The correct combination

[dave_39]

I have £225 budget for CPU and motherboard. Looking at what’s currently available I see the Intel i5 8400s priced at about £160 and the ASUS PRIME H310M-K MicroATX at £60. Would you say that this a good combination or should I allow more for the MB and less for the GPU? It will be used for non gaming.
I intend using 8GB ram and a Samsung SSD and no graphics card

 

[COLGeek]

Should be fine for general PC use.

 

[Wolfshadw]

There's no reason to purchase a motherboard that has options you do not intend to use. If the one you chose does all you need it to, there's no reason to spend more. Looks like a good combo to me.

-Wolf sends

 

[asoroka]

Is the budget just for the CPU and motherboard? Do you already have the RAM, PSU, Case and graphics card.

Do you intend to use onboard graphics?

You have chosen a good base, if you can stretch teh budget then I would recommend another 8GB of RAM. If you can't then can you get 2x4GB rather than 1x8GB.

 

[dave_39]

I have a budget of £500 in total. Just over £100 for the SSD and about £85 for 8 GB of ram. Intend using onboard graphics. That said, I have an older card from a previous setup gf210 which was ok. Was thinking that the CPU graphic would be superior.
Using existing case and 500w PS.

Thanks for the replies so far