X-Mas Office Setup

P11 · 12-13-2005, 07:44 PM

Hey, im building a computer for a friend this christmas (his money of course

) and this will be used primary for office use. Chances are that no games will ever be installed on his computer, so remember stictly office work.
Please let me know what components would suit me best for this, heres the manufacturers i would like to stick to:

Asus
Intel
Cosair or OCZ
Nvidia or ATI
Vantec
Western Digital
Logitech
Sony

Thanks

liquidshadow · 12-13-2005, 07:47 PM

If it's for office work, I doubt the video card will matter all too much. Doesn't matter if it's Nvidia or ATi, it is your preference. If no games are to be played, just get a cheap Radeon 9200 or Nvidia Ti.

P11 · 12-13-2005, 07:57 PM

That should already be automatically assumed. No higher than a 9600xt or fx5500. Unless under $100

Thechefxxxv · 12-13-2005, 08:20 PM

Yea, and for a Superofficeman you should get a Pentium D 820 or 830. 1 gig of RAM would be sufficent for a SUPER office PC, and a very low end graphics card. At newegg I found a REALLY cheap 320 gb drive for like 130 bucks, but I can't link it to you now beacuse this computer only supports one IE window

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Thechefxxxv · 12-13-2005, 08:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by P11

That should already be automatically assumed. No higher than a 9600xt or fx5500. Unless under $100

You would probably be going for less than 50$ beacuse the ATi X700 and X1300 are less than 100$ and they would be SUPER overkill for this PC.

shupola · 12-13-2005, 08:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by P11

That should already be automatically assumed. No higher than a 9600xt or fx5500. Unless under $100

of, just forget a gpu altogether and stick w/ integrated unless of course this guy does some kind of graphic intense word processing

liquidshadow · 12-13-2005, 08:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by P11

Asus
Intel
Cosair or OCZ
Nvidia or ATI
Vantec
Western Digital
Logitech
Sony

Why those specific brands? You can get better products from different brands. AGP or PCI-e?
SPECIFY WHAT YOU WANT FROM EACH OF THESE BRANDS. I will not include a case.

ASUS P5GD1-VM $93
Intel P4 530J $190
Corsair VALUE DDR2 512mb $40
Sapphire X700 $90
Western Digital 250GB $115
Artic Freezer $35
Logitech LX700 Cordless $80 (without rebate)
Sony DDU1615 Drive $22
~$630

P11 · 12-13-2005, 08:47 PM

ops, i forgot to mention his budget is 1500-2000 CAD. So we can go up to socket 995, along with PCIe, and 1 gig of ram.

liquidshadow · 12-13-2005, 08:52 PM

There is no socket 995. The highest socket right now is 940 and that is an AMD, not Intel like you requested...

P11 · 12-13-2005, 10:55 PM

That is true, intel does only have socket 775. My mistake i misread the series number 955.

12-13-2005, 07:44 PM	#1 (permalink)
P11 VIP Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Toronto Age: 19 Posts: 1,309	X-Mas Office Setup Hey, im building a computer for a friend this christmas (his money of course ) and this will be used primary for office use. Chances are that no games will ever be installed on his computer, so remember stictly office work. Please let me know what components would suit me best for this, heres the manufacturers i would like to stick to: Asus Intel Cosair or OCZ Nvidia or ATI Vantec Western Digital Logitech Sony Thanks __________________ Asus K8V-SE Deluxe AMD 64 3400+ 2.56 Ghz Cosair 1.5 GB PC-3200 400Mhz Enermax 535W/SLI-Ready/12V @38A 250GB Western Digital HD 8mb cache IDE 320GB Western Digital My Book Premium External HD Sony DVD+RW/+R Double Layer burner drive Logitech MX5000 Bluetooth Combo ATI X850XT 256MB ;) Diablotek Samurai ATX Case 3DMark03 PC Exposure : www.pcexposure.com

