[SOLVED] Gpu for a office pc?

[thomas4204]

So I am building my Father a new pc for his office and he said he wanted something fast for around 1000, And I have a Amd b450-f and a 1tb nvme laying around so I’m gonna use those in his build. I ordered a Seasonic 650watt to be future proof and cause of the quality/warranty and I was gonna order a 3600 with a 1660/5600xt is this overkill? It’s gonna be in a glass case so I want a nice looking card but I’m out of ideas

 

[NightHawkRMX]

For office PC, you do not need a 3600 nor a 1660/5600xt.

Honestly i would just throw in a 3400g.

 

[poorbugger]

Dude...is your dad going to be gaming intensively or what? You're overkilling it. A 3400g or 2400g would be fine if he's just doing office stuff. It even has integrated graphics

 

[rkriegel]

I concur, save him the money and use a 3400g. It's a great value processor and as long as he doesn't need to do CAD/CAE or gaming, it'll be great.

 

[kurdtnz]

My first build is with a 3400G, mainly as a home pc and htpc and it is a great APU, has handled everything Ive thrown at it and as stated above, with integrated graphics you havnt got the hefty added expense of buying a GPU to pair with it.

 

[thomas4204]

although, the 3400g is going for $150 and the ryzen 3600 is only $167 should I still go for the 3400g

 

[NightHawkRMX]

The 3600 is far better CPU performance, but you have to spend a lot more on a GPU with the 3600 but not the 3400g.

Your dad doesn't need any more CPU nor GPU than a 3400g for day to day usage.

 

[geofelt]

For a fast office pc, you need two things.

1. A good ssd. Since you have a 1tb nvme drive, that nails that requirement.
2. You want a processor with good single thread performance.

You might want to read this review of the intel i3-10100 processor and how it does in an office environment:

Intel Core i3-10100 Review - Affordable 4c/8t

Intel's Core i3-10100 is the most affordable Comet Lake "Core" processor. Unlike its predecessor, it finally has HyperThreading, which brings the core configuration to 4c/8t. Our Core i3-10100 review takes a close look at how Intel's new budget offering performs against AMD Ryzen 3 3100 and 3300X.

www.techpowerup.com

On graphics, intel integrated graphics can handle anything except fast action gaming.

What case did you have in mind?

 

[NightHawkRMX]

10100 is far better, but it shouldn't matter a ton for basic usage.

The main reason I wouldn't go intel is he already has a B450 motherboard.

 

[InvalidError]

For basic office use, I agree that anything beyond a 3400G (or equivalent 4th-gen parts when those become available) seems like a waste of money.

 

[RodroX]

What kind of work is your father going to do with the PC? Software used, etc?

For office suite and web browsing as many mention here already either a 2400G or 3400G will be enough. And you get to use the motherboard you have already.

If you really need a GPU for CAD or similar then you could probably get away with a Ryzen 3 3300X with atleast 2x8GB DDR4 3200Mhz (thats a 4 cores/8threads CPU with a performance close or higher, depending on the benchmark, to the i7 7700K).

You may need a BIOS update depending on the CPU you choose.

 

[thomas4204]

I’m gonna plan on using the lian li dynamic if I can find it (it just went out of stock) and the business runs on quickbooks intuit