1. Budget & Location
Budget - $1000 USD with about $200 leeway. Location is USA.
2. Aim
Plan to upgrade existing prebuilt work system that girlfriend uses with new one. Computer will be used for lots of multitasking in several apps (i.e. Chrome, Adobe DC Pro, Excel, Word, Outlook, Dropbox, company specific apps, etc).
3. Monitors
Currently using 2 1080p monitors, plan to get a 3rd one down the line.
4. Peripherals
Will be using existing peripherals. OS will be needed, planning to get Windows 10 Home.
5. Why are you upgrading?
Existing system for work is an All-in-One HP 24-G026 (i5-6200U, 8GB Ram, 1 TB HDD), 3.5 years old
Has a tough time handling what she uses it for, seems to bottleneck on CPU / RAM / HDD
Some of the issues that she runs into is:
Slow boot up
Can only have a few apps open at a time before freezing/not responding
Allowing her to have everything that she needs open at the same time is most important
Below is what I had planned so far, I am not 100% sure on the motherboard, power supply and case. Primarily focused on storage, memory and CPU.
PCPartPicker Part List
Type
Item
Price
CPU
Intel Core i7-9700 3 GHz 8-Core Processor
$339.99 @ B&H
CPU Cooler
Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler
$29.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard
MSI Z390-A PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard
$125.99 @ Amazon
Memory
Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory
$72.98 @ Amazon
Storage
Samsung 970 Evo 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive
$168.99 @ Amazon
Case
NZXT H510 ATX Mid Tower Case
$77.98 @ Newegg
Power Supply
EVGA SuperNOVA G3 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply
$92.98 @ Newegg
Operating System
Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit
$99.99 @ B&H
Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
Total (before mail-in rebates)
$1028.89
Mail-in rebates
-$20.00
Total
$1008.89
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-02-04 03:23 EST-0500
We also found this on sale on Newegg that is prebuilt, it seems be similarly priced and spec as the above if the graphics card was not included. If the graphics card is needed to better support 3 1080p monitors, it didn't seem like too bad of a deal.
https://www.newegg.com/dell-inspiron-5680/p/1VK-0001-537F4?Item=9SIAEYAAUP4883
Intel Core i7-9700
16GB DDR4 RAM
Upgraded 1TB SSD + 1TB HDD
GTX 1660 Ti
HDMI, DisplayPort, DVI
Windows 10 Home
Thank you for taking the time to take a look at this post. Any feedback or advice is greatly appreciated!