advice / prices / spec for office

[marine1]

machine 1

CM K280 BLACK CASE USB3 NO PSU

RAIDMAX HYBRID 530W MODULAR PSU

ASROCK B85M PRO3 SKT 1150 DDR3

INTEL CORE I5 4460 3.2GHZ SKT 1150

ADATA 4GB 1600MHZ PREMIUM DDR3

ADATA 128GB 2.5

WD 1TB BLUE 7200PRM

COOLERMASTER SICKLEFLOW 120MM BLUE FAN

LITEON DVD ROM 24X OEM




Machine 2

CORSAIR 230T BLACK CASE

RAIDMAX HYBRID 730W PSU

MSI Z170 SKT1151 PC MATE DDR4

INTEL CORE I5 6400 2.7GHZ SKT 1151

KINGSTON 8GB DDR4 2133 FURY

WD 1TB BLUE 7200PRM

LITEON DVD ROM 24X OEM

MSI GTX950 GAMING 2GB GDDR5 OC GRAPHICS

 

[marine1]

So many replies I can't keep up

 

[MickeyD]

What type of software will be used?

 

[marine1]

Thanks Micks mainly Internet, pastel, mail etc
But the higher spec machine the guy just wants a fast reliable machine

 

[MickeyD]

Double the RAM on both.

I'm not a LITEON fan but I consider DVD ROM to be consumable. Why not a DVD Writer?

Would also prefer i7 chips but that will push up the cost.

 

[marine1]

Thanks man appreciate the advice I think he is wanting a blu ray writer

 

[smkungfu]

Double the RAM on both.

I'm not a LITEON fan but I consider DVD ROM to be consumable. Why not a DVD Writer?

Would also prefer i7 chips but that will push up the cost.

Bit of an overkill, just used for office work.

 

[marine1]

Bit of an overkill, just used for office work.

For the bigger machine money isn't an issue for him he just wants a beast

 

[smkungfu]

For the bigger machine money isn't an issue for him he just wants a beast

Well go with the i7 then and double the ram like MickeyD said lol.

 

[marine1]

Thanks guys appreciate it.
I did tell him rather go i7 initially but I have bought stuff for so long I don't know what's the best advice

 

[DLComputer]

You might hit me over the head for this, but I always wondered how those Windows 10 sticks would work as a standard office system. You know, word, excel, internet and pastel. Those connected wirelessly to a server would rock I think. If everything is in the cloud then I suppose you can get away with the bare minimum.

 

[Rickster]

Budget?

 

[DLComputer]

My friend did this system a while back, got the parts from eco tech. Was about 9k in august.

GIGABYTE H81M-DS2 INTEL SOCK

MIDI ATX/MATX-450W-5MM-4X3.5 U

8GB DDR3 1600MHZ DESKTOP - KIN

GIGABYTE NVIDIA GT 740 OC 2GB

ADATA 2.5" 128GB SP600 SATA6

SEAGATE BARRACUDA 1TB 3.5"

INTEL CORE I5-4460 3.40 GHZ SK

LG MULTIWRITER 24X - BLACK SAT

 

[ODTech]

Thanks guys appreciate it.
I did tell him rather go i7 initially but I have bought stuff for so long I don't know what's the best advice

Honestly for internet, email and pastel only you don't need more than a i3. Go i5 if you think he might need more power later.
With the money he saves put a bigger ssd in and 8Gig RAM.

I'd go for a Intel or Samsung EVO SSD. Adata isn't bad but if you get a bigger one and make it the only hard drive make sure to get one that has equal read and write speeds. Atleast 450/450.

Point in case. A client of mine has a non SSD back office i3 machine which runs 2 x POS virtual machines and she uses it for daily admin also and it runs smooth.