PC Build for Ecommerce+video editing

mrfungi

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Hey guys.

I'm looking to build a PC for someone for the main purpose of Ecommerce and, down the line, video editing. He wants a desktop PC with an emphasis on having 2x 24" touchscreen monitors due to eyesight problems, speed, security and obviously future proofing. I have only built PC's for the purpose of gaming in my life, so I'm not entirely sure if there's something else I need to consider. I want someone who has built or has a PC built for the purpose of Ecommerce to give some input.

I've put together this build so far.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor (£263.94 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG - H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler (£34.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Motherboard: ASRock - Z370 Pro4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£98.87 @ More Computers)
Memory: Kingston - FURY 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory (£159.98 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£80.75 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£67.19 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB Windforce OC Video Card (£184.98 @ Aria PC)
Case: Fractal Design - Define R4 w/Window (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case (£65.47 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - 450W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£70.47 @ Scan.co.uk)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Pro Full 32/64-bit (£181.97 @ More Computers)
Wireless Network Adapter: Gigabyte - GC-WB867D-I PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter (£24.40 @ Amazon UK)
Keyboard: Logitech - Wireless Combo MK270 Wireless Standard Keyboard w/Optical Mouse (£30.93 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £1263.94
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-02-20 13:25 GMT+0000

Do note that on pcpartpicker there are no touchscreen monitors, but I have found some that would amount to approximately £560-£580 for two which, including the PSU that's not listed with a price roughly £80 taking the total to around £1900.

Here is a slightly cheaper version I put together:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor (£151.14 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: be quiet! - Pure Rock Slim 35.1 CFM CPU Cooler (£21.12 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard (£73.72 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Team - Vulcan 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory (£169.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: SanDisk - SSD PLUS 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£66.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£67.19 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB Video Card (£176.39 @ Aria PC)
Case: Fractal Design - Define R4 w/Window (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case (£65.47 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Gold 450W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Pro Full 32/64-bit (£181.97 @ More Computers)
Wireless Network Adapter: Gigabyte - GC-WB867D-I PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter (£24.40 @ Amazon UK)
Keyboard: Logitech - Wireless Combo MK270 Wireless Standard Keyboard w/Optical Mouse (£30.93 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £1029.30
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-02-20 13:52 GMT+0000

Plus monitors and PSU, approx £1650

There is no set budget yet, just an idea we talked about and in my spare time said I'd look into for him.


Many thanks.
 
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E-Commerce is a broad category. I've dealt with people who do stock trading, run an online businesse, online accounting and other remote work. CPU and GPU wise they usually don't need anything special. If their video editing is just something simple like personal videos. When it comes to custom built. I believe in only using high quality parts. If they want cheap. They can buy a Dell and you can slap a large SSD and more RAM in it. If all they care about is price. I’d just do a Dell, ASUS or Lenovo which includes the GPU. Then upgrade the RAM and SSD yourself. You aren’t likely to beat the price.

CPU: Either is likely more than enough.

GPU: Don’t know how much they care about gaming. It’s probably fine.

RAM: I’d only use Crucial...

manddy123

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I like the second build better. The Ryzen setup is more appealing for me as he won't do gaming, so the raw power of the CoffeeLake isn't necessary IMHO.
Also, you can cut the cooler since AMD ships one within the 1600. Do get a faster RAM if possible 3000MHz should be the best and a better SSD

I'd make these changes:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor (£151.14 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard (£73.72 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LED 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£167.94 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£80.75 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£67.19 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB Video Card (£176.39 @ Aria PC)
Case: Fractal Design - Define R4 w/Window (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case (£65.47 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Gold 450W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Pro Full 32/64-bit (£181.97 @ More Computers)
Wireless Network Adapter: Gigabyte - GC-WB867D-I PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter (£24.40 @ Amazon UK)
Keyboard: Logitech - Wireless Combo MK270 Wireless Standard Keyboard w/Optical Mouse (£30.93 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £1019.90
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-02-20 14:35 GMT+0000
 
E-Commerce is a broad category. I've dealt with people who do stock trading, run an online businesse, online accounting and other remote work. CPU and GPU wise they usually don't need anything special. If their video editing is just something simple like personal videos. When it comes to custom built. I believe in only using high quality parts. If they want cheap. They can buy a Dell and you can slap a large SSD and more RAM in it. If all they care about is price. I’d just do a Dell, ASUS or Lenovo which includes the GPU. Then upgrade the RAM and SSD yourself. You aren’t likely to beat the price.

CPU: Either is likely more than enough.

