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09-11-2006, 11:05 AM
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Building PC for a friend - need suggestions
My friend is starting his own business and wanted me to build him a pc. I built my own about a month ago and it runs fine for the general stuff I do. All he is going to use this for is internet and Business apps like MS money and some other proprietary business management software.
Atleast thats all he says he will need it for - I going to guess he will be listening to music and maybe burning cd's or something like that. Below I have listed the parts I used in my own. I gave him a bid of $875 because that is what I spent on my own. Let me know if you think this will be efficient enough for him. Mobo: http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16813131517 Proc: http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16819103539 Mem: http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16820145440 PSU: http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16817153023 Dvd Rom http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16827152058 FDD: http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16821103203 HDD: - May end up going SATA on this with the sale at compusa. http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16822144122 Case: http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16811119068 Cheap Vid Card: (hes not computer literate enough to play games, but he may end up going with dual flat panels) http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16814131415 Monitor: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16824009091 Let me now what you guys think of this setup and, if you dont mine, give me suggestions. I would like to keep the price somewhere around where I quoted him at. |
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09-11-2006, 12:10 PM
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Good start there, but I'd do things a little differently for an office PC.
First, no need for an SLI motherboard (required for high end gaming systems only). Switch to an Asus A8N5X. Dual core processors are the way to go now, and I'd normally recommend the 3800+ X2 as the best 'bang for the buck' processor that AMD offer. In reality, though, for a PC that will run MS money and business software, a dual core could be considered overkill. A bog standard 3200+ would Easily run those programs and more. Good choice on the RAM, but I'd skip on that Power Supply. It's not ATX2 spec that's required for a PCI-Express build. I'd get the Antec Sonata II case - which comes with a quality ATX2 Dual Rail 450w power supply. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811129155 You Should get a SATA hard drive - newer technology than PATA (IDE). Western Digital and Seagate are the brands I'd recommend. You might want to consider a video card with Dual DVI output for running two Flat Screen monitors, but to achieve this, you'll have to spend $80 on the video card. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814150162 Even if you don't end up spending that much, I'd skip the card you chose - it's a 'hypermemory' model which steals system RAM, defeating the whole object of getting a dedicated video card. I'd recommend this as a cheaper option to the Nvidia card I linked to previously: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814102001 You'll need an operating system. Windows XP Home OEM is around $90 FK
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09-11-2006, 12:10 PM
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The mother board could be dropped to a non SLI and save some bucks. And I would go with an Antec PSU. And don't forget an OS.
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09-11-2006, 01:12 PM
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so this CPU:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103562 would be better than this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103529 I'm sure he would fork up the additional 50$ for a noticeably faster cpu |
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09-11-2006, 01:24 PM
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'Noticably different' depends only on the applications he is using. Using the programs you stated, I doubt he would notice the benefits of a dual core processor over a lower end A64 single core processor. That said, dual cores do help with multitasking.
My advice is - if you're going to spend any more on the processor than a 3200+, then go with the 3800 X2, purely for 'value for money' reasons. FK |
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09-11-2006, 01:32 PM
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Cool, thanks for all the help!
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09-11-2006, 03:17 PM
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here is a great hard drive that i will be using in my next build http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136009
its sata and has a 16mb buffer Last edited by dogdude16; 09-11-2006 at 03:19 PM. |
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09-11-2006, 03:58 PM
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Great drive - but this 250GB version is only a couple of $$ more expensive for much more storage when you take advantage of the Mail in Rebate.
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09-11-2006, 07:35 PM
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Parts were ordered around 1pm cst today and they are already in transit - new egg must have a load of meth freaks working for them.
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