Spec an office pc

[wnb]

Hi I need an office pc, it will be using for office apps, email, web listening to music, youtube and when I'm bored Netflix I don't need a monitor as I have one lying round, my budget is £500 but would be happier if it is nearer £400.

This is what I have came up with so far.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Asus PCE-N15 300Mbps 802.11B/G/N Wireless PCI-E Network Adapter= £15.95
• 1 x Zalman ZM-M200 USB Optical Mouse= £7.99
• 1 x CHERRY KC 1000 Black USB Keyboard= £9.95
• 1 x WD 1TB Blue 5400rpm 64MB Cache Internal Hard Drive (WD10EZRZ)= £42.95
• 1 x Kolink Core Series 500W 80 Plus Certified Power Supply= £28.99
• 1 x Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g)= £6.49
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 3 2200G VEGA Graphics AM4 CPU w/ Wraith Stealth Cooler= £94.99
• 1 x Gigabyte B450M-DS3H AMD B450 (Socket AM4) DDR4 Micro-ATX Motherboard= £69.95
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan T-Force 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C14 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD48G2400= £58.99
• 1 x Bitfenix Nova Midi Tower Case - Black= £26.99

Total: £375.54 (includes shipping: £12.30)​

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[orbitalwalsh]

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Team Group Vulcan T-Force 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD48G3000= £67.99

Total: £76.69 (includes shipping: £8.70)​

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also see AMD Athlon 200GE , newly released and about £50

 

[Quartz]

How about a NUC build?

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Primo Nano Celeron - Intel NUC NUC6CAYH Celeron J3455 Quad Core = £395.00
  • Operating System:Microsoft Windows 10 64-Bit DVD - OEM (MS-KW9-00139)
  • Security Software:Unwanted
  • Solid State Drive:Kingston A400 240GB SATA 6Gb/s 2.5" Solid State Hard Drive - (SA400S37/240G)
  • Memory:Kingston HyperX Impact Black Series 8GB 1600MHz DDR3L CL9 SODIMM Kit of 2 1.35V (HX316LS9IBK2/8)

Total: £409.10 (includes shipping: £14.10)
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Add on keyboard and mouse as required. Note that this build includes Windows.

 

[lee32uk]

No need for extra thermal paste.

 

[ExoMale]

echo the nuc, but with windows out of stock and no use for the virus software, added a 480gb ssd instead.


My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Primo Nano Celeron - Intel NUC NUC6CAYH Celeron J3455 Quad Core = £326.05
  • Operating System:Unwanted
  • Security Software:Unwanted
  • Solid State Drive:Kingston A400 480GB SATA 6Gb/s 2.5" Solid State Hard Drive - (SA400S37/480G)
  • Memory:Kingston HyperX Impact Black Series 8GB 1600MHz DDR3L CL9 SODIMM Kit of 2 1.35V (HX316LS9IBK2/8)

Total: £340.15 (includes shipping: £14.10)​

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[Raumarik]

Recommend a NUC also, consider second hand as well as frankly people offload the year old versions regularly.