Two Office Workstations - Recommend Hardware

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Hey all,
I'm looking to build two identical office computers for my work.
I will be doing the basic office tasks such as excel, word, email, as well as light photoshop and accessing a database. I'm looking to go with Windows Vista Business x64 and possibly 2 or more Gigabytes of ram. Also, i only need 80GB hdd since these will be domain clients. I also need dual core and preferably a low to midrange video card.
I have a budget, which needs to include with the boxes, two copies (legit) vista business, two monitors (preferrably widescreen and not too large), two keyboards and mice (wired) for around $1800-2000 (or cheaper).

I'm up to date with the latest hardware, but would you suggest going with AMD or Intel here?

Any input would be greatly appreciated it.
 
For what you're looking for, I recommend getting a Dell. Dell business PCs don't come with the typical bloat as their consumer PCs and comes with pretty decent support from what I've heard. Plus you can get them at a pretty high discount if you do a little searching.
 
Danny Bui said:
For what you're looking for, I recommend getting a Dell. Dell business PCs don't come with the typical bloat as their consumer PCs and comes with pretty decent support from what I've heard. Plus you can get them at a pretty high discount if you do a little searching.
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i've taken this into consideration already, but i'm looking to see what I can get if I build them instead. I don't really need the warranties that much.

... so any recommendations on hardware to build them?
 
 
Dell Vostro 400
2.2Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo
2GB DDR2
250GB Sata
20" LCD
$599

Not gonna beat that =)
 
If you don't have a reliable mean of backup, have RAID-1, at least.

I won't get Dells for office/business work (unless the work is not very important).
 
First off if they are going on a domain vista home will not work. Hell the OP even said vista business. Also if you set it up right the workstations really shouldn't have important data on them. No need for raid on them.

Don't forget OP to factor in office and any other software you might need.

Personaly I would look into the dell vostro line and just throw a gigabit nic in it if you need it. The vostros are hard to beat on the price. Only issue would be you wanting the 64bit os. You would need to see if you could get them with that. If not you can order them with the 32bit vista and get the disk to take them to 64 bit from ms if they are still doing that.
 
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