Best Cpu/Setup For Office Use

[TravisTea]

I recently started my own business and need a separate computer for office work. I'm trying to decide whether or not I need anything beyond a G3258 dual core or i3. I honestly don't think I'd need an i5, and have also considered an AMD 860k because of price. I just need something simple for Microsoft Office, web browsing with possibly a ton of tabs open, and just general everyday tasks you'd expect from a small business. I'm tech savvy buy just looking for other opinions. And yes I'd be building it all from scratch. Suggestions? Anyone use any of these strictly for office use? Thanks guys!!

 

ALSO:  Trying to keep it under $300 for the tower if possible. Honestly best bang for buck.

[CtrlAltELITE]

You could pick up a used prebuilt haswelli3 for <$200

 

Like a lenovo thinkcentre or dell inspiron, will be by far the cheapest choice.

[TravisTea]

2 minutes ago, CtrlAltELITE said:

You could pick up a used prebuilt haswelli3 for <$200

 

Like a lenovo thinkcentre or dell inspiron, will be by far the cheapest choice.

Honestly I didn't even consider that. I'm just so used to doing it all myself lol

[Prysin]

9 minutes ago, LordSlimJimm said:

I recently started my own business and need a separate computer for office work. I'm trying to decide whether or not I need anything beyond a G3258 dual core or i3. I honestly don't think I'd need an i5, and have also considered an AMD 860k because of price. I just need something simple for Microsoft Office, web browsing with possibly a ton of tabs open, and just general everyday tasks you'd expect from a small business. I'm tech savvy buy just looking for other opinions. And yes I'd be building it all from scratch. Suggestions? Anyone use any of these strictly for office use? Thanks guys!!

 

ALSO:  Trying to keep it under $300 for the tower if possible. Honestly best bang for buck.

AMD A10 7860k

2x4GB ram

A88X mobo.

[DioOmicida]

5 minutes ago, CtrlAltELITE said:

You could pick up a used prebuilt haswelli3 for <$200

 

Like a lenovo thinkcentre or dell inspiron, will be by far the cheapest choice.

I agree. At your price point, there really seems to be no sense in building one.

[Brennan Price]

If I was you, I would go with an AMD Athlon 5350. It is quad core and you have decent graphics onboard too. It is cheap and you could maybe get the whole PC built for less than £200 if you have some parts to use. Pair it with an R7 240 and it is more powerful for high work load or more monitors to get more work done.

 

You can make it an itx PC so it isnt a big thing taking up room either.

[TravisTea]

16 minutes ago, CtrlAltELITE said:

You could pick up a used prebuilt haswelli3 for <$200

 

Like a lenovo thinkcentre or dell inspiron, will be by far the cheapest choice.

 

10 minutes ago, DioOmicida said:

I agree. At your price point, there really seems to be no sense in building one.

 

7 minutes ago, Brennan_Price said:

If I was you, I would go with an AMD Athlon 5350. It is quad core and you have decent graphics onboard too. It is cheap and you could maybe get the whole PC built for less than £200 if you have some parts to use. Pair it with an R7 240 and it is more powerful for high work load or more monitors to get more work done.

 

You can make it an itx PC so it isnt a big thing taking up room either.

 

I searched Newegg to see what all they had and came across this:

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883282025&cm_re=desktop_computer-_-83-282-025-_-Product

 

The CPU in there seems decent enough, but I also have a Q9400 quad sitting on my desk in front of me that I can put in there. I think that might be the best option for what I need. Anyone Disagree?

[Brennan Price]

1 minute ago, LordSlimJimm said:

 

 

 

I searched Newegg to see what all they had and came across this:

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883282025&cm_re=desktop_computer-_-83-282-025-_-Product

 

The CPU in there seems decent enough, but I also have a Q9400 quad sitting on my desk in front of me that I can put in there. I think that might be the best option for what I need. Anyone Disagree?

That could definitely satisfy your needs if you swapped the cpu for your Q9400. I would happily have the E8400 though for fun.

[TravisTea]

1 minute ago, Brennan_Price said:

That could definitely satisfy your needs if you swapped the cpu for your Q9400. I would happily have the E8400 though for fun.

I'd give it up but it probably wouldn't hurt to keep it just in case I need it if something happened. I'm taking for granted the q9400 has onboard video support? 

[Brennan Price]

Just now, LordSlimJimm said:

I'd give it up but it probably wouldn't hurt to keep it just in case I need it if something happened. I'm taking for granted the q9400 has onboard video support? 

Yes it does. If you want something more powerful than onboard then just put in a GT 210 or something cheap. Maybe even the HD 5450

[CtrlAltELITE]

10 minutes ago, LordSlimJimm said:

I searched Newegg to see what all they had and came across this:

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883282025&cm_re=desktop_computer-_-83-282-025-_-Product

 

The CPU in there seems decent enough, but I also have a Q9400 quad sitting on my desk in front of me that I can put in there. I think that might be the best option for what I need. Anyone Disagree?

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lenovo-ThinkCentre-M73-Desktop-Intel-Core-i3-4130-3-40GHz-8GB-Ram-No-HDD-/182044195685?hash=item2a62adfb65

 

 

I have been sitting staring at this for myself actually. I was going to buy it for a small server but he wants $100 to ship it to the UK. Looks scabby but for a haswell thats a bargain, plenty of ram for heavy day to day use too.

[TravisTea]

2 minutes ago, CtrlAltELITE said:

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lenovo-ThinkCentre-M73-Desktop-Intel-Core-i3-4130-3-40GHz-8GB-Ram-No-HDD-/182044195685?hash=item2a62adfb65

 

 

I have been sitting staring at this for myself actually. I was going to buy it for a small server but he wants £50 ($80ish) to ship it to the UK. Looks scabby but for a haswell thats a bargain, plenty of ram for heavy day to day use too.

Yeah but once you get the hard drive and OS you break the $300 mark. Plus that tower is a monster! lol

[CtrlAltELITE]

3 minutes ago, LordSlimJimm said:

Yeah but once you get the hard drive and OS you break the $300 mark. Plus that tower is a monster! lol

 

HDD = http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/WESTERN-DIGITAL-1TB-1000GB-3-5-SATA-Hard-Drive-7200RPM-64MB-CACHE-/172144114981?hash=item281496bd25:g:z6cAAOSwxp9W8oYd

If i can get one for £30 then I can imagin you could get one in the US for ~$35ish.

 

OS: http://www.kinguin.net/category/22175/windows-10-home-oem-key/

Paying retail is for suckers.

[DioOmicida]

17 minutes ago, LordSlimJimm said:

 

 

 

I searched Newegg to see what all they had and came across this:

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883282025&cm_re=desktop_computer-_-83-282-025-_-Product

 

The CPU in there seems decent enough, but I also have a Q9400 quad sitting on my desk in front of me that I can put in there. I think that might be the best option for what I need. Anyone Disagree?

Swap the E84 for the Q94 and you have a solid workstation on the cheap.
The MB is even quoted for supporting up to 16GB of RAM. Really, not bad at all.

[Prysin]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/ksdVrH