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hitmanwa

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The wife is looking for a new computer for her business. There will be 2 systems and the only real things they'll be running is office and quickbooks? Would it be worth it to build one or just to buy a Dell, HP or whatever? If it would be better to build one what would your suggestions be? Unlimited budget btw.

Also looking into online storage. Anyone have any thoughts on this?

I thought there used to be a sticky with suggested builds at various budgets. Is it gone?

Thanks,
 
I would build it yourself...nothing like the satisfaction of building your own. :) ,for what shes wanting to do this should be more that enough. :)

Intel Core i3-2100 Sandy Bridge 3.1GHz 2 x 256KB L2 Cache 3MB L3 Cache LGA 1155 65W Dual-Core Desktop Processor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115078

GIGABYTE GA-H61M-D2P-B3 LGA 1155 Intel H61 Intel Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128482

CORSAIR XMS 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMX4GX3M2B1600C9
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145339

PowerColor Radeon HD 3450 512MB 64-bit DDR2
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131350

Seagate Barracuda ST31000524AS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148697

LITE-ON DVD Writer
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106333

Xigmatek ASGARD II B/B CPC-T45UC-U01 Black / Black 0.8 mm SECC / Aluminum and Aluminum Mesh Bezel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811815004

CORSAIR Builder Series CX430 V2 430W ATX12V v2.3 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139026

Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 64-bit - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116992

Total -$578.91.
 
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For those applications, $500 pre-build machine can do, but she could feel the machine a bit slow within 3-4 years. However, you could build a higher end pc for $800 - 1000 such that could last longer.
 
Nevakonaza proposed a sweet build. It's best to build a system because you get exactly what you want (no need to spend lots of money to get a pc with a big HDD and GPU you won't use) You get better quality parts and you avoid all the third party bloat ware.
 
i don't think that you will actually need an external graphics card. I built one for a shop and the integrated graphics on sandy bridge are actually quite good. Rated 5.1 on the Windows Experience index, just for an idea. Just my 2 cents
 
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