A Good Build? For an Office Computer

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All this thing has to do is run Quickbooks, Firefox, Online credit card transactions, and some Office docs. I need to build 5 of these, all I lack is a PSU.




What do you think?


Thanks
 
Thats a nice build for an office computer it costs you about 440 how much would you sell it at a small biz? (saw your other post)
 
Itanda said:
Thats a nice build for an office computer it costs you about 440 how much would you sell it at a small biz? (saw your other post)
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After I get the PSU, I would sell it for $600 each. They can worry about the monitor, keyboard, mouse, etc. Most ppl can hook up a monitor, I might be exaggerating that though. If I included a monitor and stuff, I would probably go $800.
 
maybe get a bigger HDD its a cheap upgrade that stupid people buying your PCs will think is a massive upgrade
 
firsttimebuilder said:
maybe get a bigger HDD its a cheap upgrade that stupid people buying your PCs will think is a massive upgrade
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I'm not like Dell, lol. These ppl are running 16Gb drives and I have already put in a network storage system. I take care of them, these guys have always trusted me, unlike the other biz.
 
Well change the hdd to 160gb anyway the difference isn't that big in $ and they will appreciate it, btw where is the psu?
 
chupacabra said:
More space reduces the amounts of backups you have to do weekly/monthly
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Actually that is incorrect. Businesses, you will find, backup every day regardless of the amount of data they have. Offices hardly use anymore than around 20gig anyway (in this case 16!). So if they have 80gig HDD's or 150gig HDD's and only have 16 gigs worth of storage when using either, they still need to backup all 16gig of storage. Hence the size not really making a difference on how often they do backups. Plus having a more centralised storage unit for a network instead of having larger HDD's within each individual machine makes it a hell of a lot easier to backup all of the data. For example, when backing up one storage unit (external HDD for example) you only have to backup from the one location. Where as if it were on individual machines HDD's due to their sizes, it would be a bugger having to go to each machine and backing up the data manually if stored locally, and not within the network.

80gig is perfectly fine for an office machine. If they go over that or require more than that for basic office work I'll eat my hat.

Quick question though. If it's an office computer, wouldn't it require MS Office? And also, I'm sure you could save a few bucks by getting a cheaper case. They hardly need anything fancy for an office and I'm sure you can get a more than suitable replacement at a cheaper price just to save a few bucks your end :)

Breaks.
 
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Breaks said:
Actually that is incorrect. Businesses, you will find, backup every day regardless of the amount of data they have. Offices hardly use anymore than around 20gig anyway (in this case 16!). So if they have 80gig HDD's or 150gig HDD's and only have 16 gigs worth of storage when using either, they still need to backup all 16gig of storage. Hence the size not really making a difference on how often they do backups. Plus having a more centralised storage unit for a network instead of having larger HDD's within each individual machine makes it a hell of a lot easier to backup all of the data. For example, when backing up one storage unit (external HDD for example) you only have to backup from the one location. Where as if it were on individual machines HDD's due to their sizes, it would be a bugger having to go to each machine and backing up the data manually if stored locally, and not within the network.

80gig is perfectly fine for an office machine. If they go over that or require more than that for basic office work I'll eat my hat.

Quick question though. If it's an office computer, wouldn't it require MS Office? And also, I'm sure you could save a few bucks by getting a cheaper case. They hardly need anything fancy for an office and I'm sure you can get a more than suitable replacement at a cheaper price just to save a few bucks your end :)

Breaks.
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I gotta friend who can cut me a deal on a LEGAL Office license. I like that case b/c it turns the board upside down and makes it easier to work with. I am actually looking for something I can repair quickly, if needed. I have got the DSL and Network close to perfection, a few security upgrades and I am there.
 
You could become a Microsoft partner, it looks better and you can get cheaper OS's etc... With this you can either drop prices or increase profit.
 
GCR said:
You could become a Microsoft partner, it looks better and you can get cheaper OS's etc... With this you can either drop prices or increase profit.
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Microsoft would want to partner with someone that just builds systems less than 8 times a year. Would they?




Thanks for reps
 
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