Office System for ISP Tech Support, etc.

shovenose · Jan 21, 2014

For building out a small office, about half a dozen people. Local ISP (tech support, sales, billing, system administration, etc)...

-LiteOn iHAS124-04 $19.99
-WD10EZEX $64.99
-2x ASUS VS24AH-P $479.98
-EVGA GTX 650 1GB $119.99
-Seasonic SSR-360GP $54.99
-Rosewill RK-9100xB Mechanical MX Blue $149.99
-Microsoft Comfort Mouse 3000 $19.99
-G.Skill 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3-1600 Ripjaws Series $84.99
-ASUS H61M-E $54.99
-Core i5-3470 $189.99
-Win 7 Pro x64 - $139.99
-Office 365 Home Premium (5 Devices, 1 Year) - $99.99
-Xigmatek Aeos Case - $29.99
-Plantronics 82396001 USB Wireless Headset - $189.99

Grand Total: $1,840.73

Of course I'd shop around for the best deals (MA Labs, Newegg, Amazon) but I'd love some general advice on if these systems would be suitable and are reasonably priced parts.

jgunning · Jan 24, 2014

I think it seems like a decent build. Do you not think that a 650 is over the top for a standard office pc? I think other than that seems good

klva80 · Jan 24, 2014

interesting build,planing on gaming alittle at work ?

brandonwh64 · Jan 24, 2014

Way too much for an office system. Just do a AMD APU quad core with 4GB of ram.

kenkickr · Jan 24, 2014

A Pentium dual core or even a i3 with 4gb can handle office. The IGP might be able to utilize the dual screen you mention but that would mean moving up to the H61M-A. or just go with a 5450/6450 512mb or 1gb card. Why would you need a Mechanical keyboard that much for business use? Grab some Logitech keyboard/mouse packages!

Devon68 · Jan 25, 2014

IMO this would be enough for those purposes
this
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.1533031
or this
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.1533033

Easy Rhino · Jan 25, 2014

Personally, I think you need to lay out all of your office's IT needs on paper. Then decide if it would be a better strategy to build several small systems that meet the individual requirements. With the build you proposed, if that goes down then you have lost all of your admin systems.

I suggest buying a raid 1 NAS for nightly backups. Get a UPS for it and buy an aftermarket gigabit switch. Build a database for all of your transactions. Then, build a front end machine with an APU that costs a few hundred bucks.

Frick · Jan 25, 2014

Total overkill. 8GB would be nice (VM's), but I wouldn't say it's a requirement. The rest is so much overkill. $150 keyboards? $180 headsets? If it's supposed to be a sort lof luxury office and you're taking a premium on your services I guess it would make sense. And why Windows 7 and not 8?

v12dock · Jan 25, 2014

Why not buy something on Dell or HP outlet?

Frick · Jan 25, 2014

v12dock said:
Why not buy something on Dell or HP outlet?

How's the warranty?

v12dock · Jan 25, 2014

Frick said:
How's the warranty?

3 Years

shovenose · Jan 27, 2014

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Office System for ISP Tech Support, etc.

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shovenose

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