New desktop PC for home ~£500 ?

[gables]

£1,019. Way way too pricey!

Umm, I just configured what I think you specced on www.gladiatorpc.co.uk for £366 inc VAT, that's this base:

Processor: Intel Pentium G3260 3.20GHz Dual Core
Graphics Card: Intel HD Graphics
Memory: 8GB DDR3 - 1600MHz
Storage: 1TB SATA III Hard Disk
Motherboard: Gigabyte H81M-DS2
Power Supply: 500W (Included with Case)
Case: IMP-M88 Micro ATX

plus 120GB Samsung SSD, Logitech keyboard and mouse, Windows 10

[missinggreenfields]

£1,019. Way way too pricey!

Depends what you put in - I'd be surprised if anywhere will do the same spec for the same kind of money, though.

The last one I specced was £3800, but I suspect that had a higher specification than the one you chose.

[northernladuk]

Don't forget to check IPSE Advantages to see if you can get a further discount on something you were going to buy anyway.

[CompulsiveArsonist]

+1 for PC Specialist

I bought my current computer from them and had a very good experience. I had a noisy graphics card which they sent a replacement for.
I managed to spec this for £515 inc. VAT. I didn't include a Windows Licence


Case
COOLERMASTER ELITE 311 BLUE CASE

Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5 Quad Core Processor i5-6400 (2.7GHz) 6MB Cache

Motherboard
ASUS® H110M-D D3: Micro-ATX, LG1151, USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs

Memory (RAM)
8GB Kingston DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz (1 x 8GB)

Graphics Card
1GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GT 740 - DVI, HDMI, VGA - 3D Vision Ready

1st Hard Disk
240GB KINGSTON UV400 2.5" SSD, SATA 6 Gb (550MB/R, 490MB/W)

2nd Hard Disk
1TB SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 32MB CACHE

1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM

Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT

Power Supply
CORSAIR 350W VS SERIES™ VS-350 POWER SUPPLY

Processor Cooling
Super Quiet Titan DragonFly Heatpipe Intel CPU Cooler (£19)

Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING

Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)

Wireless/Wired Networking
WIRELESS 802.11N 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD (£8)

USB Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS

Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)

Operating System
NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED

Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language

Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE

Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE

Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)

Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)

Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 5 to 7 working days

[VectraMan]

I recently bought a Novatech bare bones system ( i5 16GB ) for about £400. I had an SSD, 2xHDD and retail copy of Windows (honestly) going spare, but you could certainly buy an SSD and HDD for <£100 and stay within your budget.

Pretty pleased with it.

[ChimpMaster]

Is a graphics card needed for a home office PC?

I'm not talking about gaming. The kids might play YouTube vids and some kiddy games online, but that's about it.

[VectraMan]

Is a graphics card needed for a home office PC?

I'm not talking about gaming. The kids might play YouTube vids and some kiddy games online, but that's about it.

I can't see any reason not to use on board graphics for everything these days, unless you're a hardcore gamer.

[CompulsiveArsonist]

Is a graphics card needed for a home office PC?

I'm not talking about gaming. The kids might play YouTube vids and some kiddy games online, but that's about it.

Would be useful for doing a multi-monitor setup.

[d000hg]

Would be useful for doing a multi-monitor setup.

Surely you can do dual-monitor with onboard graphics these days?

[CompulsiveArsonist]

Surely you can do dual-monitor with onboard graphics these days?

It is possible if there is more than one VGA or HDMI port on the motherboard.
With the example I gave there is 1 x VGA and 1 x HDMI

Personally I would prefer to have a dedicated graphics card but on-board graphics these days is more than adequate.