I'm used to building gaming PC's for myself with high end parts but my neighbour is needing a work PC.
I'm wondering what will do the job and be relatively cheap at the same time but I'm a bit wary I under spec it and then have him moaning at me for it not being quick enough.
Main use case is Excel, Word, browsing. Nothing too taxing and no great need for a multitasking powerhouse but it still needs to be fairly snappy at what it does.
Requirements are:
- £1500 max budget including monitor.
- Needs a 1440p Ultrawide monitor (doesn't need to be a top of the range oled or anything like that)
- Don't need a keyboard and mouse.
- Doesn't need a discrete graphics card.
- He says he needs "loads of storage" but I'd say a 2tb NVMe would do the job.
- I think he's got a Windows license I can use on it so that's not needed.
He's got some guy up at the computer shop along the road trying to overcharge him for an Intel i7 system (£1,500 plus VAT) but he can't tell me what i7 it is or what the rest of the machine spec is.
Alternatively I've suggested he just buys a half decent laptop and a monitor.
Not sure I want to get involved in this but any help would be appreciated.
I'm wondering what will do the job and be relatively cheap at the same time but I'm a bit wary I under spec it and then have him moaning at me for it not being quick enough.
Main use case is Excel, Word, browsing. Nothing too taxing and no great need for a multitasking powerhouse but it still needs to be fairly snappy at what it does.
Requirements are:
- £1500 max budget including monitor.
- Needs a 1440p Ultrawide monitor (doesn't need to be a top of the range oled or anything like that)
- Don't need a keyboard and mouse.
- Doesn't need a discrete graphics card.
- He says he needs "loads of storage" but I'd say a 2tb NVMe would do the job.
- I think he's got a Windows license I can use on it so that's not needed.
He's got some guy up at the computer shop along the road trying to overcharge him for an Intel i7 system (£1,500 plus VAT) but he can't tell me what i7 it is or what the rest of the machine spec is.
Alternatively I've suggested he just buys a half decent laptop and a monitor.
Not sure I want to get involved in this but any help would be appreciated.