12-13-2005, 07:47 PM	#2 (permalink)
liquidshadow Diamond Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Virginia, USA Posts: 1,030	If it's for office work, I doubt the video card will matter all too much. Doesn't matter if it's Nvidia or ATi, it is your preference. If no games are to be played, just get a cheap Radeon 9200 or Nvidia Ti. __________________ Intel Q6600 \| D-Tek Fuzion Block Asus P5K Deluxe \| Swiftech MCR320 Rad G-Skill 4GB \| Swiftech MCRES-MICRO Res WD Raptor 150 \| EK FC8800 GTX Block Seagate 320GB \| 3 * Yate Loon DM12SL Samsung S182 \| Swiftech MCP655 Pump Coolmax 700W Antec P180b BUY MY STuff: http://www.computerforum.com/80556-comp.html

12-13-2005, 07:57 PM	#3 (permalink)
P11 VIP Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Toronto Age: 19 Posts: 1,309	That should already be automatically assumed. No higher than a 9600xt or fx5500. Unless under $100 __________________ Asus K8V-SE Deluxe AMD 64 3400+ 2.56 Ghz Cosair 1.5 GB PC-3200 400Mhz Enermax 535W/SLI-Ready/12V @38A 250GB Western Digital HD 8mb cache IDE 320GB Western Digital My Book Premium External HD Sony DVD+RW/+R Double Layer burner drive Logitech MX5000 Bluetooth Combo ATI X850XT 256MB ;) Diablotek Samurai ATX Case 3DMark03 PC Exposure : www.pcexposure.com

12-13-2005, 08:47 PM	#8 (permalink)
P11 VIP Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Toronto Age: 19 Posts: 1,309	ops, i forgot to mention his budget is 1500-2000 CAD. So we can go up to socket 995, along with PCIe, and 1 gig of ram. __________________ Asus K8V-SE Deluxe AMD 64 3400+ 2.56 Ghz Cosair 1.5 GB PC-3200 400Mhz Enermax 535W/SLI-Ready/12V @38A 250GB Western Digital HD 8mb cache IDE 320GB Western Digital My Book Premium External HD Sony DVD+RW/+R Double Layer burner drive Logitech MX5000 Bluetooth Combo ATI X850XT 256MB ;) Diablotek Samurai ATX Case 3DMark03 PC Exposure : www.pcexposure.com

12-13-2005, 08:52 PM	#9 (permalink)
liquidshadow Diamond Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Virginia, USA Posts: 1,030	There is no socket 995. The highest socket right now is 940 and that is an AMD, not Intel like you requested... __________________ Intel Q6600 \| D-Tek Fuzion Block Asus P5K Deluxe \| Swiftech MCR320 Rad G-Skill 4GB \| Swiftech MCRES-MICRO Res WD Raptor 150 \| EK FC8800 GTX Block Seagate 320GB \| 3 * Yate Loon DM12SL Samsung S182 \| Swiftech MCP655 Pump Coolmax 700W Antec P180b BUY MY STuff: http://www.computerforum.com/80556-comp.html

12-13-2005, 08:20 PM	#4 (permalink)
Thechefxxxv Silver Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: South of Lumbridge Posts: 205	Yea, and for a Superofficeman you should get a Pentium D 820 or 830. 1 gig of RAM would be sufficent for a SUPER office PC, and a very low end graphics card. At newegg I found a REALLY cheap 320 gb drive for like 130 bucks, but I can't link it to you now beacuse this computer only supports one IE window .

12-13-2005, 10:55 PM	#10 (permalink)
P11 VIP Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Toronto Age: 19 Posts: 1,309	That is true, intel does only have socket 775. My mistake i misread the series number 955. __________________ Asus K8V-SE Deluxe AMD 64 3400+ 2.56 Ghz Cosair 1.5 GB PC-3200 400Mhz Enermax 535W/SLI-Ready/12V @38A 250GB Western Digital HD 8mb cache IDE 320GB Western Digital My Book Premium External HD Sony DVD+RW/+R Double Layer burner drive Logitech MX5000 Bluetooth Combo ATI X850XT 256MB ;) Diablotek Samurai ATX Case 3DMark03 PC Exposure : www.pcexposure.com

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