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millerd79

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I am looking to spend $400 or less on a home office computer. I would like the capability to have 2-3 monitors hooked up.

Really all I do is build websites, use MS office and surf the web.

I need it to be snappy, I hate waiting for things to load.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
 
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This is with a slightly higher performance card that HAS native displayport capability. You will still need at least one monitor with displayport input or an active displayport to DVI or HDMI adapter for displays without displayport.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($68.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A68HM-H Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($44.67 @ Amazon)
Memory: Mushkin Silverline 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Sandisk SSD PLUS 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($44.99 @ Micro Center)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal...
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Tech Z

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if your looking to build a computer with a $400 budget then you may want to consider an AMD processor because its cheaper.
Possibly a AMD A10 with integrated graphics will suit your basic needs.
 
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How do you propose you're going to run three monitors off integrated graphics? Maybe, maybe, on the newer IRIS graphics, but that means an Intel chip which is not going to fit within a 400 dollar budget.
 
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Tech Z

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With a 400$ budget you wont be able to buy a decent gpu that will handle 3 monitors
so you might aswell go with one monitor and a decent apu
 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($68.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A68HM-H Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($44.67 @ Amazon)
Memory: Mushkin Silverline 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Sandisk SSD PLUS 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($44.99 @ Micro Center)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($47.99 @ Best Buy)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R7 240 2GB Video Card ($64.99 @ Micro Center)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($32.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: Antec 450W ATX Power Supply ($32.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24F1ST DVD/CD Writer ($13.00 @ Newegg)
Total: $395.60
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-17 21:57 EDT-0400
 
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millerd79

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I have the basics and the os.
 
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Then that build I posted should be more than enough for what you need and you can use 3 displays but that card can only drive two non-DP screens at once. You need an active displayport-DVI adapter and at least one DP-capable display. I'll look for another card that may have native displayport that fits the budget.
 
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This is with a slightly higher performance card that HAS native displayport capability. You will still need at least one monitor with displayport input or an active displayport to DVI or HDMI adapter for displays without displayport.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($68.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A68HM-H Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($44.67 @ Amazon)
Memory: Mushkin Silverline 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Sandisk SSD PLUS 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($44.99 @ Micro Center)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($47.99 @ Best Buy)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R7 250 1GB Eyefinity Edition Video Card ($86.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($32.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: Antec 450W ATX Power Supply ($32.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24F1ST DVD/CD Writer ($13.00 @ Newegg)
Total: $417.60
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-17 22:23 EDT-0400
 
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