Quick spec-me - non-gaming PC

[ttaskmaster]

A chap at work is about to retire, and is after a PC, mostly for Office, internet and a bit of media.
I'd normally knock something up from old second hand parts, but he wants new - I know nothing about what's good down the lower end, though...

He might want HDMI to connect to his telly.
Definitely wants Office and the ability to play films, watch YouTube and simple stuff like that.

What sort of components would be fairly cheap, but decent enough for the next few years?

Thanks in advance,

 

[Gray2233]

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x TeamGroup 512GB Vulcan G SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 3D NAND Solid State Drive= £44.99
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 3 3200G Quad Core 4.0GHz (Socket AM4) APU with RX Vega 8 Graphics - Retail= £109.99
• 1 x be quiet! Pure Power 11 400W 80 Plus Gold Power Supply= £52.99
• 1 x Team Group Dark T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Grey (TDGED4= £59.99
• 1 x MSI B450M Mortar MAX (Socket AM4) DDR4 mATX Motherboard= £84.98
• 1 x Kolink KLM-003 Micro-ATX Case - Black= £22.99

Total: £375.93 (includes shipping: £0.00)
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You could save a tenner by going for 8GB of RAM but honestly you might as well get the 16.

I think there's new APU's launching sometime soon that will be compatible with B550's which will be better, but I've no idea as to when there will be availability or what they'll cost.

 

[orbitalwalsh]

A chap at work is about to retire, and is after a PC, mostly for Office, internet and a bit of media.
I'd normally knock something up from old second hand parts, but he wants new - I know nothing about what's good down the lower end, though...

He might want HDMI to connect to his telly.
Definitely wants Office and the ability to play films, watch YouTube and simple stuff like that.

What sort of components would be fairly cheap, but decent enough for the next few years?

Thanks in advance,

quicker then the ryzen APU


DE
My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Intel Core i3-10100 3.6GHz (Comet Lake) Socket LGA1200 Processor - Retail= £109.99
• 1 x Gigabyte H410M-S2H (Socket LGA 1200) DDR4 Micro-ATX Motherboard= £67.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan Z T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-21600C18 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey= £55.99
• 1 x TeamGroup 512GB Vulcan G SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 3D NAND Solid State Drive= £44.99
• 1 x Kolink KLM-003 Micro-ATX Case - Black= £22.99
• 1 x Corsair CV Series CV450 450W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply (CP-9020209-UK)= £39.95

Total: £341.90 (includes shipping: £0.00)
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[ttaskmaster]

Cheers guys. I'll run that lot by him, see what he thinks.