your opinion on this budget office build.

[iJarbus]

Hey guys I'm planning on building a budget office build for my grandfather to replace an ancient Dell that's going to most likely die soon, I'd just like to get your opinion on the build to make sure I haven't overlooked something obvious. Just some extra information the build has to run an Intel CPU to be compatible with the rest of the systems and it will be running Ubuntu.

 

CPU: Intel Pentium G3240 3.1GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($69.00 @ PCCaseGear) 

Motherboard: ASRock H81M Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($65.00 @ PCCaseGear) 

Memory: Kingston 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($45.00 @ PCCaseGear) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($65.00 @ PCCaseGear) 

Power Supply: Corsair VS 350W ATX Power Supply  ($45.00 @ PCCaseGear) 

Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer  ($19.00 @ PCCaseGear) 

Case: Coolermaster N500  ($55.00)

Total: $363.00

 

PC Part Picker build link:
http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/FhzJBm

 

Thanks in advance for your help.

 

[Geekazoid]

Hey guys I'm planning on building a budget office build for my grandfather to replace an ancient Dell that's going to most likely die soon, I'd just like to get your opinion on the build to make sure I haven't overlooked something obvious. Just some extra information the build has to run an Intel CPU to be compatible with the rest of the systems and it will be running Ubuntu.

 

CPU: Intel Pentium G3240 3.1GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($69.00 @ PCCaseGear) 

Motherboard: ASRock H81M Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($65.00 @ PCCaseGear) 

Memory: Kingston 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($45.00 @ PCCaseGear) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($65.00 @ PCCaseGear) 

Power Supply: Corsair VS 350W ATX Power Supply  ($45.00 @ PCCaseGear) 

Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer  ($19.00 @ PCCaseGear) 

Case: Coolermaster N500  ($55.00)

Total: $363.00

 

PC Part Picker build link:

http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/FhzJBm

 

Thanks in advance for your help.

What would be the absolute max budget?

[iJarbus]

What would be the absolute max budget?

it's pretty much what it is now, if there was a way to give a good performance boost with a little extra money then I could probably get it in but I can't spend much more than I am now.

[siberiansteel11]

Well for an office build it's pretty much great.

[Geekazoid]

it's pretty much what it is now, if there was a way to give a good performance boost with a little extra money then I could probably get it in but I can't spend much more than I am now.

Well, it's a decent build for an office PC. Certainly better than any pre-built system. All I would do is swap out the Seagate HDD for the Western Digital Blue 1TB, as I just feel that they're more reliable. Especially an office PC, where if you lost your data it could be quite bad. Just a thought.