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small form factor and longevity issues

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I am interested in building a small form factor office computer for myself and was wondering if there are problems with heat or other issues making them not last as long as a full sized tower.

i've seen computers like the Acer Revo and wonder if it would be better to go with a prebuilt or building something on my own like a shuttle.

i would need to buy a monitor as well.

i would like to try to spend under $600 but i have some breathing room.

thanks for advice
 
Dome said:
I am interested in building a small form factor office computer for myself and was wondering if there are problems with heat or other issues making them not last as long as a full sized tower.
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With the right parts, right case, good cooling, and decent ventilation, SFF PCs can last just as long as normal ATX PCs.
Dome said:
thanks for advice
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Please answer the stickied "ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS FIRST!" so that we can better ascertain if you really need to build a SFF or can just buy one.
 
1) Doing office work
2) $600 give or take $100
3) Kansas City
4) Complete basic computer including innards with monitor, keyboard, mouse.
5) gonna be all new computer
6) going to run my system stock
7) want to buy something 17-20inch
8) want to know if i should buy or build
9) no special features required from mobo
10) will buy new Windows 7 license
 
What sort of office work is this? Is it just running microsoft word/excel/general office applications, emails/web browsers, or more intensive with things like video or image editing? Is there any kind of cpu intensive work?

Do you need a discrete graphics card, or will onboard graphics do for you? (This sort of goes back to my first question)
 
Considering your budget and what you've said so far, I don't see a reason to go build a PC. Especially considering that you need a monitor, keyboard, and OS. From what you've said so far, you're better off with a prebuilt like this Dell:
http://configure.us.dell.com/dellst...h1&c=us&l=en&s=bsd&cs=04&model_id=vostro-260&

It's a SFF PC, comes with a monitor, keyboard, mouse, and OS, a pretty decent CPU, nd costs $480. No way can we beat that with a DIY PC.
 
Sorry for the late reply, I've been in hong kong without reliable wifi.

Anyhow you guys are great. In answer to the question, on board graphics is fine, I plan to not play games or even watch many videos, strictly work.

The only thing I do know is that I want to make sure the Computer is snappy. The older computers in the office really struggle to load pages and applications and I don't want mine to have that problem. Thanks
 
Oh, no problems with the dell, I'm playing around with the configuration as I type this. I just meant what I said as an overall statement of the only need I have with an office computer
 
Well the Dell should be fairly decent once you do a clean install of Windows on that Dell.
 
sorry to beat a dead horse, but i'm bringing back this thread.

the dell is looking good, but how do other bargain brands like hp, gateway, etc stack up in terms of quality?
 
Dell is generally better. I've had more issues with HP and Gateway PCs than Dell. Lenovo is an ok choice however.
 
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