Spec Me — Developer PC

[Adam Senior]

Hi All.

Looking for a build for a fellow co-worker.

He is a web developer and has a 3 screen setup.

I'm not sure exactly the budget, but he does not need the all bells and whistles. Is it possible to make something for around 300/400?

Any suggestions would be spiffing!

 

[Bluecube]

A basic PC with graphics card capable of outputting to three displays is all that's needed. Nothing special at all.

 

[Bossman]

What development software needs to be used?

 

[olivier renault]

If it's not intensive work, just web development, CPU and GPU are rather secondary.

SSD (256GB / 500GB) would be a nice thing to have, as well as comfortable memory size (16GB).

But mostly, triple or dual monitor, and good monitors, is great for development.

Not sure about GPU. depends on his connectivity, 4K support, VRAM requirements...

Example...

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Intel Core i5-4590 3.30GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail= £155.99
• 1 x Samsung 250GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E250B/EU)= £65.99
• 1 x Asus H97M-Plus Intel H97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard= £79.99
• 1 x TeamGroup Vulcan GOLD 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLYED316G1600HC9DC01)= £64.99
• 1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM= £14.99
• 1 x BitFenix Comrade Midi-Tower - Black= £29.99
• 1 x Palit GeForce GT 730 SILENT 2048MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £44.99
• 1 x SuperFlower FX 450W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply - Black= £42.95

Total: £512.18
(includes shipping: £12.30)
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Can go cheaper on a few things.

 

[dacads]

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Intel Pentium Dual Core G4400 3.30GHz (Skylake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £53.99
• 1 x Asus B150M-A D3 Intel B150 (Socket 1151) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard= £59.99
• 1 x XFX TS 430W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply - Black ** 5 YEAR WARRANTY OCUK EXCLUSIVE **= £30.95
• 1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache HDD - OEM (DT01ACA100)= £35.99
• 1 x Raijintek Arcadia Mid Tower USB 3.0 Case - Black= £24.95
• 1 x Sapphire Radeon R7 240 Boost 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Card= £44.99
• 1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TPKD316G1600HC11DC01)= £59.99
• 1 x Cooler Master Hyper 103= £20.00
• 1 x Coolink SWiF2-1200 Retail 120mm - Ultra Silent= £6.00
• 1 x Kingston HyperX Savage 240GB SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive (SHSS37A/240GB)= £62.99

Total: £413.04
(includes shipping: £13.20)
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