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sephronis   10-15-2009 at 10:29:31 PM

APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: Within two weeks

BUDGET RANGE: 800-1000

SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: VMWare Workstation / MS Office / Basic IT support

PARTS REQUIRED: Everything

PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: Newegg.com but not opposed to giving consideration to others

PARTS PREFERENCES: Intel / SATA Components / DVD-DL Writer x 2/

OVERCLOCKING: Never

MONITOR RESOLUTION: 1920x1080 x 2

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: STABLE / QUIET / Raid 1 / Dual Widescreen 22" Monitors / NO OPEN BOX / Better than a dell :)

Software: Already have licenses. Nothing needed


Message edited by sephronis on 10-15-2009 at 11:41:09 PM
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Silver Home Brew badge shortstuff_mt   10-15-2009 at 10:32:43 PM

So you need two 22" monitors included in the $800 - $1000 budget? Your post isn't clear since you said "PARTS NOT REQUIRED: Everything". :)

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Bronze Home Brew badge dndhatcher   10-15-2009 at 11:16:46 PM

You wont get fired for buying a Dell. If you build it yourself and have problems that may not be the case. Something to consider for a business system.

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skittle   10-15-2009 at 11:31:03 PM

Software/OS?

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sephronis   10-15-2009 at 11:43:27 PM

Updated OP. I looked at getting a t105 or t100 from dell but I think I'd have to upgrade the power supply as it has no extra connectors and aftermarket video cards seem to be a problem. If I was to get a dell which model offers the best mix of stability and speed for my budget?

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sephronis   10-15-2009 at 11:52:17 PM

dndhatcher wrote :

You wont get fired for buying a Dell. If you build it yourself and have problems that may not be the case. Something to consider for a business system.



I've never had a computer I built die on me. It has just been a long time since I configured on on the low end and was looking for some good opinions and starting points. Usually I go bleeding edge for my personal systems.

Current machine
i7 950 / 12gb ram / SAS Raid 0 / GeForce GTX 295 x2 SLI / Windows 7

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Silver Home Brew badge shortstuff_mt   10-16-2009 at 12:11:46 AM

So you don't need an Operating System? I know you said you prefer Intel, but here's an AMD build that includes the OS and comes in just over $900.

 

Antec Three Hundred + BP430 Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 430W Power Supply - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6811129065 $79.95

AMD Athlon II X4 630 Propus 2.8GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket AM3 95W Quad-Core Processor - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819103704

GIGABYTE GA-MA785GPMT-UD2H AM3 AMD 785G HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813128399

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Comb [...] mbo.272136 $204.99 (CPU + motherboard combo)

G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL7D-4GBRH - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] kill%204gb $89.99

SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD502HJ 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6822152181 $54.99

SAMSUNG SH-S223B 22X SATA DVD Burner Black Drive Bulk
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/Prod [...] t=celebros $29.99

SAMSUNG SH-S223B 22X SATA DVD Burner Black Drive Bulk
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/Prod [...] t=celebros $29.99

ASUS VW224U Black 22" 2ms(GTG) Widescreen LCD Monitor w/ HDCP Support 300 cd/m2 1000:1 (ASCR 5000:1) Built in Speakers - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6824236050 $169.99 - $20.00 MIR

ASUS VW224U Black 22" 2ms(GTG) Widescreen LCD Monitor w/ HDCP Support 300 cd/m2 1000:1 (ASCR 5000:1) Built in Speakers - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6824236050 $169.99

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 1-Pack for System Builders - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6832116754 $99.99

Total - $929.87 - $20.00 MIR

 

If you don't need the OS, you could swap the CPU and motherboard for these.

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Comb [...] mbo.270438 (i5 750 + Gigabyte GA-P55M-UD2 combo) $299.99

 

If you add this low-end GPU with dual DVI your total will be $964.86.

 

SAPPHIRE 100274L Radeon HD 4350 1GB 64-bit GDDR2 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Retail $39.99


Message edited by shortstuff_mt on 10-16-2009 at 12:12:28 AM
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sephronis   10-16-2009 at 01:56:15 AM

Thanks for the help shortstuff_mt. I was just stuck on where to start lol!

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g138/sephronis/buildlist.jpg

Any ways I could improve on this? I've been digging through FW for some better deals on monitors.

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Silver Home Brew badge shortstuff_mt   10-16-2009 at 03:19:57 AM

You don't need the Arctic Silver since the factory HSF comes with thermal paste already applied. If you just want better paste, check out MX-2. It cools at least as well, doesn't have a cure time, and is non-conductive.

ARCTIC COOLING MX-2 Thermal Compound - Retail $7.98

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sephronis   10-16-2009 at 05:37:49 AM

How well will that video card push two monitors? Have you personally used those monitors?

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runswindows95   10-16-2009 at 05:56:42 AM

My daily workload is as follows:

Two Firefox Windows with three tabs each
Adobe Reader generally showing a 30MB+ file
VMWare Workstation running Server 2003
Remote Desktop
Eyebeam
Notepad
Excel 2007

I run all this with no problems on a Dell. It's a 2.53Ghz Core2Duo, 4GB of RAM, integrated X4500 graphics running two 22" monitors at 1680X1050, and Vista Business 32-bit. It runs all this for eight hours with no problems. For a work system, even though we are an IT company, we just buy Dells. Why? Cheaper, and someone else can handle replacing the motherboard.

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sephronis   10-16-2009 at 05:58:34 PM

runswindows95 wrote :

My daily workload is as follows:

Two Firefox Windows with three tabs each
Adobe Reader generally showing a 30MB+ file
VMWare Workstation running Server 2003
Remote Desktop
Eyebeam
Notepad
Excel 2007

I run all this with no problems on a Dell. It's a 2.53Ghz Core2Duo, 4GB of RAM, integrated X4500 graphics running two 22" monitors at 1680X1050, and Vista Business 32-bit. It runs all this for eight hours with no problems. For a work system, even though we are an IT company, we just buy Dells. Why? Cheaper, and someone else can handle replacing the motherboard.



Out of curiosity what is eyebeam?

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Silver Home Brew badge shortstuff_mt   10-16-2009 at 07:45:37 PM

It doesn't look like anything you'll be doing will require much graphics muscle at all. The 4350 will drive both monitors just fine for normal office stuff.

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