Office Workstation build advice

Mik3y · December 4, 2018

Hi All,

I am building a few pc's for my office, we have a large ecommerce platform.

I need something that will handle many different cloud based database programs. We use alot of different integrations and use massive and multiple google sheets at the same time. It is chrome based so I know we need alot of memory.

This is what I am looking for. smaller form factor, doesnt have to be tiny or mini though

Can I get away with a stock cooler?

Nothing has to be fancy on this build, but it does have to be quality and extremely stable.

Any advice on would be greatly appreciated

This is what I was thinking.

CPU: I5-8400

Cooler:

Motherboard: H310M-ITX/ac Mini ITX LGA1151

Ram: Corsair Vengange LPX 2400

Storage: Samsung 970 m.2

PSU: included in case

Case: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIAB944MW9009

I think it will fit in this case.

Please let me know if you think I should do something different. add or subtract anything or questions.

Thanks,

Mike

Daveeede · December 4, 2018

Avoid the H310 chipset. It's really cheap quality and limits you to two RAM slots. If you are sold on mini-itx then it wont really matter.

Get a regular ssd. You will get diminishing returns on an NVME drive for what you are doing.

Stock cooler is fine on that CPU.

alexhelvetica · December 4, 2018

I honestly would avoid building a PC for a business situation.

I priced together a system for the place I work at, and the price difference between building with the cheapest hardware, and buying a HP prodesk 600 with the specs we wanted was $170AU more per unit. It was far worth the extra cost to get the HP Prodesk 600 over building a custom PC (and if I wanted to upgrade a lesser Prodesk 400 (replacing 500GB HDD to a 250GB PCIe SSD), it would have ended up far cheaper than the custom built PC).

https://www.pccasegear.com/sc/fcD

https://h20386.www2.hp.com/AustraliaStore/Merch/Product.aspx?id=4VM89PA&opt=&sel=DEF

brob · December 4, 2018

The linked case does not include power. I think you may have meant https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIAB944MW9373. But I don't think the case is suitable. The psu does not appear to have an 8-pin cpu power connector.

Use DDR4-2666 memory, that is the stock speed specified by Intel.

Don't use the H310 chipset. Instead use a B360 or H370 motherboard.

I'd suggest a slightly larger case.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8400 2.8 GHz 6-Core Processor ($205.00 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock - H370M-ITX/ac Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard ($97.59 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($119.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Samsung - 860 Evo 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($72.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Silverstone - RVZ01B-E HTPC Case ($121.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: Corsair - CX (2017) 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($39.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $657.44
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-12-04 00:46 EST-0500