New Mobo and Cpu

[SpatulaGiant]

Building a cheap computer for work. Needs to run office and browsers relatively quick.

I have a case, psu (430w) and everything else needed. Looking to spend around 200 for both the cpu and motherboard combined.

Thanks for any suggestions or advice.

[Shd0w2]

What size mobo?Also, may we know the rest of the PC specs, for compatibility?

[antoainb]

What size mobo?Also, may we know the rest of the PC specs, for compatibility?

 

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[Aniallation]

Building a cheap computer for work. Needs to run office and browsers relatively quick.

I have a case, psu (430w) and everything else needed. Looking to spend around 200 for both the cpu and motherboard combined.

Thanks for any suggestions or advice.

 

If it's just for work and you want it to be quick without a lot of actual power under it, you'd probably be more satisfied going with an APU (Trinity/Richland A8s are a good choice) or non-overclockable i3 with a cheap board and save some money for an SSD.

[SpatulaGiant]

What size mobo?Also, may we know the rest of the PC specs, for compatibility

the case is just a mid sized tower so i would prefer a smaller mobo. 

atm i have an outdated i3 cpu on a garbage gigabyte mobo. hooked up is 500g hard drive (wd), a single 120mm fan in the back (will be getting 2 more to put in the front of the case), and no gpu.

[SpatulaGiant]

the case is just a mid sized tower so i would prefer a smaller mobo. 

atm i have an outdated i3 cpu on a garbage gigabyte mobo. hooked up is 500g hard drive (wd), a single 120mm fan in the back (will be getting 2 more to put in the front of the case), and no gpu.

also 4g of kingston ram

[Shd0w2]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Pentium G3240 3.1GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($64.99 @ Newegg) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($29.98 @ OutletPC) 

Motherboard: ASRock H97M Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($75.66 @ Newegg) 

Total: $170.63

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

[hiyayhi]

something like this?

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3t8mmG

[Aniallation]

something like this?

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3t8mmG

 

I would try to stretch to an A8. It's the best bang for the buck out of the APUs. That being said though, the old i3's, even the first-gens, aren't that bad. Just popping in an SSD makes a huge difference 

[NumbingCrayon]

I would pick up what ever apu you could afford and motherboard. Since you are probably not going to overclock you won't need anything high end. ASRock makes great value boards.

[NumbingCrayon]

You can probably run off the stock cooler if it is for simple office use and web browsing.