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I've decided to help my friend put together a computer he can get all his work stuff done on. He wants it to be as cheap as possible, and will be doing light tasks on it, but it still should be manageably fast. I usually help build gaming rigs, so I'm not sure what the best budget prices are.
1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
This will be used for web browsing, some http stuff (he deals with websites and he has his own business). He does tend to use photoshop and illustrator a lot, but not to major extremes. He creates graphic images, edits some normal and creates banners. It's relatively light work.
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
Can't specify an exact budget, but ballparking it around 200-300 if possible. The lower the better. If somehow a monitor can be fit into that price, then that would be great, if not then that's understandable.
3) Where do you live?
Southern California
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. Please be very
specific.
Need everything, building this computer from ground up, except for an OS.
5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific
about the power supply. List make and model.
Nothing to be reused, all new parts.
6) Will you be overclocking?
Most likely not, but if need be then it is an option.
7) What size monitor do you have and/or plan to have?
Probably a widescreen 19" or something of the like that is still nice, but a good price.
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
ASAP, probably within the next couple days.
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI
support? etc.
No real special needs. I suppose onboard video would be a plus to lowering costs.
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license?
Yes, probably vista x32.
Also, room for some upgrading downt he road would be nice too. Some definite light gaming can be a major possibility. For that though, I was thinking maybe picking up a 9600gso for something like 50 or less AR, but I'll worry about that more later on down the line. If you need any more info please let me know. Thanks.
1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
This will be used for web browsing, some http stuff (he deals with websites and he has his own business). He does tend to use photoshop and illustrator a lot, but not to major extremes. He creates graphic images, edits some normal and creates banners. It's relatively light work.
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
Can't specify an exact budget, but ballparking it around 200-300 if possible. The lower the better. If somehow a monitor can be fit into that price, then that would be great, if not then that's understandable.
3) Where do you live?
Southern California
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. Please be very
specific.
Need everything, building this computer from ground up, except for an OS.
5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific
about the power supply. List make and model.
Nothing to be reused, all new parts.
6) Will you be overclocking?
Most likely not, but if need be then it is an option.
7) What size monitor do you have and/or plan to have?
Probably a widescreen 19" or something of the like that is still nice, but a good price.
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
ASAP, probably within the next couple days.
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI
support? etc.
No real special needs. I suppose onboard video would be a plus to lowering costs.
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license?
Yes, probably vista x32.
Also, room for some upgrading downt he road would be nice too. Some definite light gaming can be a major possibility. For that though, I was thinking maybe picking up a 9600gso for something like 50 or less AR, but I'll worry about that more later on down the line. If you need any more info please let me know. Thanks.
