CPU for Productivity

Jakash

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I'm building a PC for my Mom. It's mainly for running Office & Quickbooks (NO gaming). What's a good CPU for this? I'm trying to keep the price of the whole machine down around $250 or less.

I've just finished building 4 machines but they were all high end gaming or video editing machines. I don't really know what's best for this type of machine.

 
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I was busy looking while others posted. This is about the lowest I would go, if building. I would still prefer an i3 though.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Pentium G3220 3.0GHz Dual-Core Processor ($59.50 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($49.98 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Blu 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Sentey CS1-1398 PLUS ATX Mid Tower Case ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($39.99 @ Microcenter)
Total: $244.45
(Prices include shipping, taxes...

Jakash

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Jan 30, 2014
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I already have a copy of Windows 8.1, a 500 GB HDD, and a CD drive.

Quickbooks requires at least a 2.4 GHz clock speed. I was having trouble finding a laptop that had that within my budget.
 

logainofhades

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I was busy looking while others posted. This is about the lowest I would go, if building. I would still prefer an i3 though.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Pentium G3220 3.0GHz Dual-Core Processor ($59.50 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($49.98 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Blu 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Sentey CS1-1398 PLUS ATX Mid Tower Case ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($39.99 @ Microcenter)
Total: $244.45
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-13 18:19 EDT-0400)
 
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