It's been 5 years so it's time for a new custom built desktop pc. I'd like component recommendations for a first class desktop business computer - spreadsheets, word processing, 2d cad and heavy internet browsing, no gaming. Budget is +/- $1,200 not including keyboard, mouse, or screen. What components should I buy?
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Custom Desktop Build - What components
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If you don't do gaming, you can also get a board with on board video /audio. I use these for the office with no issues. Of course we don't listen to Wagner here.
A couple of thoughts:
I just upgraded to 8gm ram and I find the difference more than noticeable.
I assume you have a screen, but bigger screens are pretty affordable these days.
Considered SSD?
If I were getting a new toy, it would probably be a new pen input pad.
I have a Cooler Master case with clips rather than screws. I can clip off the side panel or slide out the drive bays. Nice.
I suspect there are no video cards or boards without HDMI, but you should definitely get it.
Front bay card reader, if not provided.
Front bay USB panel if not provided.
I love Vacunita's list and like the others. You an also get a leg up on costs by picking up a "kit" from Tiger or Newegg: I've resorted to Tiger's salespeople in the past, and they have never steered me wrong. I'd go I7 on the drive. I generally find after I put something together based on current standards that it is out of use in two years at the most. (I mean by that that, if I want to change something, I need to get all new components). Ergo, go with the newest.
You'd have to buy the parts there, but if you are in the Bay Area, Central Computing does a good job of putting the pieces together. I tend to get boneheaded and do it myself, then wonder why I didn't give it to them. Fry's surely does too.
A couple of thoughts:
I just upgraded to 8gm ram and I find the difference more than noticeable.
I assume you have a screen, but bigger screens are pretty affordable these days.
Considered SSD?
If I were getting a new toy, it would probably be a new pen input pad.
I have a Cooler Master case with clips rather than screws. I can clip off the side panel or slide out the drive bays. Nice.
I suspect there are no video cards or boards without HDMI, but you should definitely get it.
Front bay card reader, if not provided.
Front bay USB panel if not provided.
I love Vacunita's list and like the others. You an also get a leg up on costs by picking up a "kit" from Tiger or Newegg: I've resorted to Tiger's salespeople in the past, and they have never steered me wrong. I'd go I7 on the drive. I generally find after I put something together based on current standards that it is out of use in two years at the most. (I mean by that that, if I want to change something, I need to get all new components). Ergo, go with the newest.
You'd have to buy the parts there, but if you are in the Bay Area, Central Computing does a good job of putting the pieces together. I tend to get boneheaded and do it myself, then wonder why I didn't give it to them. Fry's surely does too.
>> Thanks. Cultural gap. Had no clue.
No problem, being a biker computer nerd I tend to forget that others may not have the same influence in life that I've had... I probably would've been just as clueless if I had grown up only in the US, where Hawgs and two wheeled RiceBurners predominate...
Ben
"If it works don't fix it! If it doesn't use a sledgehammer..."
How to ask a question, when posting them to a professional forum.
Only ask questions with yes/no answers if you want "yes" or "no"
No problem, being a biker computer nerd I tend to forget that others may not have the same influence in life that I've had... I probably would've been just as clueless if I had grown up only in the US, where Hawgs and two wheeled RiceBurners predominate...
Ben
"If it works don't fix it! If it doesn't use a sledgehammer..."
How to ask a question, when posting them to a professional forum.
Only ask questions with yes/no answers if you want "yes" or "no"
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Back again. I appreciated the NewEgg list from Vacunita and jlockley's Fry's suggestion. I actually went by Fry's with this whole deal and they gave me a list of parts - a "kit", if you will - which included a fee for screwing it all together (pretty cheap I thought < $100 IIRC). I'm thinking that might be a good idea but I would appreciate any comments as to whether that's a good way to get the parts assembled.
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