General purpose pc.

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IanThom443

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Case
PCS 3312B BLACK CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 3 4300G Quad Core CPU with Radeon™ Graphics (3.8GHz-4.0GHz/4MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
GIGABYTE A520M K V2 (mATX, AM4, DDR4, PCIe 3.0)
Memory (RAM)
16GB PCS PRO DDR4 3200MHz (1 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
1GB NVIDIA GEFORCE 710 - DVI, HDMI, VGA
Graphics Card Support Bracket
NONE (BRACKET INCLUDED AS STANDARD ON 4070 Ti / RX 7700 XT AND ABOVE)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
1TB PCS PCIe M.2 SSD (3500 MB/R, 3200 MB/W)
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Memory Card Reader
USB 3.0 EXTERNAL SD/MICRO SD CARD READER
Power Supply
PCS 250W 80+ BRONZE POWER SUPPLY
Power Cable
1 x 1.5 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
STANDARD AMD CPU COOLER
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT
Wireless Network Card
WIRELESS INTEL® Wi-Fi 6E AX210 2,400Mbps/5GHz, 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD + BT 5.0
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
Windows 11 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
Windows 10/11 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Unlimited Downloads from Online Account
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft 365® (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Browser
Microsoft® Edge
Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (6 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 4 to 6 working days
Welcome Book
PCSpecialist Welcome Book
Price: £536.00 including VAT and Delivery
Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am4-home-office/xVYWpTrAr0/

My current pc was put together by a friend from bits of my old one and parts that were surplus to his requirements. It's getting slow and wont accept windows11.
I don't game and don't do any heavy video editing but I don't want something prebuilt & preloaded with manufacturers junk.
Monitor is an aoc E2280sw. Current pc has a 500GB SSD, so I'd quite like to format it eventually and instal it as a 2nd drive to whatever I buy.
 
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ThyThy

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Hello,
I would try to get AM5 / DDR5 for a nice improvement and future proofing. However, to stay below £600 with that platform, you will need to adjust/sacrifice some of the component/accessories you may actually not need, or reuse some part(s) of your current PC.
So, some questions:
1) Do you really need the Wifi connexion? (Could you reuse one that you already have? Cannibalise an old PC?)
2) Do you really need a dual layer dvd writer? (Could you reuse one that you already have? Cannibalise an old PC?)
3) Do you really need a new memory card reader?
4) Do you really have a need for a dedicated graphics card? I'm wondering because the Geforce 710 is not powerful anyway. Maybe some integrated graphics are even better (to be checked).
5) How much space do you currently use on your drive(s) ? Would 500GB + 500GB (old) suffice?

Depending on your answers, this base could be adjusted and fine-tuned:
Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am5-pc/HwEffHxFGW/
If budget allows, I would rather pick the Gigabyte B650M DS3H for the motherboard.

Hope this helps.
 
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TonyCarter

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To build on the suggestions above, an £80 saving could be if you can transfer a W10 licence to the new machine (i.e. make it a digital licence by linking it to a Microsoft account) and then upgrade to W11.

Can you list some of the ‘old’ components you do have, so we can see if there’s anything that can be swapped over.

Also, if there’s really no need for significant GPU power required (or one you’ve already got is sufficient) than just to provide an output to a monitor, then there might be no need for the ‘g’ variant of the CPU, and we can put in a slightly faster CPU instead for the same price (which has a very basic iGPU anyway).
 
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IanThom443

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Thanks for your suggestions, current wifi is an unreliable usb one. 500G ssd would probably be ample with the old one added later, dvd writer is questionable but probably lacking resources rather than being faulty. Open to suggestions on an alternative cpu as most of this is above my knowledge level.

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ThyThy

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IanThom443 said:
Thanks for your suggestions, current wifi is an unreliable usb one. 500G ssd would probably be ample with the old one added later, dvd writer is questionable but probably lacking resources rather than being faulty. Open to suggestions on an alternative cpu as most of this is above my knowledge level.

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Hello,
I would definitely take the Solidigm P41+ instead of the PCS drive for 1£ more.
About the motherboard, maybe the two cheaper Asus Prime options could do the job for your needs (any ports which you know is lacking for your needs?). I was thinking about the Gigabyte B650M DS3H mainly because it has 4 RAM slots and for its tier it was well positioned in a review about its voltage regulators. However, if you can afford only 1x16GB instead of 2x8GB, then only 2 slots still allows for a RAM upgrade later on. If you can afford it however, 2x8GB is better in terms of performance than 1x16GB (memory bandwidth is doubled by using both memory channels available).

If you provide the information @TonyCarter asked, we may be able to help further with fine-tune within your budget (I don't want to push you above your limit, but I think the AM5 platform is a better choice than AM4 especially if you desire to upgrade later, although to not cripple the build, you may want to add about 10%). Transferring a Windows 10 licences would definitely help a lot by sparing £80, if you are comfortable with the process.
Also, no possibility to connect directly to Ethernet (RJ-45) rather than through Wifi? (I personally prefer a wired connection when I can.)

Hope this helps.
 
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