Non-Gaming PC

JRVanillaBear

JRVanillaBear

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Bit of a peculiar one, I am actually looking to build a PC for my dad.

This will be for 'work' use. He does no gaming (miniclip is about the amount he gets too) but spends a lot of timing using various spreadsheets / office applications, minimal internet browsing and then the use of QuickBook Pro.

I have built my own Gaming PC so am fine building it myself, but, not 100% sure where would be best to invest the money.

Looking at £500 but could convince him to stretch if it is worthwhile.

Final note is that his PC won't get to much love so needs to be as dust proof as possible!

I am going to start building a basket but thought I would seek advice here first.
 
Appreciate there may be bits in here that aren't neccessary or slighlty over spec'd. As I say, used to looking and gaming peripherals as opposed to non!

My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £564.18
(includes shipping: £12.30)
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I'm not up to date on the latest tech but I can see straight away that CPU won't work with the motherboard you've chosen. They're different sockets.

Also I don't see any need for a Z chipset and after market cooler for a non-K i5, but someone might be along soon to correct me on this. :o
 
JRVanillaBear said:
Appreciate there may be bits in here that aren't neccessary or slighlty over spec'd. As I say, used to looking and gaming peripherals as opposed to non!

My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £564.18
(includes shipping: £12.30)
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In addition to CPU and motherboard not being compatible, I would avoid the Kingston V300 range of SSD, and get another model. Make it 120GB minimum.

It doesn't need an i5 nor a fancy motherboard at all. Nor 16GB of RAM. If he wants to splash out, splash on a nice case maybe.
 
No point in going i5 for his uses - an i3 will be more than enough. PSU is made by Seasonic, a top tier OEM. 8gb is more than sufficient too. The savings from the above allow for a 240gb SSD and you still get a good deal of change from your suggested build

My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £363.11
(includes shipping: £12.30)
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I asked the same for my dad and I went with the Skylake version of the build someone recommended.

https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=29211484&postcount=4

He loves it, all he does is internet stuff, watching Films / TV Shows over the network and the odd Facebook game.

On his new system Windows 7 went on faster than it took to actually boot up his old system lol.

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I will warn you though it only has 3xSATA Power Connectors that come all on one cable so try not to spread your SATA items about, other than that inconvenience its pretty solid.

I cannot comment on the dust part as he has not had it long (Less than a month) but his last machine wasnt that bad and it was a Core2Duo E6600 system so he had it a good few years lol.
 
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Get as big ssd forget about the hdd it will only confuse things if he's not that tech minded.

250gb+ should be fine but bigger the better (more storage)
 
My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £498.95 (includes shipping: £0.00)​

Can someone just cast their eye over the above.

Ignore the Graphics card ... thats for me ;) But the SSD is for my dad.
 
Hi JR,

Motherboard is ATX. Case is Micro-ATX. DDR4 memory won't work on Z97 motherboards.

Sure you don't want the Skylake i3 + H110 mobo in Ted's spec? It has better graphics, and can get it for same price or thereabouts. Can then keep the DDR4 and it will fit in the case.
 
Grumble PCPP grumble

My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £460.09
(includes shipping: £13.20)
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