Office PC - Spec?

FL630 · 16 Apr 2015 at 10:56

Hi,

Looking to make a cheap office PC, will be used to run the usual emails/web/accounting etc.

How does this spec look? Anywhere I can cut a corner or two?

Thanks

FL630 · 16 Apr 2015 at 11:09

Oh yes, didn't notice the case problem! There are a few B-Grade ones which will suit me fine. I'm a big fan on the Enthoo, probably just go over excited and clicked it! However that mITX board is cheap!

I'm not sure SSD speed is a concern, it's just to load Win8.1 and a few minor programs on, most files will be attached to a NAS. For what it's worth a small HDD might even suffice, but I don't foresee a huge cost saving.

What about the intel G3220 to shave another tenner off?

FL630 · 16 Apr 2015 at 11:26

Can't seem to make it any cheaper than this. Any glaring errors?

Apologies for image, OCUK plugin seems to not be working for me

FL630 · 16 Apr 2015 at 11:36

Shivy011 said:
I find a G3240 for my dad is just fine, he does accounting and general office flim flam also and it's nice

The SSD makes all the difference

I wouldn't go for that PSU, it's not a good quality unit, especially in comparison to the SuperFlower one stulid chose
Also the b-grade cases you might find could be iffy... but maybe you'll have good luck (could just be a DSR return)

This is for my Father too, my work PC is being built right now too, but happens to have a 4790K, 16GB ram and either the new AMD card or a GTX 980. You know, emails these days need high end PC's

I have a Bitfenix Prodigy B-Grade somewhere at home too, was in perfect condition, just a return. I've always been happy with B grade OCUK stuff.

FL630 · 16 Apr 2015 at 12:04

How do the low end AMD's compare to the low end Intel's?

1.6ghz seems pensioner slow?

FL630 · 16 Apr 2015 at 12:24

Yes, it's a heck of a lot cheaper.

It's being upgraded from a 2.8GHz Pentium 4, sat in a Dell Demension 4600i. I think it runs off coal still.

I assume it'll be a suitable upgrade?

Are you going to run accounts software like Sage, Moneysoft or just excel?

I believe it'll just be eM Client, Chrome, Word, Excel etc. Account's are done online.