Looking for tips for a business computer

nanoboy

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Hey everyone, building computers for a pharmacy im opening, looking at intel. these pc's will run the software for scripts and be on most of the time, any ideas? im looking to spend 700$ per pc max. also in canada

Thanks in advance!
 
i would go for i5 + 8GB ram + 120GB SSD

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($204.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Motherboard: MSI H87M-G43 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($74.99 @ Memory Express)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($84.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($74.00 @ Amazon Canada)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.97 @ DirectCanada)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ Memory Express)
Power Supply: Antec EarthWatts Green 380W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($44.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Total: $583.89
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-21 00:04 EDT-0400)
 
Solution
In a pharmacy space is typically a premium. Short of knowing exactly what you're running it's hard to recommend something. However, knowing most medical applications of technology, there's not much computing involved, mostly UI. I would recommend something like this.

Intel DN2820FYKH, 4GB RAM, and like a 64-128GB SSD. You shouldn't need a CD drive for day to day operations so a USB one to move from one NUC to another as needed is plenty. Beyond that, just mount these to the back of the LCDs and you got something that's fast enough and space efficient.