Office / Home pc to last a few years

[nevs]

Hi,

Looking for a pc that will be fine for 3-4 years at least. Just needs to run ms office, browsing web etc, no games. However, want it to run fast.

Is the i5-7400 overkill for this? As cheaper the better...

Thanks.


Case
STYLISH PIANO BLACK ENIGMA MICRO-ATX CASE + 2 FRONT USB
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5 Quad Core Processor i5-7400 (3.0GHz) 6MB Cache
FREE Halo Wars 2 with select INTEL® CPUs!
Motherboard
ASUS® H110M-R: Micro-ATX, DDR4, LG1151, USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs
Memory (RAM)
8GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 2133MHz (2 x 4GB)
Graphics Card
INTEGRATED GRAPHICS ACCELERATOR (GPU)
1st Hard Disk
1TB SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 32MB CACHE
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply
CORSAIR 350W VS SERIES™ VS-350 POWER SUPPLY
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
INTEL STANDARD CPU COOLER
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (Wi-Fi NOT INCLUDED)
USB Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
Genuine Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Browser
Firefox™
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 9 to 11 working days
Quantity
1

Price £532.00 including VAT and delivery

 

[Oussebon]

An i5 is probably a good idea if you're keeping it for a good few years and will be using it fairly intensively. I'd probably suggest the Titan CPU cooler as the stock Intel one isn't particularly quiet, and if you had the budget an SSD would greatly speed up day to day use of the PC and help with productivity.

You may want to be sure you've explored your options including off-the-shelf PCs from in case you find something with the same kind of spec (i5, 8gb RAM, HDD) for a bit less.

 

[Frank100]

Hi,

Now that the Ryzen 5 chip is out there is a credible alternative to the i5. For example this is a bit more money but has a decent, quiet aftermarket CPU cooler: -

Case
PCS ENIGMA 6003B BLACK CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 5 1400 Quad Core CPU (3.2GHz-3.4GHz/10MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® PRIME B350-PLUS (DDR4, 6Gb/s, CrossFireX) - RGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
8GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 2133MHz (2 x 4GB)
Graphics Card
NONE, I ALREADY HAVE A GRAPHICS CARD
1st Hard Disk
1TB SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 32MB CACHE
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply
CORSAIR 350W VS SERIES™ VS-350 POWER SUPPLY
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
PCS FrostFlow 100 Series High Performance CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (Wi-Fi NOT INCLUDED)
USB Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
Genuine Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft® Office® 365
Anti-Virus
BullGuard™ Internet Security - Free 90 Day License inc. Gamer Mode
Browser
Microsoft® Edge (Windows 10 Only)
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 10 to 12 working days
Quantity
1

Price £617.00 including VAT and delivery

Unique URL to re-configure : https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am4-pc/ENsApeJQJg/

The Ryzen 5 1400 has 4 cores but also has hyper-threading. This means the Ryzen outperforms the i5 7400 when using all of the cores. Passmark score of 8755 vs 7437.

This option also gets you a superior motherboard which has a USB 3.1 socket on the back. This is much faster and more stable than USB 3.0 and offers future proofing for when you probably will have USB 3.1 memory sticks and external hard drives. The board also supports M.2 SATA, which means you could get a small M.2 SATA chip for your OS and programs. This adds to the cost but improves boot times and general speed when opening programs. If you didn't opt for one now you could add one in the future.

I've kept to a basic case to save money but there are much nicer ones for not a huge price increase. This basic one does at least have one front facing USB 3.0 port though.

Frank100