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#157582 5-Dec-2014 12:55
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Hello, I am not sure where to place this, sorry in advance if I have the wrong area of the forum

I am building a new PC that will be accessed by about 5-10 other client PCs for reading/writing

Research:
I have read many articles about this an cannot come to a conclusion on what to use, as I am a beginner embarassed in this field.
Many articles seem to over complicate the system/hardware for what my needs are

Security:
Security is not a big issue for me as all my PCs will have the same amount of access to files on the PC

Type of Reading/Writing:
MSWord, Access, Excel - simple programs which do not take a lot of space and can manage their own
Microsoft SQL Server Management is a requirement on this PC
Management to this PC can be done via Remote

Hardware:
1TB Hard Drive - More than enough storage for small MS office files
SSD - Windows 7 will be installed here, not sure if the SSD is even needed
8GB Ram - There will not be many applications/programs running in the background so this I think is already overkill
Processor - Not sure at this stage, probably going for whatever is cheap
Motherboard - Same as above
Graphics Card - Not sure if I need one, might just get a cheap one for basic things
Power Supply - Needs to be reliable and power efficient, as this PC will likely be on 24/7

What are you opinions on this setup?
Is it bad or wrong to use this PC like any other client PC?



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  #1189401 5-Dec-2014 15:20
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Your needs are so modest either of those machines will do. That database is so small it will be completely in memory, you could probably run 1000 clients so long as you had appropriate indexes.

Check out the licensing situation, you may need a windows server version if you have many clients access it. I don't know much about that area.

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