New work pc, help me choose.

Garyj881 · 20 Sep 2016 at 13:08

Work has left me to source a new work pc with not a big budget.

Max to spend is around £450.00.

I have looked at two pcs and can't decide between them.

PC# 1.
Core i5-4460 Quad Core USFF Desktop PC, 120GB SSD, 8GB, Win 7 Pro, GT 610.

PC# 2
i7-4790 Quad Core Desktop PC, 2TB, 12GB RAM, DVD-RW, Win 7 Pro

#1 has the SSD while #2 has a better cpu and more ram.

No graphics intensive stuff being used here, but do have multiple programs open together.

Which is the better option?

Chevalier · 20 Sep 2016 at 13:12

Garyj881 said:
Which is the better option?

Get a new job with a bigger IT budget...

Garyj881 · 20 Sep 2016 at 13:13

Chevalier said:
Get a new job with a bigger IT budget...

Thank you for your help.

Chevalier · 20 Sep 2016 at 13:19

Any time. On a serious note I would go for option 2 personally.

Roverno · 20 Sep 2016 at 17:51

Both CPUs will be more than enough for office use so the SSD will make much more of a difference than more cpu power. If you can't spec your own and have to go with one of these, then go with option 1.

jbh110tdi · 20 Sep 2016 at 17:59

Roverno said:
Both CPUs will be more than enough for office use so the SSD will make much more of a difference than more cpu power. If you can't spec your own and have to go with one of these, then go with option 1.

would depend on how many multiple programs are going to be open at one time. also how hard will they hit the CPU? it might be better going for option 2 with the i7 and more ram. can always add an ssd at a later date.

Roverno · 20 Sep 2016 at 18:02

You guys aren't seriously considering that you might need an i7 for office work?!?! that is utter craziness. with 12gb of ram its clearly badly configured too.

jbh110tdi · 20 Sep 2016 at 18:10

Roverno said:
You guys aren't seriously considering that you might need an i7 for office work?!?! that is utter craziness. with 12gb of ram its clearly badly configured too.

agreed 12gb of ram is a strange set up for a 4790 but the OP has stated
"no graphics intensive stuff being used here, but do have multiple programs open together."
hes not stated what the multiple programs will be. if there CPU intensive he would be better with the i7 4790 would be my thoughts.

Cern · 20 Sep 2016 at 23:32

For day-to-day speed of operation, I'd take a system with a SSD over one without any day of the week. However, Option #2 is a better overall system. Is there a way perhaps of squeezing a SSD into that build? You can get a 120GB SSD for about £50.

Hagar · 21 Sep 2016 at 09:27

120GB SSD is not much use for win 7 without additional storage.

keaneo · 21 Sep 2016 at 13:14

option 1 all the way

Roverno · 21 Sep 2016 at 13:20

Cern said:
For day-to-day speed of operation, I'd take a system with a SSD over one without any day of the week. However, Option #2 is a better overall system. Is there a way perhaps of squeezing a SSD into that build? You can get a 120GB SSD for about £50.

That's about the most contradictory statement you could have come up with lol. "I would choose option 1 any day because it has an SSD. I choose option 2."

nkata said:
120GB SSD is not much use for win 7 without additional storage.

This is office work, not gaming, you don't need loads of space.

keaneo said:
option 1 all the way

Finally somebody thats sane

Hagar · 21 Sep 2016 at 13:32

Roverno said:
This is office work, not gaming, you don't need loads of space.

I am sitting at my work PC, typing this.

All work gets saved onto a network, but querying the C:\ drive I have 175Gb used space on a 500Gb drive. This is with Win 7 also.

240Gb SSD I would agree with but 120GB is too small for practical usage long term IMO. The cost is negligable for 240Gb, £60 or about £25 more than a 120Gb.

My Home PC does have 2 x 240 and 1 x 480 SSD for gaming etc.

Cern · 21 Sep 2016 at 17:54

Roverno said:
That's about the most contradictory statement you could have come up with lol. "I would choose option 1 any day because it has an SSD. I choose option 2."

Not contradictory at all, I qualified it by saying "speed of operation". If speed of operation is important, the SSD wins. But if a 120GB SSD is too small for the OP's needs, then the HDD system is the better all-round choice. The best of both worlds would be a SSD for the OS + apps and a HDD for storage, but this might not be an option of these systems are pre-built.

Deathjester · 21 Sep 2016 at 18:12

120Gb could be a little short on storage.

What do you do?
If you work with massive calculations all day 12Gb of RAM could be appropriate.
Otherwise it's probably a bit excessive

TheVoice · 21 Sep 2016 at 18:14

If 120GB is too small, he'll likely know that already. Odds are it isn't, and if it is, pull the HDD out the current system and use that.