Workstation HELP

[Rehmat]

So i have been googling and searching ebay for a while now. My current computer is a Dell Inspiron 7537 [i7 4500U] and so pretty much anything desktop based would be an upgrade. My budget is around £250. I have arrived at the conclusion that I would like the workstation to be xeon based and must be relatively new at least 3rd Gen. 

The setup that i am looking at now is:

E3-1220v3

Gigabyte GA-B85M-DH3

32GB Non-ECC ram

Must have at least 1 pcie x8 and 1 pcie x16 also single or dual socket doesn't matter.

 

 

However I want to make sure that there is not an alternative that i am missing out on. I've seen all the X58 build logs but truth be told i already have a few Dell R710's to do rendering and other heavy work. I just need a semi-powerful workstation that is power efficient as I cant justify running an R710 for reading reddit and watching LTT . 

 

Thanks.

[Herman Mcpootis]

what are you using it for?

[Rehmat]

46 minutes ago, Herman Mcpootis said:

what are you using it for?

Browsing the web, Reddit, Youtube, managing my homelab. Testing out linux live usb's. playing World of tanks, Xonotic, Robocraft. (All run fine on GT750m) CAD, video editing (rendering of CAD and video will be done by a server), photoshop, coding (python html). That type of stuff.