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Henri108

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I need to pick out systems for 6-8 programmers that are going to work for our company, but I have 0 knowledge about what systems programmers prefer to use. Within 2 months we will have 4 guys that need a system (and the others will follow in the next 2 months).
I don't know if I should build them (with 1 backup) or if should go with a Dell system. (leaning towards the first for optimal reliability after the 5 year warranty is gone)
1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
Programming, first years will be developing a warehouse/sales/... managing program.
Mainly in ASP.net, Azure and C#.
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
Whatever makes sense.
3) Which country do you live in? If the U.S, please tell us the state and city if possible.

Belgium
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.
Complete scratch build or a Dell configuration.
5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model.
None
6) Will you be overclocking?
No
7) What is the max resolution of your monitor? What size is it?
Would also like to know what monitor setup most professional programmers prefer. Dual 24", single 34" ultrawide,... Preferably Dell.
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
First 4 programmers will come within 2 months, systems have to be up and running by then.
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)? UEFI? etc.
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10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license? If so, what OS? Is it 32bit or 64bit?
We have tons of Windows 7 and 8 licenses and will be going to Windows 10 as soon as it launches.
 
Do you have any access from the guys who're actually going to be using these machines?

If you do, I'd solicit feedback from them.

Personally, I'd look at dual monitor systems.
However, one of our in-house programmers uses a single 32" monitor (not an ultrawide).

I'd look at fast CPU for fast program compiles.
I'd say a minimum of 8GB of RAM with 16GB suggested.
I'd look at an SSD for a boot drive (for fast system reboots when they cause something to blowed up) with a secondary drive for storage.
Unless they're building games or doing some sort of compute-intensive apps that can benefit from using a GPU, graphics card is relatively unimportant.
Recommend going with graphics and monitors that are Display Port ready.

Also, support systems.
Is your place of employment implementing some form of code repository/version control system in-house? Or will you be using online resources (like Github) for that?
 
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as much ram as you can get and battery life. Compile/load times can be annoying but not as annoying as not being able to work somewhere else when you need to clear your head. I'd stay away from any company that is using non standard drivers too. I got a e5450 from work where i work they are extremely cheap on their laptops but its pretty good compromise.

bootup times are annoying, and wake takes forever because the hd is slow. But i got iis/mssql/mariadb running and no problems. Visual Studio runs fine. But i'm running windows stack. If your going an opensource route and want to run *nix you got to be careful of the wifi. some of the newer stuff is incompatible. Also if you go the bsd route and non dragonfire their are graphics limitations with the built in intel graphics for some of the newer chips.

Edit: oh yeah, dual monitors AND make sure they are the same size.
 
I use a 3 monitor setup at work. It can be very useful with the amount of information that I work with while coding.

I use a 2560x1440 monitor in the center and two 1920x1080s on the sides.
 
@ Henri
Go prebuilt by far, Fujitsu have very good ones and wont break the bank. You have on-site service optoinal and the only think you'd need to add is more RAM. Pretty sure Dell and HP offers that too in Belgum.
//Danne
 
diizzy said:
@ Henri
Go prebuilt by far, Fujitsu have very good ones and wont break the bank. You have on-site service optoinal and the only think you'd need to add is more RAM. Pretty sure Dell and HP offers that too in Belgum.
//Danne
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We have been very happy with Dell and their same day support service (all our hardware issues have been resolved within 24 hours, including changing the hardware!).

I posted the question a bit differently in the Programming section of the forum:
http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?p=1041698856#post1041698856

Here I was looking for specific builds actually.
 
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