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Witz96

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Approximate Purchase Date: e.g.: Thanksgiving Week

Budget Range: $950.00

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Internet, email, taxes

Are you buying a monitor: No

Parts to Upgrade: Everything(including MS Office 2010) except Monitor, mouse and keyboard

Do you need to buy OS: Yes

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: newegg.com

Location: Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Parts Preferences: Intel/AMD either one

Overclocking: No

SLI or Crossfire: No

Your Monitor Resolution: N/A

Additional Comments:

And Most Importantly, why are you upgrading: My Dad is still using his Win XP machine of 7 years. It is old and slow.
 
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maurelie
I think $950 is too much for office build, here is my suggestion

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD A8-5600K 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus F2A85-M PRO Micro ATX FM2 Motherboard ($92.49 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston HyperX 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($65.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Antec One ATX Mid Tower Case ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 300W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($50.98 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04...
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PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/24SSc
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/24SSc/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/24SSc/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($189.97 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85-HD3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($88.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Kingston 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($35.70 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Western Digital RE3 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.94 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R7 240 2GB Video Card ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Rosewill REDBONE ATX Mid Tower Case ($24.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($39.00 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NS95 DVD/CD Writer ($15.99 @ Microcenter)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (32/64-bit) ($109.99 @ Dell Small Business)
Total: $629.55
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-11-19 12:37 EST-0500)

^^That excludes Office.
 
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maurelie

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I think $950 is too much for office build, here is my suggestion

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD A8-5600K 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus F2A85-M PRO Micro ATX FM2 Motherboard ($92.49 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston HyperX 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($65.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Antec One ATX Mid Tower Case ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 300W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($50.98 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Other: Microsoft Office 2010 Home & Student 3-User ($179.00)
Total: $703.41
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-11-19 13:28 EST-0500)
 
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