Is this the most I could get for my money?

[Matty2hatty]

Well, my dad wanted a new office PC so I offered to build it and he thought that was great, he gave me a budget of £350, that doesn't include monitor,keyboard,mouse etc.

 

With some help I came up with this:

 

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/wXgWxr

 

Your opinion is greatly appreciated.

 

The PC will be used for MS Office and YT video watching.

[Mohenjo]

1 minute ago, Matty2hatty said:

Well, my dad wanted a new office PC so I offered to build it and he thought that was great, he gave me a budget of £350, that doesn't include monitor,keyboard,mouse etc.

 

With some help I came up with this:

 

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/wXgWxr

 

Your opinion is greatly appreciated.

 

The PC will be used for MS Office and YT video watching.

To be honest if he doesn't need a 1tb then get a 120gb SSD, He will get so much more performance 

[Matty2hatty]

Was thinking this, he uses the cloud so yh I will probably end up going SSD

[Curufinwe_wins]

11 minutes ago, Matty2hatty said:

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£143.99 @ Novatech) 
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£34.49 @ Ebuyer) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£33.96 @ More Computers) 
Storage: OCZ Trion 100 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£52.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: Corsair Carbide Series 88R MicroATX Mid Tower Case  (£37.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: be quiet! 400W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply  (£34.98 @ Ebuyer) 
Total: £338.39
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-04 21:22 GMT+0000

[Mohenjo]

5 minutes ago, Matty2hatty said:

Was thinking this, he uses the cloud so yh I will probably end up going SSD

Optimized it a bit better 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£143.99 @ Novatech) 
Motherboard: Asus H81M-A Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£45.49 @ Dabs) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£33.96 @ More Computers) 
Storage: Sandisk SSD PLUS 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£53.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: Corsair Carbide Series 88R MicroATX Mid Tower Case  (£37.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  (£34.99 @ Novatech) 
Total: £350.41
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-04 21:22 GMT+0000

[comicsansms]

You don't need an i5 for a basic use PC. A pentium would be more than capable 

[NumLock21]

6 minutes ago, Comic_Sans_MS said:

You don't need an i5 for a basic use PC. A pentium would be more than capable 

But Excel loves them cores.

[Brennan Price]

If you went with AMD instead, you could get a far better pc because you would be able to afford a dedicated GPU which would make the PC much faster and it wouldnt get as slow so quickly either.

[Trav_X]

24 minutes ago, Curufinwe_wins said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£143.99 @ Novatech) 
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£34.49 @ Ebuyer) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£33.96 @ More Computers) 
Storage: OCZ Trion 100 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£52.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: Corsair Carbide Series 88R MicroATX Mid Tower Case  (£37.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: be quiet! 400W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply  (£34.98 @ Ebuyer) 
Total: £338.39
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-04 21:22 GMT+0000

Would agree with everything shown here

 

OP use this build

[Trav_X]

12 minutes ago, Brennan_Price said:

If you went with AMD instead, you could get a far better pc because you would be able to afford a dedicated GPU which would make the PC much faster and it wouldnt get as slow so quickly either.

If he isn't using graphic intensive stuff, then he doesn't need a GPU. He said he will only be using MS Office and YouTube watching, so there is no need for a dedicated GPU at this price point. As well, Intel based platform is better in this kinda situation.

[Brennan Price]

46 minutes ago, Trav_X said:

If he isn't using graphic intensive stuff, then he doesn't need a GPU. He said he will only be using MS Office and YouTube watching, so there is no need for a dedicated GPU at this price point. As well, Intel based platform is better in this kinda situation.

That is fair but from my experience, just the intel CPU and its igpu alone can make a computer very slow very quickly. Maybe if he went with an AMD a6 6400k and an HD 6450, you would get more power for the same price point and maybe even lower. Plus he may find that generally tasks are easier managed on his pc like YT vids too. Especially if he wants to watch them at a higher quality that 720p at speed.

[Trav_X]

16 minutes ago, Brennan_Price said:

That is fair but from my experience, just the intel CPU and its igpu alone can make a computer very slow very quickly. Maybe if he went with an AMD a6 6400k and an HD 6450, you would get more power for the same price point and maybe even lower. Plus he may find that generally tasks are easier managed on his pc like YT vids too. Especially if he wants to watch them at a higher quality that 720p at speed.

That is a fair point  However, pointing out, if he went with an APU like the 6400k, I think it would be best to just not get a dedicated GPU. I have personally owned an A8-5600k, and I believe he could even just get away with an A10 series, those are like around £70/$100 so he could spend that money on like a larger SSD, more RAM, or even a better CPU cooler and overclock if he likes. Either way, I do see your AMD point, but I would not get a dedicated GPU ANYWAY, but a GPU in your APU is actually a good idea.

[brob]

1 hour ago, Brennan_Price said:

That is fair but from my experience, just the intel CPU and its igpu alone can make a computer very slow very quickly. Maybe if he went with an AMD a6 6400k and an HD 6450, you would get more power for the same price point and maybe even lower. Plus he may find that generally tasks are easier managed on his pc like YT vids too. Especially if he wants to watch them at a higher quality that 720p at speed.

Can't agree at all. Almost all of our office computers use Intel igpu without performance issues.

 

@Matty2hatty, I would suggest Skylake.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£129.00 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Asus H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£49.99 @ Novatech)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (£42.46 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial BX200 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£49.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1100 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£28.49 @ Novatech)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 350W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£47.70 @ More Computers)
Total: £347.63
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-05 00:20 GMT+0000

[Brennan Price]

17 hours ago, brob said:

Can't agree at all. Almost all of our office computers use Intel igpu without performance issues.

 

@Matty2hatty, I would suggest Skylake.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£129.00 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Asus H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£49.99 @ Novatech)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (£42.46 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial BX200 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£49.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1100 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£28.49 @ Novatech)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 350W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£47.70 @ More Computers)
Total: £347.63
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-05 00:20 GMT+0000

To be fair, Intel are chosen in most situations as they are more reliable and are generally better when it comes to work/office PC's though. (They are built for rough 'n' tough)