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I am looking for a new office PC, last PC i build was back in 2011 with a i5-2500

All I do are spreed sheets, I don't need a High end i7 .... .. .

I want something that uses little power and get the job done, I HATE laptops I have had many bad ones in my life (all laptops in my life have made me MAD)

 

Here is a AMD A10, $1,500usd+ Cooler OverKill but I don't like buying cheap crap ...

http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=27292506

 

Intel i3's use like half the power then that A10 but its only dual cores and can an i3 handle 1440p spreed sheets?

$1,500 for i3+ Cooler http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=23250931 

+ ~ $80 for i5

 

I am willing to Try a laptop again, I hear Dell's are good, any one know how good the xps-15's are? any Ideas on other brands/models ?

I am also willing to wait for New APUs from AMD and Intel to come out, they shouldn't be that far away ...

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($178.49 @ OutletPC)

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97N-WIFI Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard ($96.98 @ Newegg)

Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($104.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($108.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($75.78 @ Amazon)

Video Card: Zotac GeForce GT 730 1GB Video Card ($64.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Case: Fractal Design Node 304 (White) Mini ITX Tower Case ($64.99 @ NCIX US)

Power Supply: XFX XTR 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($61.98 @ Newegg)

Monitor: Acer K272HULbmiidp 60Hz 27.0" Monitor ($349.99 @ Micro Center)

Total: $1107.18

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-02 20:18 EDT-0400

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Wouldn't it be better to have multiple cheap 1080p monitors than one overkill-ish monitor? I believe you'd be able to have larger sheets with multiple monitors. But what do I know, I'm only fourteen.

 

It may be cheaper up front but use more power and I am really into image quality,

Cheaper the monitor the more power it uses and has crappy image quality ...  (I am a sucker for image quality, drives me crazzy )

 

I am using a 1440x900 and 1080p now, that 1440p uses the little more power, my 1080p was $180, i could get another but I don't have a lot of space.

I was looking at ultra wide HD (3440 x 1440) but that x2 the price ... but it also uses the same power as 1440p ... 

I will still use my i5 for gaming I am looking for lower power for work, mainly because I got a AC last year and summer is coming ... .. .

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But what do I know, I'm only fourteen.

I feel you. My productivity setup is an 11" laptop  :D

 

Here is what I recommend. It's even got a color scheme! Edit: If you want, you could re-use your 1080p you already have.

 

 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($226.69 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($109.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO 250GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($129.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($64.99 @ Micro Center) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($87.89 @ OutletPC) 
Monitor: Dell P2415Q 60Hz 23.8" Monitor  ($459.92 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1403.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-02 21:03 EDT-0400

The Rig: NZXT H440 M3 (Green and Black) (Ncase M1 coming soon!!) | Intel Core i5-4690k x BeQuiet PureRock Slim | EVGA GTX 1060 6GB SSC  | ASUS H81i Plus | 12GB EVGA SSC @ 1600MHz | Seagate Barracuda 2TB | Sandisk Ultra II 480GB | Corsair SF 450| LG 29" Ultrawide | CoolerMaster Quickfire Rapid TKL | Corsair M65 Black |  Sennheiser HD 558 (MOD) | Audio-Technica ATR 2500

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Thanks for them 2 builds, but looking for way less power, unless you guy really think i Need an i5...

power savings from 2nd gen to 4th gen i5 >35% ( from http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Core-i5-4690K-vs-Intel-Core-i5-2500K )

i7-4790k uses the same power of i5-4690k from http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Core-i7-4790K-vs-Intel-Core-i5-2500K

 

and are there any good laptops in the world ?

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and are there any good laptops in the world ?

Yes. The Lenovo Yoga Pro 3 is an incredible laptop. 

The Rig: NZXT H440 M3 (Green and Black) (Ncase M1 coming soon!!) | Intel Core i5-4690k x BeQuiet PureRock Slim | EVGA GTX 1060 6GB SSC  | ASUS H81i Plus | 12GB EVGA SSC @ 1600MHz | Seagate Barracuda 2TB | Sandisk Ultra II 480GB | Corsair SF 450| LG 29" Ultrawide | CoolerMaster Quickfire Rapid TKL | Corsair M65 Black |  Sennheiser HD 558 (MOD) | Audio-Technica ATR 2500

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No need for a new computer, your current Core i5 will still smoke the 2 different CPU builds, that you have decided on. For the Core i3, your newegg list say it's empty so I just pick the fastest Core i3.

Core i5 2500 @3.3GHz: 6,206

AMD A10-7850K @3.7GHz: 5,613

Core i3 4370 @ 3.8GHz: 5,569

 

 

 

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No need for a new computer, your current Core i5 will still smoke the 2 different CPU builds, that you have decided on. For the Core i3, your newegg list say it's empty so I just pick the fastest Core i3.

Core i5 2500 @3.3GHz: 6,206

AMD A10-7850K @3.7GHz: 5,613

Core i3 4370 @ 3.8GHz: 5,569

Hes stepping back due to power consumption.

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I am looking for a new office PC, last PC i build was back in 2011 with a i5-2500

All I do are spreed sheets, I don't need a High end i7 .... .. .

I want something that uses little power and get the job done, I HATE laptops I have had many bad ones in my life (all laptops in my life have made me MAD)

 

Here is a AMD A10, $1,500usd+ Cooler OverKill but I don't like buying cheap crap ...

http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=27292506

 

Intel i3's use like half the power then that A10 but its only dual cores and can an i3 handle 1440p spreed sheets?

