RM One Office Build

[Nickamg]

I've started a new job, home based customer service agent. The main requirement is to have a dedicated machine, as specific software needs to be loaded.  I was somewhat bemused that I needed to spend my own money to do this, so I looked at their minimum spec which was quite low. Although from what I have read some people were spending £100's on new machines. I was determined to get a machine that was relatively new but cheap. 

The RM One! An all in one computer that really is impressive, they use them in Schools here in the UK and often sell the old stock to Computer Recycler companies, which I found one for £85 on eBay. Bargain! 

 

Specs are as follows

• Windows 7 Professional
• 19" Wide Screen LCD Nothing Special, but adequate.
• Intel HD Graphics
• x2 2GB PC3-10600U Elixir RAM
• Intel Core i3-2100 3.1GHz Processor
• 1TB HDD

I would say the machine is about 5-7 years old, I chucked in a 120gb SSD and 8gb of 1600 Corsair ram I had laying about. Also updated to Windows 10 for free and I was rolling. It's responsive, even the IT guy who remotely installed all the programs I required was impressed how cheap it was for the spec. I'm more than happy with it, wee gems if you're looking for something reasonably compact and officey.

 

I know it's not technically a build, but I thought it was interesting enough to post. I hope someone else finds it useful too.

 

Nick

 

  

[ProjectBox153]

I see what you did with the name there.

[Nickamg]

I was getting some noise come through the speakers, that kinda noise that happens when you move the mouse. A bit anoying, probably and earthing issues somewhere or crap sound card. USB replacement one did the trick! In fact it sounds heaps clearer. 

[ProjectBox153]

Just curious, what's the resolution of the display?

[dizmo]

Not bad, not bad. What'd you pay for it?

I always laugh at the people that over spec office computer builds on here, saying they need i5s and 8GB of RAM.

Realistically all they need is 4GB, a Pentium chip, a small SSD simply for speed, and that's it.

[ProjectBox153]

1 minute ago, dizmo said:

Not bad, not bad. What'd you pay for it?

I always laugh at the people that over spec office computer builds on here, saying they need i5s and 8GB of RAM.

Realistically all they need is 4GB, a Pentium chip, a small SSD simply for speed, and that's it.

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Computer Recycler companies, which I found one for £85 on eBay.

 

[Mohenjo]

1 minute ago, dizmo said:

Not bad, not bad. What'd you pay for it?

I always laugh at the people that over spec office computer builds on here, saying they need i5s and 8GB of RAM.

Realistically all they need is 4GB, a Pentium chip, a small SSD simply for speed, and that's it.

meh, 8gb doesnt cost much more, and i would say an i3 for more cache. Yes pentiums can do the job but they arnt exactly "speedy". Ive used a g3258 with an SSD and i could tell the CPU was a drag for just basic things.

[dizmo]

4 minutes ago, Mohenjo said:

meh, 8gb doesnt cost much more, and i would say an i3 for more cache. Yes pentiums can do the job but they arnt exactly "speedy". Ive used a g3258 with an SSD and i could tell the CPU was a drag for just basic things.

I used a G3220 for a bit and it was more than adequate for most office related things. I didn't really notice a difference between that and the i5 in my laptop.

8GB is 2x the cost of 4GB, when 4GB is often more than enough. I can open 60+ tabs over multiple browsers with it.

 

It does depend on the office and software, obviously.

[Nickamg]

It came with 4gb and a basic 1tB hard drive. Not that I ever needed to put in any of that. Just some spares from an old build I had laying about, may as well go somewhere.

 

@Jamiec1130 - Max Resolution 1440 x 900 (Nothing to write home about, but perfectly adequate) 

[ProjectBox153]

2 minutes ago, Nickamg said:

Max Resolution 1440 x 900 (Nothing to write home about, but perfectly adequate) 

Ahh. i have to do MS Office work on a monitor with that resolution. At least the one I use supports 75Hz. 

[Nickamg]

1 minute ago, Jamiec1130 said:

Ahh. i have to do MS Office work on a monitor with that resolution. At least the one I use supports 75Hz. 

Aye, This too runs at 75Hz.