Spec me - Need 4 x PC's for office use ASAP

[Craterloads]

Hi Guys, My brother in law needs 4 x PC's for his new office.

£300 budget each, just usual office work, i think they use sage. No powerful PSU GPU. Will need OS's but hopefully found some cheapish in MM.

edit - also need wireless

 

[olivier renault]

something around an i3 + H61.

Like so.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i3-2100 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £89.99
1 x MSI H61M-E33 Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard **B3 REVISION** £46.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus' Power Supply (CMPSU-430CXUKV2) £37.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £29.99
1 x Cooler Master Elite 342 Case - Black £24.98
1 x Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9AD3B1K2/4G) £23.99
1 x LG GH24NS70 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
1 x OcUK Value 150Mbps Wireless-N PCI-Express Adapter £9.14
Total : £296.16 (includes shipping : £11.75).



Sure you can't get a decent OEM (Dell, HP) for £300?

 

[Craterloads]

something around an i3 + H61.

Like so.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i3-2100 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £89.99
1 x MSI H61M-E33 Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard **B3 REVISION** £46.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus' Power Supply (CMPSU-430CXUKV2) £37.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £29.99
1 x Cooler Master Elite 342 Case - Black £24.98
1 x Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9AD3B1K2/4G) £23.99
1 x LG GH24NS70 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
1 x OcUK Value 150Mbps Wireless-N PCI-Express Adapter £9.14
Total : £296.16 (includes shipping : £11.75).



Sure you can't get a decent OEM (Dell, HP) for £300?

Looks good, i was just checking out the Foxcon Barebone system at £84.99 -http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-002-FC&groupid=701&catid=1916&subcat=

May be able to save some money on them?

 

[moorlander]

Would this not do? Includes OS, built and ready to go!


Acer E-Machines ET1862 Intel Core i3 540 3.06GHz DDR3 Full System £299.99
(£249.99) £299.99
(£249.99)
TP-Link 150Mbps High Gain Wireless-N USB Adapter (TL-WN722N) £9.98
(£8.32) £9.98
(£8.32)
Sub Total : £258.31
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £11.75
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £54.01
Total : £324.07

 

[Craterloads]

All sorted now. Managed to get 4 x HP Pro 3300 SFF

Intel Core i3-2120 3.3GHz
500GB HDD
2GB RAM
DVD±RW
Intel HD
Windows 7 Professional 64
Keyboard & Mouse

Need to add Wifi card.

£260 each + free delivery!

 

[shadow_boxer]

Wow fantastic price! Bargain. If buying multiple PC's for office (especially on behalf of somebody) I'd always be inclined to buy prebuilt, it'd just be way too much hassle if you need to troubleshoot or have DOA components.

 

[Speed]

Wow fantastic price! Bargain. If buying multiple PC's for office (especially on behalf of somebody) I'd always be inclined to buy prebuilt, it'd just be way too much hassle if you need to troubleshoot or have DOA components.

I get what you mean, but if they are all the same you'll have multiples of everything, which frankly makes troubleshooting a breeze.

 

[olivier renault]

All sorted now. Managed to get 4 x HP Pro 3300 SFF

Intel Core i3-2120 3.3GHz
500GB HDD
2GB RAM
DVD±RW
Intel HD
Windows 7 Professional 64
Keyboard & Mouse

Need to add Wifi card.

£260 each + free delivery!

Nice!

2GB is a bit wimpy, but if there is something that should be straight forward to upgrade in a OEM, it's the memory. Then again, 2GB should be enough for office work.

 

[Craterloads]

Wow fantastic price! Bargain. If buying multiple PC's for office (especially on behalf of somebody) I'd always be inclined to buy prebuilt, it'd just be way too much hassle if you need to troubleshoot or have DOA components.

Nice!

2GB is a bit wimpy, but if there is something that should be straight forward to upgrade in a OEM, it's the memory. Then again, 2GB should be enough for office work.

I think 2GB DDR3 will be more than enough for windows 7 in an office environment. Might buy another just for home, and slam 8GB ram in there just for browsing and stuff.

 

[TheNameIsJambo]

Buy smaller hard drives? 120-250GB?

Unless they need the storage.

 

[shadow_boxer]

Yeah 2GB will be fine in Windows 7 and for browsing and basic work but may as well get 8GB for your own system seeing as it's so cheap at the moment. Could you message me in trust wheree you bought it from, Google skills have failed me this morning. Thanks.

 

[TheNameIsJambo]

I have 2GB in my office computer, and I run a variety of software packages, for example -

Office - Excel, Access & Word.

SAP Business Objects.

Oracle SQL Developer.

Personally, for me, 2GB isn't enough, since the system runs out of RAM fairly easily when under heavy use. But I've got to make do.. As do most office workers.. :'(

 

[El_Watcher]

According to the back of the box for Sage Line 50 2012, the suggested RAM for 64-bit O/S is 4GB as opposed to 1GB for XP 32-bit.

If they are using the latest Sage, you may not have enough RAM for smooth running.

Also wireless for Sage could be a worry, if the database is on a server or hosted on one machine. When I tried it a couple of years ago, any drop in the throughput would lag the system, and if the wireless drops for any reason, you are going to start getting database errors.

 

[Craterloads]

Ram is an easy fix though, could stick in a 4gb module easy enough depending on what combinations all ready in it. Getting them tommorrow so will see, will more than likely have to uninstall all the preloaded junk.

Wireless is there problem, im just doing him a favour saving him some money from buying from PC world. If wireless is problamatic they will have to go wires.