Work PC for Word, Excel, Chrome and accounting work.

[NobblyBobbly]

Hello

 

I work for two different businesses that need to share one desktop PC tower and I need help choosing one which gives the best bang for your buck without needing to build it myself. The computer will be used mainly for Microsoft Word, Excel, Google Chrome and some other pieces of software. The PC needs to run Windows 7 and last at least 4-5 years without needing to be replaced (upgrades like RAM and storage is fine though). I also work in the UK so ideally I would like to get it from somewhere like eBuyer or PC World for example and the budget is £360 max. I also don't need a monitor, keyboard or mouse. If it could be energy efficient as well that would be great as sometimes the computers get left on over night by mistake.

 

If anyone could help find a great PC for that sort of money it would be very much appreciated.

 

Thanks in advance.

Matt

[Castdeath97]

Added a better processor in exchange of the graphic card

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i3-4130 3.4GHz Dual-Core Processor  (£88.92 @ Amazon UK) 

Motherboard: MSI H81M-E34 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£34.68 @ CCL Computers) 

Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport XT 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£35.00 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£74.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Case: Fractal Design Core 1100 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£28.43 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Power Supply: EVGA 430W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  (£29.99 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 OEM (64-bit)  (£67.95 @ Ebuyer) 

Total: £359.96

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-01 13:07 BST+0100

[You_are_a_cunt]

you could take a look at these:

http://www.amazon.com/Acer-Aspire-ATC-115-UR13-Desktop-Black/dp/B00VG9TIJ8/ref=sr_1_5?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1435751564&sr=1-5&refinements=p_n_availability%3A1248800011%2Cp_74%3A00000-49999%2Cp_n_feature_five_browse-bin%3A7817222011%7C7817224011

http://www.amazon.com/Acer-Aspire-DT-SULAA-003-Desktop-Black/dp/B00OWVKIDW/ref=sr_1_10?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1435751564&sr=1-10&refinements=p_n_availability%3A1248800011%2Cp_74%3A00000-49999%2Cp_n_feature_five_browse-bin%3A7817222011%7C7817224011

http://www.amazon.com/Lenovo-90C1000AUS-H50-Desktop/dp/B00MCJQTLG/ref=sr_1_16?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1435751564&sr=1-16&refinements=p_n_availability%3A1248800011%2Cp_74%3A00000-49999%2Cp_n_feature_five_browse-bin%3A7817222011%7C7817224011

http://www.amazon.com/Asus-M32AD-US063S-ASUS-Desktop/dp/B00VBKIJRE/ref=sr_1_19?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1435751564&sr=1-19&refinements=p_n_availability%3A1248800011%2Cp_74%3A00000-49999%2Cp_n_feature_five_browse-bin%3A7817222011%7C7817224011

 

 

Since they don't need to be too beefy spec-wise, anything along the lines of a dual-core (pref w/ HT), 4gb of memory and a 500gb drive should be fine

[You_are_a_cunt]

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  (£48.38 @ Amazon UK) 

Motherboard: MSI H81M-E34 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£34.68 @ CCL Computers) 

Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport XT 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£35.00 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Crucial BX100 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£63.39 @ Amazon UK) 

Video Card: XFX Radeon R7 250X 1GB Video Card  (£59.10 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£32.65 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Power Supply: EVGA 430W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  (£29.99 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 OEM (64-bit)  (£67.95 @ Ebuyer) 

Total: £371.14

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-01 12:54 BST+0100

 

Why would you want 8gb of memory and a 250X in an office PC? or an SSD for that matter

integrated GPU from the CPU is more than enough and 4gb is sufficient

[19_blackie_73]

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/Jhr6bv
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/Jhr6bv/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor  (£85.25 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£69.00 @ Aria PC)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£51.01 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£32.40 @ Aria PC)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  (£28.46 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£40.09 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 OEM (64-bit)  (£67.95 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £374.16
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-01 13:00 BST+0100

 

you can also get some cheaper mobo like from the first post and 8gb isn't a must, 4 are also ok

[Guest]

Why would you want 8gb of memory and a 250X in an office PC? or an SSD for that matter

integrated GPU from the CPU is more than enough and 4gb is sufficient

I agree with you, but I think an SSD would help him out a lot

[19_blackie_73]

you could take a look at these:

http://www.amazon.com/Acer-Aspire-ATC-115-UR13-Desktop-Black/dp/B00VG9TIJ8/ref=sr_1_5?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1435751564&sr=1-5&refinements=p_n_availability%3A1248800011%2Cp_74%3A00000-49999%2Cp_n_feature_five_browse-bin%3A7817222011%7C7817224011

http://www.amazon.com/Acer-Aspire-DT-SULAA-003-Desktop-Black/dp/B00OWVKIDW/ref=sr_1_10?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1435751564&sr=1-10&refinements=p_n_availability%3A1248800011%2Cp_74%3A00000-49999%2Cp_n_feature_five_browse-bin%3A7817222011%7C7817224011

http://www.amazon.com/Lenovo-90C1000AUS-H50-Desktop/dp/B00MCJQTLG/ref=sr_1_16?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1435751564&sr=1-16&refinements=p_n_availability%3A1248800011%2Cp_74%3A00000-49999%2Cp_n_feature_five_browse-bin%3A7817222011%7C7817224011

http://www.amazon.com/Asus-M32AD-US063S-ASUS-Desktop/dp/B00VBKIJRE/ref=sr_1_19?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1435751564&sr=1-19&refinements=p_n_availability%3A1248800011%2Cp_74%3A00000-49999%2Cp_n_feature_five_browse-bin%3A7817222011%7C7817224011

