

I also never added an OS. So if you need that, you can take that into account.

Holdon Tight · 4 Sep 2011 at 00:49

Games wise they would be strategy based.

Thanks for the replies, any more?

Buchanan0204 · 4 Sep 2011 at 00:51

simonholden said:
Games wise they would be strategy based.

Thanks for the replies, any more?

Graphics card is purely a choice thing. If your happy on medium settings and you only play once in a while then you could get away with a 50 quid card. If you want high settings and you have a high res monitor. the sky is the limit.

What res do you play at? What sort of quality do you expect? High settings etc?

Gregry254 · 4 Sep 2011 at 00:55

Just an idea

Reaper 392 · 4 Sep 2011 at 00:58

PSU is totally overkill, but its modular, and only £10 more than the cheapest thing i;d be happy to recommend.

llano onboard graphics will be great for light gaming

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1 x AMD Llano A6-3650 2.60GHz (Socket FM1) APU Processor (AD3650WNGXBOX) with FREE DIRT3 PC Game £83.99
1 x MSI A75MA-G55 AMD Hudson D3 (Socket FM1) DDR3 Llano MIcro-ATX Motherboard £71.99
1 x Antec TruePower New Modular 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £52.46
1 x Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £41.99
1 x Cooler Master Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black £37.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9AD3B1K2/4G) £23.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222AL/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
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Holdon Tight · 4 Sep 2011 at 08:24

Please don't mis understand me, as you can see from my sig I have a fairly powerful machine for gaming at home. At work I should be 'working' however I may need a little light relief, if you get my drift?
Cheers for suggestions.

Jony27 · 4 Sep 2011 at 12:27

what type of "work" do you do?

with £500, i would probably get an SB i5 based rig, and spend £100 on the GPU(refurb GTX460)

Reaper 392 · 4 Sep 2011 at 12:44

simonholden said:
Please don't mis understand me, as you can see from my sig I have a fairly powerful machine for gaming at home. At work I should be 'working' however I may need a little light relief, if you get my drift?
Cheers for suggestions.

since gaming would be the most processor intensive thing you would do on the machine then the llano i speced would be more than enough for the job, and its onboard graphics can cope with most games at low to medium graphics. if you want you could also replace the case with a coolermaster silencio for added quietness

Holdon Tight · 4 Sep 2011 at 14:01

Jony27 said:
what type of "work" do you do?

with £500, i would probably get an SB i5 based rig, and spend £100 on the GPU(refurb GTX460)

I have my own business selling and installing wood burning stoves. So my computer work would consist of internet and typing.