Building A Office PC Under $350.

[AlanAlan]

I want to build a new pc build and I need some help finding the parts for it. I will be doing a lot Microsoft office, web browsing, and viewing a lot of documents. What is the best pc I can build under $350? What's the best os besides windows for my needs? I want o save some money on the os.

[ryanmmax]

at 350 your better off getting a prebuilt that comes with windows

http://slickdeals.net/f/8519359-dell-inspiron-3000-desktop-i5-4460-4gb-ddr3-500gb-hdd-win-10-pro-349-free-shipping

 

Here is the same build for $350 on part picker that DOES NOT have windows...

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/wGspqs

[RuLeZ]

12 minutes ago, ryanmmax said:

at 350 your better off getting a prebuilt that comes with windows

http://slickdeals.net/f/8519359-dell-inspiron-3000-desktop-i5-4460-4gb-ddr3-500gb-hdd-win-10-pro-349-free-shipping

 

Here is the same build for $350 on part picker that DOES NOT have windows...

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/wGspqs

I would rather have an i3 with SSD for office.

[aisle9]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4130 3.4GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($122.88 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($45.75 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: Crucial 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($27.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($86.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: Apex TM-302-3 MicroATX Mid Tower Case w/300W Power Supply  ($47.98 @ Newegg) 
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHDS118-04 DVD/CD Drive  ($12.89 @ OutletPC) 
Total: $344.48
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-28 10:38 EST-0500

 

Lots of surprisingly decent options for the price, and going with a Linux build saves you the $100 Windows expense. You can use MS Office on Linux, it's just a little bit more of a pain to get it up and running than it would be on Windows 10. If you do decide that you need Windows 10 and the budget can't change, go with a G3258 processor instead of the i3, and with a WD or Seagate 1TB HDD instead of the SSD. You could even step back the RAM to 4GB, but 8GB was cheap enough that going that low seemed unnecessary. That'll save you the $100 needed to make Windows 10 fit, but at the cost of performance.

[Thue500]

Made this if 120gb of ssd is not enough then change it with a hard drive or just add one http://pcpartpicker.com/p/qwt3K8 

But it would be much better to buy a prebuild pc you get more for your money in this price range.

[Frame Drops]

6th gen Intel Pentium G4400: 2 core 2 thread with 3.2 clock speed + windows 10 64 bit ( under $350): PC Part picker list

6th gen Intel i3 6100: 2 cores 4thread with 3.7 clock speed + windows 10 64 bit (under $400) : PC Part picker list

Note : After 2 or 3 month i recommend you to add an good SSD.

Reason: SSD reduce Boot, Load, Read, Write, Copy time & that's what you need for your office purpose work. I think you will love a storage device which reduce boot time of an OS, increase copy, read, write & paste speed.

 

[Frame Drops]

AMD build ($400)

Fx 6300 : 6 cores 6 thread with 3.5 GHz clock speed + SSD + Windows 10 64 bit :  PC Part picker list

Note : You can save some money by choosing Fx 4300 or Fx 4350 but the difference will be around $10. I feel worthy to spend extra $10 on 2 more cores. I cut down the price by choosing a case with included PSU. I won't do that if this PC is for gaming, but it isn't for gaming.Similarly you can save money in my previous 2 build.