New Build for Work

[Wootje]

Hi OC's

I need any input on building a new PC but this will be for work ie Word, Excel and other software. It wont be for any gaming but decent enough to at least watch Youtube.

The build needs to have a LOT of memory space, might go for SSD as they load faster than the old hardrives.

My budget can range from £500-£1000

Thanks.

 

[Danny75]

Monitor? OS?

 

[sweols]

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x EVGA 430W 80 Plus Power Supply (100-W1-0430-KR)= £36.95
• 1 x Kingston 120GB SSDNow V300 Drive SATA 6Gb/s 3 2.5" (7mm height) Solid State Hard Drive - (SV300S37A/= £39.95
• 1 x Seagate 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (ST1000DM003)= £39.95
• 1 x Gigabyte 990X-Gaming SLI - AMD Piledriver FX-6 6300 6 Core - 8GB DDR3 Memory Bundle **£15 Saving**= £187.97
• 1 x Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU Cooler= £29.99
• 1 x Bitfenix Nova Midi Tower Case - Black= £25.99

Total: £373.10
(includes shipping: £12.30)
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[Wootje]

I have monitors. I will go for Windows 10 OS.

 

[Quartz]

The build needs to have a LOT of memory space

How much RAM are we talking about? 32 GB? 128 GB? 512 GB? Even a NUC will generally do 32 GB. You can get an ITX Xeon D motherboard that will take 128 GB.

 

[robfosters]

This is more expensive but it's within your budget and got quite a bit more grunt.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x "Recon Z97K" Configurable Intel Core i3/i5/i7 Asus Z97 Value Gaming Bundle = £335.93
  • Build Time:Standard Build Laptops - Approximately 3 to 5 working days
  • Processor:Intel Core i5-4460 3.20GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail
  • Memory:Team Group Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TPKD38G1600HC11DC01)
  • Cooler:Raijintek Aidos Direct Contact CPU Cooler - Black
• 1 x Super Flower FX 450W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply - Black= £44.99
• 1 x Bitfenix Nova Midi Tower Case - Black= £25.99
• 1 x Samsung 250GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E250B/EU)= £85.99
• 1 x Seagate 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (ST2000DM001)= £58.99
• 1 x Microsoft Windows 10 64-Bit DVD - OEM (MS-KW9-00139)= £79.99

Total: £631.88
(includes shipping: £0.00)
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[robfosters]

How much RAM are we talking about? 32 GB? 128 GB? 512 GB? Even a NUC will generally do 32 GB. You can get an ITX Xeon D motherboard that will take 128 GB.

I thought he was talking about HDD space.

 

[sweols]

That's way over the top for what he's asking for m8.. makes no sense

 

[robfosters]

That's way over the top for what he's asking for m8.. makes no sense

I'm working within his budget.

To be honest, I dont know if I would bother building a PC solely for office use. Might as well buy a ready built one imo with a nice Windows licence thrown in.

 

[LewisRaz]

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Intel Core i3-6100 3.70GHz (Skylake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £109.99
• 1 x Asus H110M-K Intel H110 (Socket 1151) DDR4 Micro ATX Motherboard= £46.99
• 1 x Zalman R1 Midi Tower - Black= £39.95
• 1 x Xigmatek Maverick 400W '80 Plus Bronze' Semi Modular Power Supply= £29.99
• 1 x Seagate SSHD 7200RPM 3.5" 2TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DX001) SSHD Hybrid Drive= £82.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-21300C16 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK16GX4M2A26= £68.99

Total: £391.20
(includes shipping: £12.30)
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Complete overkill for office work and well below budget

 

[Biz.Kid09]

Lewisraz, good build. I would add a 'proper' ssd for the OS and software then use the 2tb for storage.

 

[Wootje]

Ok thank you, it needs to last some years and easy enough to add more SSD if needed.

 

[Wootje]

is there a difference to 1150 and 1151 though?

 

[LewisRaz]

is there a difference to 1150 and 1151 though?

1151 is the current socket for intel. 1150 is older but not really far behind at all in performance.