$1,500 for i3+ Cooler http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=23250931 

+ ~ $80 for i5

 

I am willing to Try a laptop again, I hear Dell's are good, any one know how good the xps-15's are? any Ideas on other brands/models ?

I am also willing to wait for New APUs from AMD and Intel to come out, they shouldn't be that far away ...

Have you considered a Xeon, or are you trying to avoid needing a dedicated gpu?

 

I believe Intel's Skylake processors are due late 2015, possibly pushed into 2016.

 

Lenovo makes laptops that I hear are excellent quality, I'm not sure about other companies but I would recommend staying away from HP at all costs D:

 

*EDIT* eh scratch that about the xeon. whenever I hear low power chip my mind wanders over to server components 

CPU: AMD FX 8320 @4.4 GHz 1.212 vcore Motherboard - Asus M5A99X R2.0 RAM - G.Skill Ripjaws X 16 GB 1866 GPU - Asus Gtx 970 Case - Corsair Vengeance C70 Military Green Storage - 120 GB Samsung 840 Series, 1TB WD Black,  240 GB Corsair Force LX PSU - EVGA 750W G2 Cooling - Noctua NH-D14 Keyboard Corsair K70  Mouse - Logitech G502

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Hes stepping back due to power consumption.

Core i5 2500 95w tdp

Core i3 4370 54w tdp

A10-7850K 95w tdp

No point of grabbing a A10 as it has the same tdp as his Core i5. Core i3 has a lower tdp, but its performance is not as good as his current cpu. When upgrading, getting a lower tdp is great, but when doing do, you don't want to downgrade on performance. For his upgrade a Core i5 4690S will be a good choice. it has a 65w tdp and gets a score of 7,382. Core i7 4785T 35w tdp, 7,562.

 

 

 

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Hmm, I thought about it a bit, then i realised i had to join to reply, so here I am...

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690S 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($217.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Rosewill RCX-Z775-LP 33.5 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($11.79 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus Z97I-PLUS Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($149.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: *Team Elite 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($360.87 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card  ($148.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Silverstone ML05B HTPC Case  ($36.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Silverstone 300W 80+ Bronze Certified SFX Power Supply  ($49.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Panasonic UJ-265 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer  ($79.00 @ Amazon)
Total: $1105.60
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-02 23:34 EDT-0400

 

 - This build is $870

 - the system uses ~100w tops according to pcpartpicker, unless you decide to add dedicated graphics

 - i5-4690s is designed with low power consumption in mind

 - Motherboard has a variety of monitor connections: hdmi, dvi, displayport, vga

 - The GPU is optional since the motherboard and intel graphics can support triple monitors (I think you said you use 2). You can remove it -  $150

 - I notice you posted a build using s340 case and no optical drive. You'll probably want to remove the blu-ray drive then - $70

 - 1tb ssd will be nice for secure data, plus the 5yr warranty wont hurt

 - quiet and has a pretty small form factor

 

*I skipped monitors since someone posted an awesome dell up above, linus has no many good reviews for you to pick from, and you mentioned having a few already anyways...

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... NumLock21

 

Glad to see I'mnot the only one that thought 4690s :lol:

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@Zar, i remember seeing you with a WIN7 Pro x64 on a list somewhere. Windows 10 is free upgrade in a few months. Getting a cheapo win 7 might actually be more economical if you plan to cash in on the free upgrade later down the line.

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my i5-2500 does perform great but I really want less power, 

 

I can get a laptop

i7-5500u for $1k http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Core-i7-5500U-vs-Intel-Core-i5-2500

i7-560 u for 1.5k http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Core-i7-5600U-vs-Intel-Core-i5-2500

 

http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Core-i7-5600U-vs-Intel-Core-i7-5500U

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why less power?
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why less power?

 

my i5-2500 windows 7/10 and it is 80w idle; 120 on light load (working) and 200-250-300w on heavy loads (Gaming)

does the work with no problems and no were near 50% load ...

 

I have an AMD A10 windows 8 laptop (SUCKS), 9w idle 16-20w on load

 

I don't game that much anymore, and really the i5 is not 100% mine, my old AMD Athlon 64x2 2.41GHz Dual core (2005) build died so have been using someone's i5

and it getting hotter and hotter here so AC has to run longer = more $ on electric bill, Laptop + AC is around 100-110watts less then desktop and the desktop is not in the room with the AC :-/

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my i5-2500 windows 7/10 and it is 80w idle; 120 on light load (working) and 200-250-300w on heavy loads (Gaming)

does the work with no problems and no were near 50% load ...

I have an AMD A10 windows 8 laptop (SUCKS), 9w idle 16-20w on load

I don't game that much anymore, and really the i5 is not 100% mine, my old AMD Athlon 64x2 2.41GHz Dual core (2005) build died so have been using someone's i5

and it getting hotter and hotter here so AC has to run longer = more $ on electric bill, Laptop + AC is around 100-110watts less then desktop and the desktop is not in the room with the AC :-/

well man I think you should just stick with an i5 the difference is huge enough to really change anything I mean would be saving cents a year on election unless you have a rediculiously high price per kilowatt hr. But the laptops would be good too!

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1230 V3 3.3GHz Quad-Core OEM/Tray Processor  ($229.95 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($29.75 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-GAMING 3 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($46.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2400 Memory  ($58.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Sandisk X110 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($106.78 @ Mwave)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R7 260X 2GB Video Card  ($92.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($39.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: EVGA 430W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($24.99 @ NCIX US)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($87.89 @ OutletPC)
Monitor: BenQ GW2765HT 60Hz 27.0" Monitor  ($359.10 @ Amazon)
Total: $1077.40
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-07 04:31 EDT-0400

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