Background: My last custom built home office PC finally died, and the PC market seems to have changed a lot recently even. I am a realtor and will be doing basic internet browsing with lots of windows open at once, multiple monitors, Microsoft, excel, office, video conferencing, basic graphic design, photo editing, and maybe some light video editing but nothing complicated etc. I have a solid gaming rig and if need be I can use that for anything more intensive.
Reliability is most important. No overclocking or anything. Budget is around $700 not firm on that - give our take. If you think I can do it for less that would be great as well, but I don't want to cheap out at the cost of reliability. I previously bought a refurbished dell at the recommendation of someone here in 2019 and it already died in 3 years with barely any use(I never use the office). This is for my home office and main work PC and needs to be better. The last one I built lasted 6 years without any issues until it died.
Main question: Is it worth it to custom build a work pc right now or is buying a Dell workstation my best bet in terms of value? Also I have an old copy of windows 10 to use, but will that soon become obsolete with windows 11? They usually only give free upgrades to newer copies of the previous operating system version, so I will need to factor that into my cost estimates.
Any basic advice on processor type, motherboard etc. To get me started in the right direction is appreciated and I'll go from there. Or if you have a specific workstation you recommend. Any advice is appreciated to get me going. Thanks!
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Reliability is most important. No overclocking or anything. Budget is around $700 not firm on that - give our take. If you think I can do it for less that would be great as well, but I don't want to cheap out at the cost of reliability. I previously bought a refurbished dell at the recommendation of someone here in 2019 and it already died in 3 years with barely any use(I never use the office). This is for my home office and main work PC and needs to be better. The last one I built lasted 6 years without any issues until it died.
Main question: Is it worth it to custom build a work pc right now or is buying a Dell workstation my best bet in terms of value? Also I have an old copy of windows 10 to use, but will that soon become obsolete with windows 11? They usually only give free upgrades to newer copies of the previous operating system version, so I will need to factor that into my cost estimates.
Any basic advice on processor type, motherboard etc. To get me started in the right direction is appreciated and I'll go from there. Or if you have a specific workstation you recommend. Any advice is appreciated to get me going. Thanks!
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