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Budget Office/General Use Build

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Going for a budget office/general use system for a first time build, need some advice, any ways to get price down or change a part that may not preform well? This will be used for browsing web, emails and word processing mainly, but I want to leave some room for very light gaming. Another thing, is the PSU sufficient? I need the system to last, will it?

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The psu is more than enough.

Are you limited to Scan or are you open to other UK shops?

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PSU is plenty, and as far as will it last yes, but it will already be very limited on gaming potential, it depends on what you mean by light gaming, but for word processing and basic office tasks yes it will last for a while just fine, although 6-8GB of RAM wouldn't hurt for the future.

- i7-2600k @ 4.7GHz - MSI 1070 8GB Gaming X - ASUS Maximus V Formula AC3 Edition - 16GB G.SKILL Ripjaws @ 1600Mhz - Corsair RM1000 - 1TB 7200RPM Seagate HDD + 2TB 7200 HDD + 2x240GB M500 RAID 0 - Corsair 750D - Samsung PX2370 & ASUS ROG SWIFT -

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I'd go with this:

 
CPU:  Intel Core i3-4130 3.4GHz Dual-Core Processor  (£77.99 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard:  MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£32.05 @ Aria PC) 
Storage:  Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£35.94 @ Aria PC) 
Case:  Fractal Design Core 1000 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£28.92 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Total: £238.53
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-20 18:19 BST+0100)
 
You can add another 4gb stick of ram and this for gaming:

Main PC:

ASUS F1A55-M LX, AMD A6-3500, (2x2)gb Kingston HyperX Blu DDR3 1600mhz, Seagate Barracuda 500gb 7200rpm, 
 Corsair CX430M, Cooler Master Elite 343, Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit

Netbook:

Lenovo Ideapad S10-2, Intel Atom N280, (1x1)gb DDR2 667mhz, WD Scorpio Blue 250gb 5400rpm, Zorin OS 9 Lite
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I'd go with this:

 
CPU:  Intel Core i3-4130 3.4GHz Dual-Core Processor  (£77.99 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard:  MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£32.05 @ Aria PC) 
Storage:  Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£35.94 @ Aria PC) 
Case:  Fractal Design Core 1000 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£28.92 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Total: £238.53
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-20 18:19 BST+0100)
 
You can add another 4gb stick of ram and this for gaming:

 

 

 

Go with this build^^ and save a little bit since you're on a budget anyway.

 

 

as far as longevity, if all that you are doing is light office work and word processing this is perfect and will last you several years, just dont expect to be gaming at high settings with this thing a couple years from now even with a good gfx card. there will probably be too much of a CPU bottleneck

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