Future Proof Office PC - dual monitor

Claudio

Claudio

Claudio

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Hi,

i am in the process to build a PC for an office (no video/photo editing) with a dual monitor setup, possibly staying below £1000, could i have your opinions on the following:

1 MB-33S-MS MSI B450 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard £119.99 £119.99
1 CP-3AA-AM AMD Ryzen 5 2400G VEGA Graphics AM4 CPU w/ Wraith Stealth Cooler £130.99 £130.99
1 MY-073-TG Team Group Dark Pro 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Red (TDPRD48G3200 £94.99 £94.99
1 HD-044-TS Toshiba 1TB P300 7200RPM Performance Hard Drive (HDWD110UZSVA) £32.99 £32.99
1 BU-000-SL SPEEDLINK Mechanical Gaming Bundle - Mouse, Keyboard, Headset and Mouse Mat £34.99 £34.99
1 CA-196-CS Corsair Carbide Series 100R Silent Edition Mid-Tower PC Case - Black £57.95 £57.95
2 MO-119-BQ BenQ GW2270H 22" 1920x1080 VA Widescreen LED Flicker-Free Slim Bezel Monitor - Black £89.99 £179.98
1 CA-11V-BQ be quiet! Pure Power 10 400W CM 80 Plus Silver Modular Power Supply £64.99 £64.99
1 HD-232-SA Samsung 250GB 860 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 64 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-76E250B/EU) £55.99 £55.99
1 SW-174-MS Microsoft Windows 10 32/64-Bit (Creator Update Ver.)- USB Pen Drive - Retail (KW9-00478) £114.95 £114.95

£887.81

Thanks, much apreciated,

C.

just noticed that the monitor i choose haven't got a display port...sad :(
 
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Even if its just office stuff i would like to invest a little more and have it future proof...a responsive machine, quick boot, as little loading time for basic office applications as possible...does the nuc supports dual monitor? i see only one hdmi there...something i am doing wrong?
 
would you mind explaining how please?

edit: nevermind i figured it out!

So you think this NUC is quite a responsive machine? have got bad experiences with barebones in past...
 
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from a different shop:

8GB (1x8GB) Corsair DDR4 SODIMM Value Select, PC4-17000 (2133), Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 15-15-15-36, 1.2V £69.98Intel
NUC Barebone Kit, i7-7567U, DDR4, M.2+2.5" SATA, GbE, WiFi/BT, Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650, Thunderbolt £434.98
21.5" Benq GW2270H Monitor, VA 1920x1080, 5ms, 250cd/m2, 3000:1, 2x HDMI/VGA, Low Blue light mode, VESA Mount, Black £172.97
500GB WD Blue 3D, 2.5" SSD, SATA III - 6Gb/s, 3D NAND, Read 560MB/s, Write 530MB/s, 95k/84k IOPS, £83.99
Microsoft Windows 10 Home, w/ Creators Update, 32/64-bit, English International, USB Pendrive, 1 License, £104.99

Total: 878.40

for a newer NUC mounting an I7 7567U, is it worth for the sake of £30/40 more?
 
mmm not really convinced by the NUC solution as in the long term i cant see it getting upgraded in any way apart from the ram.

any thoughts about this below?
My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £897.91 (includes shipping: £25.14)​
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uhm...i like a responsive computer...and office builds off the shelves are , or budget solutions that usually lasts couple of years for probably 2/3rd of the price of the build above, or insanely pricey cause they are meant for photo-video editing...i would rather invest building a computer with the specs above that most likely will last a decade...

Personally, my actual comp has 8 years and still runs most recent games on high settings, the only 2 things i changed since day 1 are ram(from 4 to 20gb) and graphic card(from 570oc to 1060 6gb).
Still a very responsive machine, and has still got room for decent OC (i7 2600k, had it stable at 4,5mhz when was playing video games).
 
Something like this?

My basket at Overclockers UK:
  • 1 x OcUK Tech Labs H310 Coffeelake Home & Small Office Micro ATX Configurator = £775.79
    • Case:Zalman T1 Plus Mini-Tower USB 3.0 - Black
    • Processor:Intel Core i5-8400 2.8GHz (Coffee Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail
    • Motherboard:Gigabyte H310M-S2H Intel H310 (Socket 1151) DDR4 Micro-ATX Motherboard
    • Memory:Team Group Vulcan T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C14 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD416G24
    • Primary Drive:Samsung 250GB 860 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 64 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-76E250B/EU)
    • Secondary Drive:Seagate BarraCuda 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - *System Stock*
    • Optical Drive **Please Check Chassis Support**:Unwanted
    • CPU Cooler:Unwanted
    • Graphics Card:Unwanted
    • Power Supply:Kolink Core Series 500W 80 Plus Certified Power Supply
    • WIFI:Asus PCE-N15 300Mbps 802.11B/G/N Wireless PCI-E Network Adapter
    • Operating System:Microsoft Windows 10 64-Bit DVD - OEM (MS-KW9-00139)
    • Security Software:Unwanted
    • Build Time:Standard Build Systems - Dispatched within 7 working days
    • Keyboard & Mouse Set:Unwanted
    • Monitor:Unwanted
    • Headset / Headphones:Unwanted
Total: £789.89 (includes shipping: £14.10)​
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