1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc Page layout and some graphic design. Nothing terribly high-end, though. For a print magazine.
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included? Let's say 500-700ish.
3) Which country do you live in? If the U.S, please tell us the state and city if possible. US, Area Code 65616
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. The word "Everything" is not a valid answer. Please list out all the parts you'll need. Let's say: Mobo, CPU, Ram, HDD, Possibly vid card, Optical Drive, PS, Case. Don't need a sound card, necesarily.
5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model. Nothing.
6) Will you be overclocking? No.
7) What is the max resolution of your monitor? What size is it? It's probably some 19 inch older monitor. Non-WS.
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC? This is just a plan atm, nothing set. Want to give her some numbers.
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? USB 3.0? SATA 6Gb/s? eSATA? Onboard video (as a backup or main GPU)? etc. Nothing in particular. We have a storage server already. About the only thing would probably be a 1GB/S NIC.
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license? If yes, what OS? Is it 32bit or 64bit? Possibly, but let's go with no; Need 32-bit, I'd imagine.
right now I'm just trying to get a feeler for my boss. We have an older comp that crapped the bed and she took it to Staples to find out the MOBO was dead. They quoted her $300 (I know nothing about the computer to try and tell you what the actual cost would be).
We don't *need* it right now, but should we need something new, I'd like to tell her a ballpark price and show her what it would get her.