 

 

Since they don't need to be too beefy spec-wise, anything along the lines of a dual-core (pref w/ HT), 4gb of memory and a 500gb drive should be fine

as a result of future proofing, i'd prefer at least a i3 and a 1tb drive costs not that much more

[You_are_a_cunt]

I agree with you, but I think an SSD would help him out a lot

For office use? nah.

We're using mechanical drives on all out PCs and we don't have any issue.

Plus, SSDs tend to degrade faster than classic drives and it might just be more trouble replacing them. Plus, you can recover data off mechanicals, which is prefered

[Castdeath97]

Why would you want 8gb of memory and a 250X in an office PC? or an SSD for that matter

integrated GPU from the CPU is more than enough and 4gb is sufficient

Just though i'd throw one. The budget is too high for a office PC.

[Castdeath97]

For office use? nah.

We're using mechanical drives on all out PCs and we don't have any issue.

Plus, SSDs tend to degrade faster than classic drives and it might just be more trouble replacing them. Plus, you can recover data off mechanicals, which is prefered

Not really

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015/03/consumer-ssds-benchmarked-to-death-and-last-far-longer-than-rated/

[You_are_a_cunt]

as a result of future proofing, i'd prefer at least a i3 and a 1tb drive costs not that much more

Those are all pre-built.

pcpartpicker apparently hates me today (or just the intertubes at the office acting up again)

 

edit:

We're using Dell OptiPlex 3020s

i5-7570, 4Gb DDR3

Most are running off the iGPU to two FullHD monitors, but some have HD8490s on them (newer units)

[#Banana]

Hi there Matt, as a guy in a similar position, I was given a budget pc at work. they gave me an i3 with 4gb of ram. its incredibly slow. I would recommend an AMD quadcore  and 8gb of ram. frankly 4gb isn't enough in windows 7. You will not need a gpu and you could get away with a small hard drive. also windows 10 will be coming out in 3-4 weeks. might be worth looking in to.

[#Banana]

Prebuilt badass: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Zoostorm-Gaming-Desktop-Graphics-Operating/dp/B00U2FFJ18/ref=sr_1_1?m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1435753351&sr=1-1

amazon uk free shipping

[19_blackie_73]

Hi there Matt, as a guy in a similar position, I was given a budget pc at work. they gave me an i3 with 4gb of ram. its incredibly slow. I would recommend an AMD quadcore  and 8gb of ram. frankly 4gb isn't enough in windows 7. You will not need a gpu and you could get away with a small hard drive. also windows 10 will be coming out in 3-4 weeks. might be worth looking in to.

if i3 is to slow, you may have some other problems and you won't find any improvement on amd side.... unless you have a power plant or an atomic reactor for your own ...

[mathijs727]

 

Added a better processor in exchange of the graphic card

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i3-4130 3.4GHz Dual-Core Processor  (£88.92 @ Amazon UK) 

Motherboard: MSI H81M-E34 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£34.68 @ CCL Computers) 

Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport XT 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£35.00 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£74.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Case: Fractal Design Core 1100 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£28.43 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Power Supply: EVGA 430W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  (£29.99 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 OEM (64-bit)  (£67.95 @ Ebuyer) 

Total: £359.96

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-01 13:07 BST+0100

 

This or with an i5 if you're getting windows 7 some other way (bussines license?)

[harrynowl]

Some people need to read and understand the context and purpose of this build, there's literally no reason to build your own in this situation given a full Windows licence is cheaper to OEMs so on the cheap end it's better to buy built for simple work. And particuarly not to throw a 250X and a large case in...

 

I quiet like Lenovo machines as they took over IBMs computer department and they didn't ruin it either.

 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lenovo-ThinkStation-Desktop-Windows-Professional/dp/B00MAXMV3O/ref=sr_1_15?ie=UTF8&qid=1435754149&sr=8-15&keywords=Lenovo+Desktop

 

Would be the ideal one for the use cases listed here. Although they do offer an i3 model for 299.

 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lenovo-ThinkStation-Desktop-Windows-Professional/dp/B00N5TDU2S/ref=sr_1_14?ie=UTF8&qid=1435754188&sr=8-14&keywords=Lenovo+Desktop

[#Banana]

if i3 is to slow, you may have some other problems and you won't find any improvement on amd side.... unless you have a power plant or an atomic reactor for your own ...

I use VMs for certain task which kill my performance. Microsoft great plains  2013 eats up my performance as well.

[Prysin]

EDIT:

Pre built will be cheaper for sure. Just make sure to look closely at the specs before buying