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Hey guys, I just need some perspective from other people on this new build I will be doing.

A family friends wants me to build them a home and office PC that is fast. They will mainly be doing work with tax programs, databases plus the MS Office Suite and just other everyday activities. Price is not a big issue here.

I will be buying the parts from http://pccasegear.com/ but I will be drafting the parts from http://au.pcpartpicker.com/ . The prices here in Australia are bit more expensive than on Amazon/Newegg etc, so don't be surprised.

I normally build gaming PCs so these parts may seem overkill, but they want performance, even though it's not for gaming.

http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/1IQta

I have a feeling the PSU (Corsair TX650 V2) is a bit overkill, but there weren't a lot of options from pcpartpicker, so I'll probably pick something else directly from pccasegear, does anyone have any recommendations?

Is 2TB too much here? I have personally never used over 1TB, but my family friend might need to store a lot of client info, even then, is 2TB necessary? Remember, money isn't a big issue here.

Thanks, I really do appreciate insight from other people.
 
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The build seems solid. 2TB is not that much more expensive than 1TB so I would go for it. Make sure to run the OS and applications off of the SSD and then store your files on the HDD. You do seem to have a lot of high performance parts. You can get cheaper RAM, a cheaper PSU, a cheaper case, and a cheaper SSD. But if you would prefer to spend the money for the marginal better performance that is fine. The PSU is very overkill, I would get a much cheaper one if I were you. There is no reason to have that amount of wattage for that build.
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The build seems solid. 2TB is not that much more expensive than 1TB so I would go for it. Make sure to run the OS and applications off of the SSD and then store your files on the HDD. You do seem to have a lot of high performance parts. You can get cheaper RAM, a cheaper PSU, a cheaper case, and a cheaper SSD. But if you would prefer to spend the money for the marginal better performance that is fine. The PSU is very overkill, I would get a much cheaper one if I were you. There is no reason to have that amount of wattage for that build.
 
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So does anyone have any suggestions to StarTrek's recommendations? "You can get cheaper RAM, a cheaper PSU, a cheaper case, and a cheaper SSD. But if you would prefer to spend the money for the marginal better performance that is fine. The PSU is very overkill, I would get a much cheaper one if I were you. There is no reason to have that amount of wattage for that build."
 
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I have changed some parts, here is my current build status. The original will still be linked to at the top.
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Thanks for feedback, but I really do not think she will need hyperthreading especially such a powerful CPU like that. Although the price is not really an issue here, I don't see needing these high end parts.

I don't think they are going to run financial analysis. It's mainly archiving and just writing down stuff using MYOB and thats about it.

They already have monitors from some gift deal as well as keyboard and mice.
 
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