Building an office PC

Get the i3-3220. Should be roughly same price, but around 10% better clock for clock.
Also lower TDP, meaning less power consumption and cooler operation.
 
I would agree with the idea to not buy a SSD. I think of everyone else I know who uses a computer. Most of them would not fully understand the idea of two drive for saving and loading or at the very least which drive should store what.

Keep it simple for the end user. This is a computer forum so we are used to these extra features. From my experience the general public wants functional simplicity. I would bear this in mind while building for a family member or friend.
 
I agree with zeppeling04 on this. I find that most people don't understand how to use and differentiate two separate disks.
 
Score one for Xarik ;D lol...If it's a luxury then it's probably not needed for the general use...Don't forget a CD drive and stuff :P
 
xarik said:
Score one for Xarik ;D lol...If it's a luxury then it's probably not needed for the general use...Don't forget a CD drive and stuff :P
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I would agree. Many of the items that would be nice to have in a build will probably not be of much benefit in general use. Even the system I built for myself is more than I need. I game but not near as much as I had planned. Do I need max settings for every game I play? Probably not.

I would honestly probably compare an office PC build to a premade dell or something of the sort. They probably know what is really necessary when performing work related tasks. The bulk of the programs I can imagine seeing use couldn't be very resource hungry.
 
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