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deguzi
By deguzi
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My brother in law is asking me to build a rig for his new job. He got promoted to a Business Financial Specialst, so it requires a lot of spreadsheets and calculations.

With this specific workflow im not sure what parts are overkill or necessary since my area is mostly with video editing and motion graphic rendering. Im assuing an i7 build would be overkill.

He will be doing huge spreadsheets 500mb +, thousands of formula calculations, and a butt load of tabs.

Maybe an i3 build? A little heavy on the ram i assume? Or an i5 with better onboard graphics? He will be using 2-3 monitors as well which i have to include in the price so im wondering if ill need a DVI-splitter or maybe just a cheap dedicated gpu.

Any ideas?

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I think mid range i5 and lots of ram (16GB) along with pretty fast storage.,.. But maybe try to research the exact programs he will be using or other similar jobs and what kind of rigs they recommend.

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$1100 (includes SSD and 2 IPS monitors)

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2PRvQ7

Is a 550w psu a bit much?

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CPU: 4770k @ 4.2GHz 1.15v | Mobo: ASUS z87 Sabertooth | Cooler: Corsair H110 | RAM: Vengeance 32GB DDR3 @ 1600MHz | GPU: GIGABYTE G1 GTX 1070 | Storage: Samsung 840 series 250GB SSD, Seagate 2TB SSHD, Seagate 4.25TB HDD | PSU: Corsair AX850 80+ gold modu | Case: Corsair 650d | Keyboard: Corsair K65 RGB Cherry MX Reds & a Leopold 210TP Numberpad Cherry MX Blues | Mouse: Logitech G502, DECHANIC desk mat | Monitor: 2x Dell IPS 23" S2340m & ASUS 144hz 24" VG248QE | Speakers: CA-3602a | Headset: Steelseries Syberia v2 Frost Blue OS: Win 10 Pro 

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I think mid range i5 and lots of ram (16GB) along with pretty fast storage.,.. But maybe try to research the exact programs he will be using or other similar jobs and what kind of rigs they recommend.

Ive done some research on other forums and they dont offer clear specs. Some say i3's are sufficient and others say i7's are must have. Most of the programs are just google chrome tabs and excel sheets.

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CPU: 4770k @ 4.2GHz 1.15v | Mobo: ASUS z87 Sabertooth | Cooler: Corsair H110 | RAM: Vengeance 32GB DDR3 @ 1600MHz | GPU: GIGABYTE G1 GTX 1070 | Storage: Samsung 840 series 250GB SSD, Seagate 2TB SSHD, Seagate 4.25TB HDD | PSU: Corsair AX850 80+ gold modu | Case: Corsair 650d | Keyboard: Corsair K65 RGB Cherry MX Reds & a Leopold 210TP Numberpad Cherry MX Blues | Mouse: Logitech G502, DECHANIC desk mat | Monitor: 2x Dell IPS 23" S2340m & ASUS 144hz 24" VG248QE | Speakers: CA-3602a | Headset: Steelseries Syberia v2 Frost Blue OS: Win 10 Pro 

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Is a 550w psu a bit much?

Finding a quality PSU under 550w is not impossible but you typically end up paying the same amount. There are more sales of 550w supplies which means it attracts more production and more competition which equates to good pricing. This is why it's more common to find 600w+ now :/

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Why don't you get him to use your rig with a typical and max load and monitor the resources used... give you a good mark to start from at least.

I don'T PreSS caPs.. I juST Hit THe keYboARd so HarD iT CriTs :P

 

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Why don't you get him to use your rig with a typical and max load and monitor the resources used... give you a good mark to start from at least.

Ah i wish. We live about 100 miles apart :/

It would be really helpful to do that though

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CPU: 4770k @ 4.2GHz 1.15v | Mobo: ASUS z87 Sabertooth | Cooler: Corsair H110 | RAM: Vengeance 32GB DDR3 @ 1600MHz | GPU: GIGABYTE G1 GTX 1070 | Storage: Samsung 840 series 250GB SSD, Seagate 2TB SSHD, Seagate 4.25TB HDD | PSU: Corsair AX850 80+ gold modu | Case: Corsair 650d | Keyboard: Corsair K65 RGB Cherry MX Reds & a Leopold 210TP Numberpad Cherry MX Blues | Mouse: Logitech G502, DECHANIC desk mat | Monitor: 2x Dell IPS 23" S2340m & ASUS 144hz 24" VG248QE | Speakers: CA-3602a | Headset: Steelseries Syberia v2 Frost Blue OS: Win 10 Pro 

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