GPU: Don’t know how much they care about gaming. It’s probably fine.

RAM: I’d only use Crucial or Corsair. If they are very active on the computer with numerous open tabs, multiple business programs running, VMs. They can use a lot of RAM. I don't know their uses. I have one who fully uses 24GB right now. They are ordering a new computer. So, I recommended 64GB. As 32GB won't last long at the rate they are increasing usage. I couldn't say what would be enough for Your client. I don't know their usage. Most are fine with 16GB. I look at their usage in binary intervals. 4GB, 8GB, 16GB, &c. If their current usage is more than half of a given tier. I recommend the next tier up. Say they use 9GB. That is over half of 16GB. Their new computer should be 32GB. So, that they most likely won’t have to worry for the next four or five years.

SSD: If the person is wealthier and wants a lot of speed. I'd suggest a larger SSD. If they are interested in video editing. I'm assuming they also have a lot of family photos. I'd do 1TB on the SSD. As you are building it for them. I'd only use Samsung. They won't care about £20 when it comes to reliability. NVMe if budget allows.

HDD: Hitachi (HGST), Toshiba, Western Digital. Someone anyone. Just not Seagate. They have a horrible record.

Backup: What are they going to do?

Input: They are going to use that keyboard and mouse all day. Get the Logitech MK700 set instead. It’s a very nice keyboard and mouse combo. I’m not aware of any wireless mechanical keyboard.

Motherboard: They want a custom computer. They want high quality. They don’t know what they need. You tell them why they need a good one. Use a high-quality unit. Not some bargain basement ASRock. ASUS Strix B350-f for the AMD and ASUS ROG Strix Z370-H or ASUS Prime at least ASUS TUF Z370 Pro Gaming.

PSU: I’d give them a little breathing room. You don’t want to come back in two years and say. You need a new PSU for that upgrade. Because I was trying to save you £15.

WiFi: The detached antenna is great. Since you want the antenna away from the case. I’d go with something at least AC1200 and dual or even triple antenna. Just keep the antenna detached like the Gigabyte.

Case: It’s probably fine. I’d go with something from a more premium brand. Such as Corsair, NZXT or Phanteks. The S340 and P400 are good units.

CPU Cooler: The Cryorig H7 is fine.

OS: Good you went with Pro and the full retail. So, they can transfer the license. Don’t forget to register it with their Microsoft account.

Monitors: I couldn’t say. The bigger the better. If they have poor eyesight.

Let them buy the parts. They pay you for the labor. Then you aren’t on the hook for a warrantee of the system. Which seems to be heavy in the UK. It also just makes warrantees less of a hassle. Charge them a consultation fee for selecting the parts for them. That way if they decide to do the work themselves. You still get paid for your time. Labor is much more profitable than markups on parts.
 
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mrfungi

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Thanks for your input guys.

This is what I've got going at the moment:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor (£263.94 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG - H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler (£34.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Motherboard: Asus - ROG Strix Z370-H Gaming ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£131.04 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-2400 Memory (£306.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£251.99 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Western Digital - BLACK SERIES 4TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£298.29 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB Windforce OC Video Card (£184.98 @ Aria PC)
Case: Phanteks - Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case (£85.22 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: Corsair - RMx 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£76.97 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Pro Full 32/64-bit (£181.97 @ More Computers)
Wireless Network Adapter: Gigabyte - GC-WB867D-I PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter (£24.40 @ Amazon UK)
Keyboard: Logitech - Wireless Combo MK270 Wireless Standard Keyboard w/Optical Mouse (£30.93 @ Amazon UK)
Speakers: Logitech - Z130 5W 2ch Speakers (£26.79 @ Kustom PCs)
External Storage: Western Digital - Elements 1TB External Hard Drive (£52.61 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £1951.11
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-02-20 20:38 GMT+0000

That's not including the £600 for 2x touchscreen monitors, so that takes it to £2551.11.

I'm going to run it by him and see what he says. Will have more of an idea budget wise and also more of an idea of what he wants.


Cheers guys.
 


Looks like a solid build.

I'd just find out what his backup needs are. In case he needs a large backup drive, redundant backups or just go to the cloud with Backblaze. I prefer Backblaze. If security is a concern. You can setup a custom encryption key. Just don't lose it! The advantages of Backblaze being you don't have to worry about fire, flood, theft, power surges, &c. While an external backup is susceptible.

If gaming is of greater importance. He might want a GTX 1060 6GB or Radeon Rx 580 8GB. For most gamers the GTX 1050 Ti is fine.