Help me build a CPA work computer!

[gabzor]

1) What will you be doing with this PC?
Excel, Quickbooks, ACT!, Internet Browsing, Light photoshoping
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
Not sure, but probably $400 - 600$ MAX
3) Which country do you live in? If the U.S, please tell us the state and city if possible.
Los Angeles, CA, USA
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget?
CPU, CPU COOLER, Case, PSU, Ram, Maybe videocard, Maybe secondary HDD
5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing?
Samsung 128GB 830 Series SSD
6) Will you be overclocking?
Deferentially Not
7) What is the max resolution of your monitor? What size is it?
Not sure, but 2x 22" or 23" LCD's
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
Now
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support?
Sata 3.0, Dual display (or video card option)
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license?
Yes, both windows 7 professional 32bit, and 64bit but need to make sure all his programs work, especially ACT! 2000

So I have a CPA client, uses dual displays as mentioned above, not too sure what to get him i think an i3 would be plenty, or even the amds.. but he does have dual display, and i think he wants hdmi via addon, or integrated.

System obviously needs to be cool and stable, as he is mostly using it for his CPA work

I'm considering getting him a second hardrive for all his cache and stuff, but he puts his work mainly on a server

Silent would be a plus

Older program comparability is #1 issue with upgrading to windows 7 x64, i tried x86.. everything seems fine.. except ACT! 2000, which has a little slowdowns here and there, but it seems better, but i can't seem to get it to support korean

Thanks

 

[cheese007]

$30- Rosewill R101-P-BK (don't laugh, case is actually made of quality parts and is OEMed by the same people who make some of InWin's cases)
$45- Corsair CX-430 V2
$120- Intel Core i3-2100
$70- GIGABYTE GA-B75M-D3V
$40- Patriot Gamer 2 Series 8GB (have had really good experiences with them before)
$93- SAPPHIRE Ultimate Radeon HD 6670 1GB

Total is about $398 without shipping, however you can knock off $11.50 from promo codes and a whopping $40 from rebates. So assuming the rebates work you can get all this for about $347 sans shipping. Assuming shipping is about $10 or so It's still under $360.

 

[Dangman]

For the kind of usage you're talking about, why not do a prebuilt?

 

[gabzor]

price/flexibility in parts

 

[tiraides]

The quality of parts are about equal in a prebuilt system and one with your budget limits.

Then again, buying parts that are designed for quiet/(near-)silent operation carry a bit of a price premium.

 

[gabzor]

$30- Rosewill R101-P-BK (don't laugh, case is actually made of quality parts and is OEMed by the same people who make some of InWin's cases)
$45- Corsair CX-430 V2
$120- Intel Core i3-2100
$70- GIGABYTE GA-B75M-D3V
$40- Patriot Gamer 2 Series 8GB (have had really good experiences with them before)
$93- SAPPHIRE Ultimate Radeon HD 6670 1GB

Total is about $398 without shipping, however you can knock off $11.50 from promo codes and a whopping $40 from rebates. So assuming the rebates work you can get all this for about $347 sans shipping. Assuming shipping is about $10 or so It's still under $360.

he does some photoshopping too.. thats not a bad system at all though thanks..
but i'll tweak some things here and there, gonna pick up his software today to see if everything works with x64.