Budget Office PC Recommendations

[Chipmunkaroo]

1. Budget & Location

$500-$750; $US. Lower the better. Virginia, USA. Micro Center in driving distance as well.

2. Aim

Office work and web browsing/email. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, email.

3. Monitors

1 Monitor; Ultrawide monitor from previous computer will be used.

4. Peripherals

Monitor, mouse, and keyboard already available from previous PC. Need Windows 10.

5. Why are you upgrading?

Terribly slow 1.4ghz with 4gb of memory All-In-One is frustrating to use and takes forever to boot or complete tasks. Looking to upgrade to something that will run smoothly and perform tasks without excessive delays. Very few programs installed probably do not need more than 250gigs of Harddrive so have been thinking SSD. I just want it to boot fast, perform well, and be cost efficient. Looks are also not a huge concern so cheap functional cases are very acceptable.

[Crunchy Dragon]

Welcome to the forums! I'd get something like this:

 

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/gbPFGG
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/gbPFGG/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel - Core i3-7100 3.9GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($114.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI - B250M PRO-VD Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($46.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Team - Elite Plus 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial - MX500 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($74.89 @ OutletPC)
Case: Rosewill - SCM-01 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($26.24 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM (2015) 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($47.00 @ Amazon)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit  ($89.89 @ OutletPC)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link - TL-WN881ND PCI-Express x1 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi Adapter  ($19.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $499.68
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-04-11 18:54 EDT-0400

[r2724r16]

How about this: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/4XwgJ8

[ZcanKal]

7 minutes ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

Welcome to the forums! I'd get something like this:

 

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/gbPFGG
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/gbPFGG/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel - Core i3-7100 3.9GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($114.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI - B250M PRO-VD Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($46.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Team - Elite Plus 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial - MX500 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($74.89 @ OutletPC)
Case: Rosewill - SCM-01 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($26.24 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM (2015) 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($47.00 @ Amazon)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit  ($89.89 @ OutletPC)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link - TL-WN881ND PCI-Express x1 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi Adapter  ($19.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $499.68
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-04-11 18:54 EDT-0400

What about a Ryzen 3 2200g?

[r2724r16]

1 minute ago, ZcanKal said:

What about a Ryzen 3 2200g?

He's not gaming on this computer so integrated graphics are plenty for him/her. 

[Crunchy Dragon]

1 minute ago, ZcanKal said:

What about a Ryzen 3 2200g?

That would also work

[ZcanKal]

Just now, Rasbir Singh said:

He's not gaming on this computer so integrated graphics are plenty for him/her. 

No, but it is cheaper, and maybe do some light gaming if he feels like it.

[Chipmunkaroo]

9 minutes ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

Welcome to the forums! I'd get something like this:

 

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/gbPFGG
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/gbPFGG/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel - Core i3-7100 3.9GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($114.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI - B250M PRO-VD Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($46.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Team - Elite Plus 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial - MX500 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($74.89 @ OutletPC)
Case: Rosewill - SCM-01 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($26.24 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM (2015) 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($47.00 @ Amazon)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit  ($89.89 @ OutletPC)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link - TL-WN881ND PCI-Express x1 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi Adapter  ($19.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $499.68
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-04-11 18:54 EDT-0400

There is a bundle for Intel Core i3-7100 and Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H LGA 1151 mATX at Micro Center at my location, would that be a fair replacement for slightly less than what you listed?

 

Also, assuming these builds use integrated graphics? Only PCs I've ever built have GPU, not required for what I am looking to do with this PC?

http://www.microcenter.com/product/5000488/Intel_Core_i3-7100,_Gigabyte_GA-B250M-DS3H_CPU-Motherboard_Bundle

[Crunchy Dragon]

Just now, Chipmunkaroo said:

There is a bundle for Intel Core i3-7100 and Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H LGA 1151 mATX at Micro Center at my location, would that be a fair replacement for slightly less than what you listed?

