~Darkseeker~
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right, so here's the story. An accountant came to us to build her two more modern, Windows 7 PCs for their main office, to replace their old XP boxes. No domain or server, just a workgroup set up with a business hub. She said all they do in the office is Sage and web browsing. Sage isn't all that demanding but it's nice for it to run nicely, we we're thinking along the lines of dual-core athlon, 250 or something and 4GB DDR3. I was quite surprised when the boss said she rang saying she wasn't happy with the quote, and wanted 8GB RAM and a quad-core Phenom (we decided on the 840 at 3.2GHz). Earlier today she phoned saying that she had read online that the 840 wasn't as fast as it could be, and she wanted something better. Ontop of all this she wanted them to be below 600 quid a piece. Baring in mind she knows nothing of computers besides what she's read on the internet (ebuyer reviews i'm guessing) she's idiotically specific. She then moaned that the price went up from the original quote.
So, her Sage and browsing PCs ended up as:
AMD Phenom II x4 840 @ 3.2GHz
8GB Kingston Hyper-X 1600 DDR3
2x500GB WD Caviar blue in RAID0
Antec Three-Hundred Case + Akasa 120mm fans
Windows 7 HP x64
In total, she's paying £1550 including installation, setup and first month's support. They say a little knowledge is dangerous, in this case, she's paying £1500 for a couple of server-grade machines for browsing the net.
So, her Sage and browsing PCs ended up as:
AMD Phenom II x4 840 @ 3.2GHz
8GB Kingston Hyper-X 1600 DDR3
2x500GB WD Caviar blue in RAID0
Antec Three-Hundred Case + Akasa 120mm fans
Windows 7 HP x64
In total, she's paying £1550 including installation, setup and first month's support. They say a little knowledge is dangerous, in this case, she's paying £1500 for a couple of server-grade machines for browsing the net.