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scaryfast

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Budget is about $1,200 give or take 20%

Used for Multi-Tasking many website tabs(10 to 30) in a few different browsers, perhaps an excel type spreadsheet or two, with an occasional photo resize program. And, maybe I'll want to watch a video while those tasks are open.

U.S.A based

Intel CPU's were my choice about a year ago.

I plan on running the system at default speeds.

I would like to be able to run 3 monitors.
1920 x 1200 is acceptable for 1 monitor.
1920 x 1080 or better for the 2nd monitor
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Building it right now.

Windows 10. 64Bit
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Required things.

1. Quad Core or more.
2. 8 or more Gigs of Ram
3. SSD of 240 GB or larger for OS and the most-used programs.
4. 2 Hard Disk Drives of Conventional type of 1TB or greater.
5. Capable of using 3 Monitors.
6. Windows 10 64 Bit

Thank You! :hmm:
 
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Well the good news is that you won't have to spend anywhere near $1200 to get a machine that meets your requirements with aplomb. Check this build out:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($189.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97M Pro4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($90.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Mushkin Stealth 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($81.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($177.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($64.80 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($64.80 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB WINDFORCE Video Card ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($25.00 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24F1ST DVD/CD Writer ($13.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $869.42
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-19 17:34 EDT-0400

That gives you a 500GB SSD, two 2TB drive, 16GB of RAM, and a GPU which will support up to four monitors (two DVI, two HDMI).
 
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