 

Also, assuming these builds use integrated graphics? Only PCs I've ever built have GPU, not required for what I am looking to do with this PC?

http://www.microcenter.com/product/5000488/Intel_Core_i3-7100,_Gigabyte_GA-B250M-DS3H_CPU-Motherboard_Bundle

Yes, get the CPU/motherboard combo at Micro Center, those deals are the best.

 

These builds do use integrated graphics, based off of what you're going to use it for, I didn't see a need for a dGPU.

[ZcanKal]

1 minute ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

based off of what you're going to use it for, I didn't see a need for a dGPU.

Not like you can't slap a dedicated graphics card in there if you wanted to.

[dizmo]

It's $35 more than @Crunchy Dragon's build, but it has twice the RAM.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($57.69 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock - H110M-ITX/ac Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($64.49 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: GeIL - SUPER LUCE RGB SYNC 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($153.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial - MX500 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($74.89 @ OutletPC)
Case: Inwin - Chopin (Silver) Mini ITX Tower Case w/150W Power Supply  ($89.99)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit  ($92.99 @ Adorama)
Total: $534.04

[Crunchy Dragon]

1 minute ago, dizmo said:

It's $35 more than @Crunchy Dragon's build, but it has twice the RAM.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($57.69 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock - H110M-ITX/ac Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($64.49 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: GeIL - SUPER LUCE RGB SYNC 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($153.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial - MX500 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($74.89 @ OutletPC)
Case: Inwin - Chopin (Silver) Mini ITX Tower Case w/150W Power Supply  ($89.99)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit  ($92.99 @ Adorama)
Total: $534.04

Not a bad build, but to be fair, I don't see a general use office PC like this needing more than 8.

[ZcanKal]

5 minutes ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

Not a bad build, but to be fair, I don't see a general use office PC like this needing more than 8.

8?  I had to survive for 5 years with 2 gigs, and even then, the only RAM problem I ever ran into was Minecraft chewing through it.

[Chipmunkaroo]

For memory, does 8 or 4x2 matter, assuming costs are equal? Or just go with lowest cost?

[dizmo]

10 minutes ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

Not a bad build, but to be fair, I don't see a general use office PC like this needing more than 8.

Depends what they're doing in Excel; large files can eat up quite a bit of RAM.

"Office work" is pretty vague.

[VEXICUS]

41 minutes ago, Chipmunkaroo said:

1. Budget & Location

$500-$750; $US. Lower the better. Virginia, USA. Micro Center in driving distance as well.

2. Aim

Office work and web browsing/email. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, email.

3. Monitors

1 Monitor; Ultrawide monitor from previous computer will be used.

4. Peripherals

Monitor, mouse, and keyboard already available from previous PC. Need Windows 10.

5. Why are you upgrading?

Terribly slow 1.4ghz with 4gb of memory All-In-One is frustrating to use and takes forever to boot or complete tasks. Looking to upgrade to something that will run smoothly and perform tasks without excessive delays. Very few programs installed probably do not need more than 250gigs of Harddrive so have been thinking SSD. I just want it to boot fast, perform well, and be cost efficient. Looks are also not a huge concern so cheap functional cases are very acceptable.

BUILD SOMETHING LIKE THIS...

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 2200G 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($94.89 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Pro4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($74.39 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($95.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: SanDisk - SSD PLUS 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($60.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: Cooler Master - MasterBox Q300L MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($38.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: Cooler Master - MasterWatt 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($34.33 @ Newegg) 
Total: $399.58
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-04-11 19:29 EDT-0400

[brob]

The psu is actually a touch more expensive than the semi-modular version. In small office builds I prefer non-modular as it means no cables go missing.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 2200G 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($94.89 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock - A320M Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($48.26 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2800 Memory  ($83.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Western Digital - Blue 250GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($74.89 @ OutletPC) 
Case: Cooler Master - N200 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($39.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CX (2017) 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($48.89 @ OutletPC) 
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit  ($92.99 @ Adorama) 
Total: $483.90
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-04-11 20:34 EDT-0400