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[Coulter45]

I need to build a computer for my business. This will be used for excel, light internet and a pos software system. The specs for the pos system are not to intensive. I want to set up a dual monitors in my office. I took this from a build in a previous thread. Would this be able to run dual monitors and any suggestions on cheap 20-22 inch monitors. Looking for the best bang for the buck and cheap. Thanks


Newegg.com - GIGABYTE gz-ph2a3 Black SGCC ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

Newegg.com - Antec Basiq BP430 430W Continuous Power ATX12V Version 2.2 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply

Newegg.com - ASUS M4N68T-M V2 AM3 NVIDIA Geforce 7025/nForce 630a Micro ATX AMD Motherboard

Newegg.com - AMD Athlon II X4 640 Propus 3.0GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket AM3 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor ADX640WFGMBOX

Newegg.com - CORSAIR 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 Desktop Memory Model CMV4GX3M2A1333C9

Link to the other thread.

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[birddog_61]

Im not an amd builder so I couldn't tell you about that part of your build. However this power supply is a few bucks cheaper and is a very good unit.
Newegg.com - CORSAIR Builder Series CX430 CMPSU-430CX 430W ATX12V Active PFC Power Supply

Not telling you to switch because the Antec is also very good and has dual 12v rails instead of 1 however you may not want 2 rails and can save a few bucks with the corsair.

[flanzig1]

If you want 2 monitors, would look for a low end video card with dual DVI outputs.
And for monitors, Acers are pretty good for the budget minded.

[jdeb]

Originally Posted by birddog_61 Im not an amd builder so I couldn't tell you about that part of your build. However this power supply is a few bucks cheaper and is a very good unit. Newegg.com - CORSAIR Builder Series CX430 CMPSU-430CX 430W ATX12V Active PFC Power Supply Not telling you to switch because the Antec is also very good and has dual 12v rails instead of 1 however you may not want 2 rails and can save a few bucks with the corsair.

I would not use that builders series from Corsair. They are not the same quality.

[birddog_61]

Originally Posted by jdeb I would not use that builders series from Corsair. They are not the same quality.

Corsair CX430 430W power supply Review

If jonnyguru likes it then its good enough for me, it tested very well.

[edfair]

I understand the desire to build something but for the use you are contemplating you would probably be better off to buy an off-lease computer from a used computer store. Even possibly two.

I've built my share but am no longer that enthused about custom stuff for run of the mill applications.

[jdeb]

The capacitors they use in that is enough for me too pass on it. If I new that before I bought a dozen of them, never would have made the purchase. First one in build went bad in less than 30 days, so I sent them all back. glc warned me and he was right. Anyway, they are not the worst power supply's I have seen and they may be fine but too me, not worth the chance.

We had a brown out (freezing rain) in the area I live in a couple of weeks ago and business has been steady with bad power supply's. 3 (2 bestec, coolmax) out of 10 had cheap power supply's in them, all three took motherboards with them. The other 7 were replacements. Not one of my builds came in that were from the area.

Systems come with either one of these depending on need

http://www.apc.com/resource/include/...basket=3945,4c

http://www.apc.com/products/resource...base_sku=LE600

[glc]

For the same price as the Basiq 430, I'd prefer the Earthwatts 380D.

Basiq = FSP
Earthwatts D = Delta
Corsair CX = Channel Well

[David M]

Warranty lengths will give you a sense of how long manufacturers trust their own products to last. For PSU's I would not get one with a warranty under 5 years. PSU's can cause much damage to other hardware when they fail and the PSU manufacturers are not going to cover your additional damage. Nor are hardware manufacturers going to cover PSU damage, it's not their product that caused the failure. In that respect you are to a degree on your own with a PSU, it had better be an excellent one.

[Coulter45]

Here is my updated specs for my build. Please take a look at my graphics card and let me know if this will work with my mobo. Right now my build is right around $330 which is less than what I figured I would be spending. Thanks in advance.

Case - Newegg.com - GIGABYTE gz-ph2a3 Black SGCC ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

power supply - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817371033

mobo - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131669

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103871

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145278

http://www.amazon.com/HIS-Radeon-Pro...pr_product_top

[glc]

I need someone to verify, but I believe this motherboard supports dual displays with the onboard video:

Newegg.com - ASUS M4A78LT-M AM3 AMD 760G HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard

If it doesn't, this card is cheaper:

Newegg.com - PowerColor AX3450 256MD2-HV2 Radeon HD 3450 256MB 64-bit DDR2 PCI Express 2.0 x16 Low Profile Ready Video Card

What are you going to use for an optical and hard drive?

For monitors, look at the Asus models with LED backlights.

[Coulter45]

I was thinking of going with this Acer monitor. It is currently $99 thru New Egg.

Newegg.com - Acer S201HLbd Black 20" 5ms LED-Backlight LCD monitor 250 cd/m2 ACM 12,000,000:1 (1000:1)

Hard Drive - Newegg.com - Western Digital Caviar Black WD5001AALS 500GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

Optical - Newegg.com - LG Black 22X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA DVD±RW SuperMulti Drive - CD / DVD Burners


Thanks GLC I appreciate your comments.

[glc]

An Acer should be okay, but they aren't quite as reliable as Asus. At least it does have a 3 year warranty and Acer's monitor RMA process is decent.