office pc

Mr Mag00 · 1 Feb 2016 at 23:30

Hi looking for an office pc.
Budget around £400. Running usual office apps and activities.
Needs potential to run multiple monitors.
Inc an ssd as will ghost existing hhd with w10. Needs to be quiet too

Cheers

ExoMale · 2 Feb 2016 at 00:42

hello, something like this maybe?

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Kolink KLM-001 Micro-ATX Case - Black= £22.99
1 x Asus H81M-K Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard= £39.95
1 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9)= £26.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Fury 240GB 2.5" SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive (SHFS37A/240G)= £68.99
1 x Samsung SH-224FB/BEBE 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM M disc compatible= £12.95
1 x Sapphire Radeon R7 250 Boost 2048MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Card= £65.99
1 x XFX TS 430W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply - Black ** 5 YEAR WARRANTY OCUK EXCLUSIVE **= £30.95
1 x Seagate 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (ST1000DM003)= £36.95
1 x Intel Pentium G3460 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail= £68.99
1 x Akasa AK-CC7118HP01 K25 Low Profile CPU Cooler= £11.99

Total: £399.04
(includes shipping: £12.30)

i cant see office related being too demanding, probably dont need all of it, but a good way to spend your money though.

EXxx · 2 Feb 2016 at 09:45

if 30£ isn't too much I'd go for an i3 instead of the Pentium, but that's just me.

Mr Mag00 · 3 Feb 2016 at 12:42

Thanks folks, somewhere to start. ...

Mr Mag00 · 3 Feb 2016 at 12:44

EXxx said:
if 30£ isn't too much I'd go for an i3 instead of the Pentium, but that's just me.

Why? What's the benefit/ difference?

subbytna · 3 Feb 2016 at 13:56

Drop the Pentium and graphics card and go for an APU build?

Mr Mag00 · 3 Feb 2016 at 20:58

Apu build?

neoboy · 3 Feb 2016 at 21:26

Couldn't the OP just go i3 Haswell which supports up to 3 monitors and something like a B85 motherboard without even a need for a graphics card?

Mr Mag00 · 3 Feb 2016 at 21:33

I was wondering if I need a gpu card. My current machine is running the same mobo I'm not using a card

neoboy · 3 Feb 2016 at 21:47

Well I know that Haswell integrated GPUs support up to 3 monitors and that motherboards with B85 and above (think only two monitors for H81) support multi monitor too, just no idea how well it all works in practice. However, yes no need for a graphics card for an office machine. Hopefully someone can confirm how well iGPU works with more than one monitor.

subbytna · 3 Feb 2016 at 22:08

APU is a integrated CPU and graphics. Like the A10 chips from AMD.

Mr Mag00 · 4 Feb 2016 at 00:33

neoboy said:
Couldn't the OP just go i3 Haswell which supports up to 3 monitors and something like a B85 motherboard without even a need for a graphics card?

something like this?
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/asus...150-ddr3-micro-atx-motherboard-mb-578-as.html

neoboy · 4 Feb 2016 at 00:53

Yeah, Asus website says it has a multi monitor support too.

ExoMale · 4 Feb 2016 at 10:20

asus H81M-Plus has dvi/vga/hdmi so should be able to manage 3 monitors, ive only ever used hdmi on mine..

for office you dont technically need a graphics card, a lot of your every day ones dont, i just put it in there to make up the cost and just incase the intel graphics wouldnt be up for the jobs in hand.

Mr Mag00 · 4 Feb 2016 at 12:53

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Kolink KLM-001 Micro-ATX Case - Black= £22.99
1 x XFX TS 430W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply - Black ** 5 YEAR WARRANTY OCUK EXCLUSIVE **= £30.95
1 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9)= £26.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Fury 240GB 2.5" SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive (SHFS37A/240G)= £68.99
1 x Seagate 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (ST1000DM003)= £38.95
1 x Akasa AK-CC7118HP01 K25 Low Profile CPU Cooler= £11.99
1 x Asus B85M-G Intel B85 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard= £55.99
1 x Intel Core i3-4150 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail= £97.99

Total: £354.84
(includes shipping: £0.00)

so isthis better processor and just as good without GPU?

drakioned · 4 Feb 2016 at 12:57

Yeah, office machine doesn't really need a GPU, unless you're planning on having a lot of monitors.

Mr Mag00 · 4 Feb 2016 at 12:59

looking for multiple but max 3, can add gpu if needed though

neoboy · 4 Feb 2016 at 18:40

ExoMale said:
asus H81M-Plus has dvi/vga/hdmi so should be able to manage 3 monitors, ive only ever used hdmi on mine..

for office you dont technically need a graphics card, a lot of your every day ones dont, i just put it in there to make up the cost and just incase the intel graphics wouldnt be up for the jobs in hand.

H81 only supports 2 monitors so worth spending a little extra seeing how the CPU can handle 3 and OP may potentially use up to 3 monitors.