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Planning to build an office PC which should last the next 5-10 years. (1000 USD)

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Budget (including currency): 1000 EUR (~1000 USD)

Country: Austria (do not mix it up with Australia! Austria is a small country in Europe)

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Mostly office and accounting tasks. Multiple displays up to 4K

Other details This is a pure office PC. No overclocking, no games, no video-editing. Just Excel, Word, Exchange and that stuff. 

However I don't want to touch it in the next 5-10 years again.

The parts should have an above standard warranty.

It should just run, without any hardware problems.

It should be silent and a small case would be nice, so it don't take up much space.

Monitors

Up to two 4K displays should be used in the future.

Why are you upgrading?

The old office PC is outdated. I don't know how many cores. But in IDLE state, the CPU is running at about 30%.

 

 

That is what i planned so far. What do you think?

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU Intel Core i5-10600 3.3 GHz 6-Core Processor $261.25 @ B&H
CPU Cooler Noctua NH-L12S 55.44 CFM CPU Cooler $49.90 @ Amazon
Motherboard Asus Pro Q470M-C/CSM Micro ATX LGA1200 Motherboard $109.99 @ Amazon
Memory Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory $83.99 @ Best Buy
Storage Samsung 860 Pro 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive $199.99 @ Amazon
Case Fractal Design Define Mini C MicroATX Mid Tower Case $91.98 @ Newegg
Power Supply be quiet! Pure Power 11 400 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply $103.10 @ Amazon
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $900.20
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-01-08 09:38 EST-0500  

 

Mainboard price in my cournty is around 230 USD (including tax)

 

 

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i know some zen 3 apu's are coming out eventually, maybe one of those could be an option?

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8 minutes ago, M0op said:

Budget (including currency): 1000 EUR (~1000 USD)

Country: Austria (do not mix it up with Australia! Austria is a small country in Europe)

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Mostly office and accounting tasks. Multiple displays up to 4K

Other details This is a pure office PC. No overclocking, no games, no video-editing. Just Excel, Word, Exchange and that stuff. 

However I don't want to touch it in the next 5-10 years again.

The parts should have an above standard warranty.

It should just run, without any hardware problems.

It should be silent and a small case would be nice, so it don't take up much space.

Monitors

Up to two 4K displays should be used in the future.

Why are you upgrading?

The old office PC is outdated. I don't know how many cores. But in IDLE state, the CPU is running at about 30%.

 

 

That is what i planned so far. What do you think?

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU Intel Core i5-10600 3.3 GHz 6-Core Processor $261.25 @ B&H
CPU Cooler Noctua NH-L12S 55.44 CFM CPU Cooler $49.90 @ Amazon
Motherboard Asus Pro Q470M-C/CSM Micro ATX LGA1200 Motherboard $109.99 @ Amazon
Memory Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory $83.99 @ Best Buy
Storage Samsung 860 Pro 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive $199.99 @ Amazon
Case Fractal Design Define Mini C MicroATX Mid Tower Case $91.98 @ Newegg
Power Supply be quiet! Pure Power 11 400 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply $103.10 @ Amazon
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $900.20
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-01-08 09:38 EST-0500  

 

Mainboard price in my cournty is around 230 USD (including tax)

 

 

not sure how good integrated graphics are, but you might wanna look for some $50 graphics card if youre gonna have 2 4k monitors. Maybe an r9 270 or something.

 

That ssd is expensive. Something with nvme would probably be cheaper and faster like the 970 evo or 970 plus

 

also a pretty expensive psu. some cheaper 400w would be fine unless you got one with a 10 year warranty

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It's great for planning new builds, getting a reference on where to start, or seeing what you need to play what games.

It also shows what I recommend for upgrading your stuff!

cpu - ryzen 5 3600

gpu - gtx 1070

ram - (2x8) 3200mhz

ssd - 970 evo plus 500gb

ssd2 - 860 qvo 1tb

mobo - asrock b450m hdv r4.0

psu - evga b5 550w bronze

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Just now, richodude said:

but you might wanna look for some $50 graphics card if youre gonna have 2 4k monitors.

you would surprised, apu's have gotten not half bad over the last few years, sandy bridges intel hd 2500 was honestly pretty useless lol

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PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU Intel Core i5-10400 2.9 GHz 6-Core Processor €169.99 @ Amazon Deutschland
CPU Cooler Cooler Master Hyper 212 Black Edition 42 CFM CPU Cooler €33.11 @ Amazon Deutschland
Motherboard Asus Pro Q470M-C/CSM Micro ATX LGA1200 Motherboard €111.17 @ Amazon Deutschland
Memory Corsair Vengeance LPX 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-2666 CL16 Memory €118.86 @ Amazon Deutschland
Storage Western Digital SN750 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive €149.99 @ Amazon Deutschland
Case Fractal Design Define Mini C MicroATX Mid Tower Case €74.90 @ Amazon Deutschland
Power Supply be quiet! Pure Power 11 CM 400 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply €70.43 @ LK-Webservices
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total €728.45
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-01-08 15:56 CET+0100  

 

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I will recommend something like this instead for an office pc ...

