Need advice for office/HTPC

[OpSecG]

Hello friends,

 

A friend of mine wants me to build him a cheap quiet PC for his office, something used ONLY for email, web browsing and YouTube, Spotify.

It needs to have 2 display connectors as he wants to connect the TV as well but he will only use one output at a time so keep 'em 2080Tis away. Intel HD 530 will be plenty.

 

I think something like a NUC will be the cheapest option but they are still expensive. I need advice. Budget under £500, ideally 300-350

Amazon UK, something with 8GB ram, 128 SSD, there will be no files stored on it so no need for bigger but up to 256 is ok, don't want to pay extra for 512.

 

Which one do you think is best?

 

Thank you. :)

[Fasauceome]

You can build a nice small form factor PC for very little, what size did you have in mind for the max?

[OpSecG]

6 minutes ago, fasauceome said:

You can build a nice small form factor PC for very little, what size did you have in mind for the max?

Size doesn't matter. It can even be full tower, he will put it under the desk or something. But since it better be very low power and silent I thought something with a laptop power supply like  will be best.

[Fasauceome]

7 minutes ago, OpSecGuru said:

Size doesn't matter. It can even be full tower, he will put it under the desk or something. But since it better be very low power and silent I thought something with a laptop power supply like  will be best.

Having a laptop power supply doesn't necessarily mean lower power, this dual core system is something like he'd want

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD - Athlon 200GE 3.2 GHz Dual-Core Processor	$49.49 @ SuperBiiz
Motherboard	ASRock - B450 GAMING-ITX/AC Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard	$118.45 @ Amazon
Memory	Patriot - Viper Elite 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR4-2666 Memory	$39.99 @ Amazon
Storage	TCSunBow - X3 120 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$17.99 @ Amazon
Case	Silverstone - SG13 Mini ITX Tower Case	$50.50 @ B&H
Power Supply	Corsair - CX (2017) 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply	$44.98 @ Newegg
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$341.40
	Mail-in rebates	-$20.00
	Total	$321.40
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-06-18 13:50 EDT-0400

It's got wifi as well

[OpSecG]

1 minute ago, fasauceome said:

Having a laptop power supply doesn't necessarily mean lower power, this dual core system is something like he'd want

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD - Athlon 200GE 3.2 GHz Dual-Core Processor	$49.49 @ SuperBiiz
Motherboard	ASRock - B450 GAMING-ITX/AC Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard	$118.45 @ Amazon
Memory	Patriot - Viper Elite 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR4-2666 Memory	$39.99 @ Amazon
Storage	TCSunBow - X3 120 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$17.99 @ Amazon
Case	Silverstone - SG13 Mini ITX Tower Case	$50.50 @ B&H
Power Supply	Corsair - CX (2017) 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply	$44.98 @ Newegg
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$341.40
	Mail-in rebates	-$20.00
	Total	$321.40
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-06-18 13:50 EDT-0400

It's got wifi as well

Seems great but parts cost a lot more in UK and this motherboard doesn't have 2 display outputs. I don't think anyone does. That's why I think this is better 

[LukeSavenije]

you want video outputs? have 3

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD - Athlon 200GE 3.2 GHz Dual-Core Processor	$49.49 @ SuperBiiz
Motherboard	ASRock - AB350M Pro4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	$73.85 @ OutletPC
Memory	GeIL - EVO FORZA 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-2133 Memory	$55.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Crucial - BX500 240 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$28.95 @ Amazon
Case	Thermaltake - Versa H15 MicroATX Mid Tower Case	$33.99 @ SuperBiiz
Power Supply	Corsair - CX (2017) 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply	$37.98 @ Newegg
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$310.25
	Mail-in rebates	-$30.00
	Total	$280.25
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-06-18 13:56 EDT-0400

 

[OpSecG]

Just now, OpSecGuru said:

Seems great but parts cost a lot more in UK and this motherboard doesn't have 2 display outputs. I don't think anyone does. That's why I think this is better 

otherwise I can use this motherboard I got from thrown away All in One with broken screen. It has HDMI output, but only one, the second is input, so I use it at home, great value for £67 - comes with i5-3570S and 2x4GB DDR3 and 500GB SSD (mSATA, slow but does the job)

[OpSecG]

5 minutes ago, LukeSavenije said:

you want video outputs? have 3

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD - Athlon 200GE 3.2 GHz Dual-Core Processor	$49.49 @ SuperBiiz
Motherboard	ASRock - AB350M Pro4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	$73.85 @ OutletPC
Memory	GeIL - EVO FORZA 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-2133 Memory	$55.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Crucial - BX500 240 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$28.95 @ Amazon
Case	Thermaltake - Versa H15 MicroATX Mid Tower Case	$33.99 @ SuperBiiz
Power Supply	Corsair - CX (2017) 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply	$37.98 @ Newegg
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$310.25
	Mail-in rebates	-$30.00
	Total	$280.25
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-06-18 13:56 EDT-0400

 

Dude, that's perfect. Thanks! I will find similar parts in amazon uk and I'll put something together. I just completely forgot about the Ryzen GE, I havent put together a cheap pc in long time  I am using ryzen 2700X on my rig. Thank you.

[dalekphalm]

35 minutes ago, OpSecGuru said:

Hello friends,

 

A friend of mine wants me to build him a cheap quiet PC for his office, something used ONLY for email, web browsing and YouTube, Spotify.

It needs to have 2 display connectors as he wants to connect the TV as well but he will only use one output at a time so keep 'em 2080Tis away. Intel HD 530 will be plenty.

 

I think something like a NUC will be the cheapest option but they are still expensive. I need advice. Budget under £500, ideally 300-350

Amazon UK, something with 8GB ram, 128 SSD, there will be no files stored on it so no need for bigger but up to 256 is ok, don't want to pay extra for 512.

 

Which one do you think is best?

 

Thank you.

Literally basic specs (i3 or Ryzen 3, 8GB of RAM, etc) will do for that.

 

Also, why does he only want to use one display at a time? That will complicate his configuration.

[OpSecG]

Just now, OpSecGuru said:

Dude, that's perfect. Thanks! I will find similar parts in amazon uk and I'll put something together. I just completely forgot about the Ryzen GE, I havent put together a cheap pc in long time  I am using ryzen 2700X on my rig. Thank you.

Hehe. Don't judge my GPU, I am not a gamer, only need CPU horsepower.

[LukeSavenije]

5 minutes ago, OpSecGuru said:

Dude, that's perfect. Thanks! I will find similar parts in amazon uk and I'll put something together. I just completely forgot about the Ryzen GE, I havent put together a cheap pc in long time  I am using ryzen 2700X on my rig. Thank you.

wait, here you go, uk pricing

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD - Athlon 200GE 3.2 GHz Dual-Core Processor	£40.78 @ PC World Business
Motherboard	ASRock - AB350M Pro4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	£62.98 @ CCL Computers
Memory	G.Skill - Trident Z RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-2400 Memory	£56.33 @ Egenisys
Storage	Crucial - BX500 240 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	£27.06 @ PC World Business
Case	Thermaltake - Versa H17 MicroATX Mini Tower Case	£33.46 @ Ebuyer
Power Supply	be quiet! - System Power 9 400 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply	£41.23 @ Amazon UK
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	£261.84
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-06-18 19:09 BST+0100