Hi everyone;
I'm trying to convince my boss to upgrade our god-awful machines at work, and in order to do that I've got to make the price as attractive as possible. I specced out a machine earlier today that clocked in at $288, but I'm seeing how much value I can squeeze out of that.
These computers will be used mostly for office work in a car dealership where people will be running multiple Office 2007-level programs at the same time.
We will not need to purchase monitors, keyboards, speakers or operating systems. I would prefer to build with Intel parts, but I'm not prejudice against AMD... Just haven't used them before.
Here is what I currently have:
Antec Three Hundred + BP430 Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 430W Power Supply - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129065
BIOSTAR G31E-M7 LGA 775 Intel G31 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138145
Intel Pentium E5200 Wolfdale 2.5GHz 2MB L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116072
G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-6400CL5D-2GBNQ - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231098
SONY Black 18X DVD-ROM 48X CD-ROM SATA DVD-ROM Drive Model DDU1681S-0B - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827118031
Other thoughts: I would prefer to use a full sized ATX motherboard. Didn't realize the one I have here is an mATX. Computer silence is a big deal too; the ones we have now sound like a crop duster taking off. $280 is the sweet spot, and NewEgg.com is where we'd like to buy our parts.
Also, One of the selling points needs to be that these computers can be upgraded to Windows 7 at some point in the future and be incrementally upgraded so as to prevent having to buy brand new machines in a few years.
Thanks!
I'm trying to convince my boss to upgrade our god-awful machines at work, and in order to do that I've got to make the price as attractive as possible. I specced out a machine earlier today that clocked in at $288, but I'm seeing how much value I can squeeze out of that.
These computers will be used mostly for office work in a car dealership where people will be running multiple Office 2007-level programs at the same time.
We will not need to purchase monitors, keyboards, speakers or operating systems. I would prefer to build with Intel parts, but I'm not prejudice against AMD... Just haven't used them before.
Here is what I currently have:
Antec Three Hundred + BP430 Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 430W Power Supply - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129065
BIOSTAR G31E-M7 LGA 775 Intel G31 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138145
Intel Pentium E5200 Wolfdale 2.5GHz 2MB L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116072
G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-6400CL5D-2GBNQ - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231098
SONY Black 18X DVD-ROM 48X CD-ROM SATA DVD-ROM Drive Model DDU1681S-0B - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827118031
Other thoughts: I would prefer to use a full sized ATX motherboard. Didn't realize the one I have here is an mATX. Computer silence is a big deal too; the ones we have now sound like a crop duster taking off. $280 is the sweet spot, and NewEgg.com is where we'd like to buy our parts.
Also, One of the selling points needs to be that these computers can be upgraded to Windows 7 at some point in the future and be incrementally upgraded so as to prevent having to buy brand new machines in a few years.
Thanks!