PCPartPicker Part List

 

CPU: Intel Core i3-10100 3.6 GHz Quad-Core Processor ($166.00 @ Centre Com) 

Motherboard: ASRock B460M Pro4 Micro ATX LGA1200 Motherboard ($129.00 @ PC Byte) 

Memory: Team T-FORCE VULCAN Z 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory ($98.00 @ I-Tech) 

Storage: Kingston A2000 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive ($145.00 @ PC Byte) 

Case: Cooler Master MasterBox MB400L MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($70.00 @ Skycomp Technology) 

Power Supply: Corsair CX (2017) 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($81.40 @ Newegg Australia) 

Total: $689.40

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-01-09 01:55 AEDT+1100

 

Edit : My bad, I made a list for Australia.

 

SSD TIER LIST

 

 

CPU - Ryzen 7 3700X

Mobo - ASRock X470 Taichi

Memory - G.Skill Trident Z RGB (8x2 3200MHz) 

Storage - Sabrent Rocket 1TB - Seagate Barracuda 2TB - WD Black 1TB

GPU - MSI GeForce GTX 980Ti LIGHTNING

Case - Fractal Design Meshify C

PSU - Super Flower Leadex II Gold 650W

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PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 3400G 3.7 GHz Quad-Core Processor €171.90 @ Alternate
CPU Cooler Cooler Master Hyper 212 Black Edition 42 CFM CPU Cooler €33.11 @ Amazon Deutschland
Motherboard ASRock B450M PRO4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard €72.41 @ Amazon Deutschland
Memory G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory €140.99 @ Mindfactory
Storage Western Digital SN750 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive €138.70 @ Mindfactory
Case Fractal Design Define Mini C MicroATX Mid Tower Case €74.90 @ Amazon Deutschland
Power Supply be quiet! Pure Power 11 CM 400 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply €70.43 @ LK-Webservices
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total €702.44
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-01-08 16:04 CET+0100  

 

I will recommend an NHu12s (or an NHd15 (maybe)) for your PC build. Quote or @ me @Prodigy_Smit for me to see your replies.

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i7 8700 | Quadro P4000 8GB |  64gb 2933Mhz cl18 | 500 GB Samsung 960 Pro | 1tb SSD Samsung 850 evo

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ASUS G14 | R9 5900hs | RTX 3060 | 16GB 3200Mhz | 1 TB SSD

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This time I made a correct list 😂..

Something like this should be plenty for a office pc build...

You can even downgrade to a i3 10100 and save a few bucks.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-10400 2.9 GHz 6-Core Processor (€169.99 @ Amazon Deutschland) 

Motherboard: ASRock B460M Pro4 Micro ATX LGA1200 Motherboard (€90.94 @ Computeruniverse) 

Memory: Crucial Ballistix 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory (€71.98 @ Amazon Deutschland) 

Storage: Kingston A2000 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive (€101.92 @ Amazon Deutschland) 

Case: Fractal Design Define Mini C MicroATX Mid Tower Case (€74.90 @ Amazon Deutschland) 

Power Supply: Corsair CXM 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply (€71.90 @ Amazon Deutschland) 

Total: €581.63

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-01-08 16:14 CET+0100

SSD TIER LIST

 

 

CPU - Ryzen 7 3700X

Mobo - ASRock X470 Taichi

Memory - G.Skill Trident Z RGB (8x2 3200MHz) 

Storage - Sabrent Rocket 1TB - Seagate Barracuda 2TB - WD Black 1TB

GPU - MSI GeForce GTX 980Ti LIGHTNING

Case - Fractal Design Meshify C

PSU - Super Flower Leadex II Gold 650W

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No joke you can just grab one of those used or even new usff systems like a hp g6 mini and call it a day. It's tiny, you won't notice it and it's far beyond powerful enough for office. I mean like core 2 duo systems are still actively used for office stuff and are fine if they have an ssd now and those are well over 10 years now.

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Wow, so many replies. 
I am a bit confused now.


CPU:
I feel like I will stick to a 6 core Intel CPU (to be future proof). Cause Ryzen 4xxxG CPUs are only available as "tray" option right now and out of stock most of the time. 

You are recommending the i5-10400 instead of the i5-10600 is there much of a difference? Price difference is 50 EURO.

 

Motherboard:
Remember, I don't plan on using a graphics card. So the Motherboard needs to have at least 2 state of the art Display-outputs. Most of the standard Motherboards only have a single HDMI or a single DP output.

 

That's why I went with that Asus Business board which supports 24/7 usage.
Maybe I need to add this information: It is possible (in COVID times), that the PC has to run 24/7 for remote access.

 

Does anyone has already used that Asus business boards?
Cause I have not found another Motherboard with more than 2 Display outputs. Which are not from this kind of board.

 

Storage:
I went with this "Pro" model cause the NAND type is "MLC" instead of "TLC". And therefore has a higher TerraBytesWritten lifetime.
But I don't know if that really matters.
Are you sure I can go with a cheaper model?

 

PSU:
I assume the 400Watts are sufficient. My selected PSU only costs 55 EURO from Amazon and has 80+ Gold certificate. I really don't know why part picker says it is so expensive.


 

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