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Good afternoon,
Having owned my workstation PC for 8 years, it's time to move on and build a new PC. My requirements are as follows;
1. Primary purpose is general use and admin, with a rare smattering of low level photo processing, vector imaging and other such tasks. There will be no gaming.
2. High quality, strong reliability and longevity.
4. As quiet as possible, ideally silent.
5. The entire tower is required - no monitor etc.
6. Must have WIFI in some manner.
7. Upgrade potential is irrelevant - it won't be upgraded.
I'd be grateful for any input or suggestion for change;
CPU: Intel Core i5-12400 2.5 GHz 6-Core Processor £137.99 Good performance in a general range of tasks, good value/performance ratio.
CPU Cooler: *Thermalright Assassin Spirit V2 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler £15.00 Looking for quieter performance than the stock cooler, and it's not very expensive to achieve that?
Motherboard: ASRock B760M Pro RS/D4 WiFi Micro ATX LGA1700 Motherboard £122.00 Very unsure about motherboards - simply chose this on the basis that I don't feel I'd benefit from DDR5, that it includes WIFI so negates the need for a PCE card, and is a bit higher quality than the entry-level motherboards - but I honestly have no idea and would be grateful for suggestions. I'd happily ditch the WIFI and get a WIFI PCE card if that opens a better door.
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory £39.95 Quality RAM, good DDR4 speed at a reasonable price.
Storage: Samsung 980 Pro 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive £150.00 I want SSD's with good long reliability and integrity primarily - and the 2tb would be appropriate for my storage requirement. I'm wondering however whether having the OS/program files and all my documents on the same drive is a good idea, and whether perhaps two SSD's would be preferable to keep the OS on one drive and my documents on another.
Case: *Aerocool CS-106 MicroATX Mini Tower Case £19.99 God knows. How can I know if a case will be quiet? Can I put in very quiet fans?
Power Supply: be quiet! Pure Power 11 400 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply £55.49 Quiet, high quality? I don't know if there's any quieter?
Total: £540.42
Having owned my workstation PC for 8 years, it's time to move on and build a new PC. My requirements are as follows;
1. Primary purpose is general use and admin, with a rare smattering of low level photo processing, vector imaging and other such tasks. There will be no gaming.
2. High quality, strong reliability and longevity.
4. As quiet as possible, ideally silent.
5. The entire tower is required - no monitor etc.
6. Must have WIFI in some manner.
7. Upgrade potential is irrelevant - it won't be upgraded.
I'd be grateful for any input or suggestion for change;
CPU: Intel Core i5-12400 2.5 GHz 6-Core Processor £137.99 Good performance in a general range of tasks, good value/performance ratio.
CPU Cooler: *Thermalright Assassin Spirit V2 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler £15.00 Looking for quieter performance than the stock cooler, and it's not very expensive to achieve that?
Motherboard: ASRock B760M Pro RS/D4 WiFi Micro ATX LGA1700 Motherboard £122.00 Very unsure about motherboards - simply chose this on the basis that I don't feel I'd benefit from DDR5, that it includes WIFI so negates the need for a PCE card, and is a bit higher quality than the entry-level motherboards - but I honestly have no idea and would be grateful for suggestions. I'd happily ditch the WIFI and get a WIFI PCE card if that opens a better door.
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory £39.95 Quality RAM, good DDR4 speed at a reasonable price.
Storage: Samsung 980 Pro 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive £150.00 I want SSD's with good long reliability and integrity primarily - and the 2tb would be appropriate for my storage requirement. I'm wondering however whether having the OS/program files and all my documents on the same drive is a good idea, and whether perhaps two SSD's would be preferable to keep the OS on one drive and my documents on another.
Case: *Aerocool CS-106 MicroATX Mini Tower Case £19.99 God knows. How can I know if a case will be quiet? Can I put in very quiet fans?
Power Supply: be quiet! Pure Power 11 400 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply £55.49 Quiet, high quality? I don't know if there's any quieter?
Total: £540.42
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