New office PC needed - to rebuild or not to prebuild

[Biggilus]

Hey,

Need a new office PC setup for the old dear - typically just Web browsing, Spotify, word and at a push simple excel work. Will need a licence of Windows too.

Happy to build one but would it be cheaper to buy a prebuilt? Otherwise what components these days would suit for the minimal workload it would face? A chrome book would probably be decent enough but she deffo doesn't want a touchscreen small thing.

Advice would be most welcomed!

 

[Biggilus]

Put my mum's project to one side for too long now so back on this one (thanks @Tetras for all the help on my build, and the above suggestion for mum's!)

Put this together with a little help from the OcUK builder:


My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Kolink KLM-003 Micro-ATX Case - Black (SKU: CA-054-KK) = £27.95
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 5600G Six Core 3.9GHz (Socket AM4) APU with RX Vega Graphics - Retail (SKU: CP-3CW-AM) = £124.99
• 1 x ASUS PRIME A520M-A (Socket AM4) DDR4 mATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-6FF-AS) = £71.99
• 1 x Lexar Hades 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-28800C18 3600MHz Dual/Quad Channel Kit (SKU: MY-019-LE) = £37.99
• 1 x WD Green 480GB SSD 2.5" SATA Solid State Drive (WDS480G3G0A) (SKU: HD-59C-WD) = £23.99
• 1 x Kolink Classic Power 500W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply (SKU: CA-04E-KK) = £39.95

Total: £334.85 (includes delivery: £7.99)​

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As mentioned - just light office work and Web browsing mostly. Good enough as is? Any area to spend a bit more for decent gain?

 

[Biggilus]

Fantastic cheers for the suggestions people.

I'll make the adjustments and time for another build. Less exciting than my last but sure I'll have fun

 

[Biggilus]

NUC?