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[mpsparrow]

I have made a few pcpp lists for a computer that I am getting for a friend overseas. The computer is completely for office work and things like crunching tons of Excel sheets, coding, having tons of tabs and stuff open and whatnot. Both lists I have made are bases off of these three things.

 

1. Small form factor so that it is easy to ship overseas to my friend.

2. Future-proofed so that it doesn't need to be upgraded for many years.

3. Fairly cheap and bare bones as that is all he needs.

 

Lists:

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/4thj6X

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/x7VBXH

 

Another option would be something like a Dell pre-built. That way it would be easy to ship to him, less work for me, and would be less likely to run into errors and whatnot. I found this Dell pre-built that I think would be a good value for the money. http://www.dell.com/en-ca/shop/desktops/inspiron-desktop/spd/inspiron-3668-desktop/di3668_btsb_s341e

 

The pre-built is obviously not as good of a value as like the Ryzen build, but if I run out of time I think it could be a good option.... Mainly I am just looking for input on the three computers above. Did I make a mistake in the parts list, did I choose crap parts or is the pre-built horrible?

[QuantumBit]

Incredibly overkill for excel and google. Get him a laptop.

[Jurrunio]

what coding though?

 

For the two builds, Ryzen wont work without a dedicated graphics card. Intel one can skip high frequency RAM for cheap ones as long as the capacity is large since frequency doesnt affect Kaby Lake's speed.

[mpsparrow]

2 minutes ago, QuantumBit said:

Incredibly overkill for excel and google. Get him a laptop.

I knew this answer was going to come up.....

 

Two main reasons for both the overkill and the reason why not a laptop.

 

It is overkill because:

1. He is probably going to be getting into more computer intensive stuff over the next few years where a powerful CPU like that will be needed.

2. It allows him to upgrade it by adding a GPU and make it into a half decent gaming computer in the future. Also gives him future proofing to the extreme so that he won't need to upgrade for a long while.

 

Reason for not getting a laptop:

1. Not near as powerful and no upgrade options.

2. He doesn't need something portable. It is being shipped to him and then it is sitting on his desk hooked up to a monitor, keyboard, and mouse.

 

You probably think I am insane.... but you don't really understand the situation and that the company wants to buy him an overkill computer.

3 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

what coding though?

 

For the two builds, Ryzen wont work without a dedicated graphics card. Intel one can skip high frequency RAM for cheap ones as long as the capacity is large since frequency doesnt affect Kaby Lake's speed.

The reason why I selected the high frequency was because it was basically the same price as all the rest. So like $2 more for higher frequency is worth it IMO.

[Brinvasion]

ive actually built in this case for your friend get a ryzen a 1050 if your friend wants to do some gaming and some cad too

[Jurrunio]

1 minute ago, mpsparrow said:

I knew this answer was going to come up.....

 

Two main reasons for both the overkill and the reason why not a laptop.

 

It is overkill because:

1. He is probably going to be getting into more computer intensive stuff over the next few years where a powerful CPU like that will be needed.

2. It allows him to upgrade it by adding a GPU and make it into a half decent gaming computer in the future. Also gives him future proofing to the extreme so that he won't need to upgrade for a long while.

 

Reason for not getting a laptop:

1. Not near as powerful and no upgrade options.

2. He doesn't need something portable. It is being shipped to him and then it is sitting on his desk hooked up to a monitor, keyboard, and mouse.

 

You probably think I am insane.... but you don't really understand the situation and that the company wants to buy him an overkill computer.

The reason why I selected the high frequency was because it was basically the same price as all the rest. So like $2 more for higher frequency is worth it IMO.

Then wait a bit for Coffee to be popular. Get a 7700 and you will regret (unless it's lightly used old stuff from the used market).

 

There's a 2666MHz kit for $10 less. Not much I know, but RAM speed has 0% effect on Intel's performance.

[mpsparrow]

Just now, Jurrunio said:

Then wait a bit for Coffee to be popular. Get a 7700 and you will regret (unless it's lightly used old stuff from the used market).

 

There's a 2666MHz kit for $10 less. Not much I know, but RAM speed has 0% effect on Intel's performance.

Ok, price must of changed since I made the list.

 

The Intel build was more just because I always build an Intel and AMD build to price them each out. Out of those two builds I was going to go with the Ryzen build.

 

He NEEDS to have the build in about 3 weeks. So unless Coffee Lake becomes popular tomorrow.....

[Jurrunio]

6 minutes ago, mpsparrow said:

Ok, price must of changed since I made the list.

 

The Intel build was more just because I always build an Intel and AMD build to price them each out. Out of those two builds I was going to go with the Ryzen build.

 

He NEEDS to have the build in about 3 weeks. So unless Coffee Lake becomes popular tomorrow.....

Make sure you remember to get a graphics card inside then. Ryzen doesnt have integrated graphics so the display output on the I/O panel is useless.

[mpsparrow]

4 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

Make sure you remember to get a graphics card inside then. Ryzen doesnt have integrated graphics so the display output on the I/O panel is useless.

Yup, I heard you. Thanks for the reminder though