Clinton · Henry County · Golden Valley
When the machine that runs your life — or your shop — dies, you want someone who’s been in the stack for decades, not a script at a big-box counter. David James brings thirty years of IT to the bench: repair, support, and machines built the right way the first time.
The work
Diagnostics, virus cleanup, hardware failure, slow machines, boot issues, Windows rebuilds — fixed with judgment, not parts roulette.
Home, office, gaming, and creator machines — parts chosen for the job, assembled and tested here. No mystery pre-builds with dead fans and bloatware.
Workstations for local LLMs, image models, and heavy compute — GPU, RAM, cooling, and storage sized for what you actually run, not a brochure SKU.
Who’s on the bench
Thirty years in information technology. Director of Operations at an MSP. Founder of James Networks and AI for Missouri. Golden Bench is the hands-on hardware and repair practice under that network — the same person who designs workflows and AI systems also knows a dying drive from a bad power supply.
You get experience you can talk to. Straight answers when a machine isn’t worth fixing. Builds that match how you work — office, creative, gaming, or AI.
Custom builds
Spec, assemble, stress-test, and hand off ready to work. Tell us what you do — we size the box to that, not to a shelf label.
Quiet office towers, solid small-business workstations, gaming rigs that stay cool, and creator boxes with storage and GPU headroom. Balanced parts lists — no overspend on vanity components that don’t help you.
Built for people who want models on their own hardware — chat, coding assistants, image generation, fine-tuning experiments, or farm/business AI tools that shouldn’t live entirely in the cloud.
Builds are quoted after we talk through budget and goals. Entry custom PCs and serious AI boxes live in different worlds — we’ll say so before you spend.
Repair & support
Find the real failure — drive, power, board, heat, software — before you throw money at parts.
Cleanup that sticks: hijacks, scareware, bloat, and a pass so it doesn’t invite the same junk back tomorrow.
Startup bloat, dying storage, thermal throttle, and Windows baggage that makes a good PC feel old.
SSD, RAM, power supplies, fans — installed clean, tested, with the receipt for parts.
Clean installs, data preserved when we can, updates and drivers so you’re productive again.
Printers, Wi‑Fi, email, backups that actually run, new PC setup — the stuff that stops a day cold.
Repair pricing
Under big-box software fees, published so you’re not guessing. Custom PC and AI builds are quoted to the build — not a one-line price that lies.
| Service | Price |
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Diagnostic
Credited to repair if you approve the work
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$35 |
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Virus & malware removal
Typical big-box range $90–$180+
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$79 |
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Speed tune-up
Software cleanup, startup, health check
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$65 |
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Windows reinstall
Data move when possible; license must be valid
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$99 |
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Hardware install (labor)
SSD, RAM, PSU — parts separate at cost
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$55–$75 |
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Data transfer / backup
To new drive or external; recovery quoted
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$49 |
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Remote support (simple)
Email, printer, Wi‑Fi, one clear issue
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$45 |
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On-site · small business
Henry County; multi-hour jobs quoted first
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$85/hr |
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Custom PC build
Parts + build labor — quoted to your use case
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Quote |
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Custom AI PC
GPU / VRAM / cooling sized for your models
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Quote |
Talk to David
Repair, a custom PC, or an AI workstation — describe it. You’ll get a direct reply, usually same day.
David will follow up by email or phone.
FAQ
A regular build is sized for office, web, gaming, or creative work. An AI PC prioritizes GPU VRAM, system RAM, power, and cooling for running large models locally — different bill of materials and different budget. We design either from the workload, not from a marketing label.
We build to order. If a simple store machine is enough for light email and browsing, we’ll say so — no pressure to overbuy.
Sometimes yes, sometimes no. After diagnostic you’ll get a straight call: fix, upgrade, or put that money toward a build.
Software cleanup and data help, yes. Sealed modern Mac hardware is often best left to Apple-authorized shops — we’ll tell you when that’s the case.
Clinton, Missouri — Henry County / Golden Valley. Remote help when it fits; in-person for hardware and builds.
Use the form or email. Work is by appointment (no retail walk-ins) so each job gets proper time on the bench.
