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| Thread ID: 111348 | 2010-07-23 07:26:00 | New desktop - suggestions please? Update for your comments... | R.M. (561) | Press F1 |
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| 1121677 | 2010-07-23 07:26:00 | I asked recently about a new desktop for self, main use would be Photoshop (and other things too). This was suggested by Computerlounge: 'Intel Core i7 930 Nehalem 280Ghz 8MB LGA1366 ASUS P6X58D-E Intel X58 Core I7 PCI-E DDR3 LGA1366 Kingston HyperX 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3-1600 CL9 Prolimatech Megahalems CPU Cooler LGA1366 Arctic Cooling F12 Fan Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB 7200RPM SATA II LG GH-22LS50 22X LightScribe Black SATA DVD Writer Lian-Li PC-A05NB Aluminium ATX Mini Tower, Black EVGA nVidia Geforce GTX470 768MB Super Clocked GDDR5 Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64Bit OEM Standard Hardware Installation and Configuration Overclocking Total = $2679 Incl GST' What's your thought on this? :) |
R.M. (561) | ||
| 1121678 | 2010-07-23 08:05:00 | Can you put one piece of the computer per line, its easier to read So like this CPU Motherboard RAM Hard Drive etc |
Yukrato (14866) | ||
| 1121679 | 2010-07-23 08:10:00 | I'm not a fan of Samsung hard drives just a personal thing really | gary67 (56) | ||
| 1121680 | 2010-07-23 10:12:00 | Can you put one piece of the computer per line, its easier to read So like this CPU Motherboard RAM Hard Drive etc That was how it was sent to me, and I was short of time...:( |
R.M. (561) | ||
| 1121681 | 2010-07-23 10:38:00 | Are you sure it's a GTX 470? GTX 470s only come in 1280MB of RAM, what you're getting is a 768MB GTX 470...which doesn't exist. The only 768MB GTX 4xx card is a GTX 460. Other than that, it's a beast. So is the card, even if it's only a mid-end card. |
qazwsxokmijn (102) | ||
| 1121682 | 2010-07-23 10:42:00 | Nice spec's but an over kill. heres the minimum (www.adobe.com) spec's for photo shop - WAY WAY under the ones suggested. When you say "and other things too' -- Like what ? |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1121683 | 2010-07-23 10:47:00 | What's the power supply? Like I suggested in your other thread I would look more at 1156 setups . But if your happy with that setup I would check what PSU is and maybe swap out the graphics for an ATI card . I believe they are better value for $$$$ btw what do they mean by "Configuration Overclocking"? Is this going to be pre overclocked? Otherwise pretty nice build |
hueybot3000 (3646) | ||
| 1121684 | 2010-07-23 11:15:00 | Nice spec's but an over kill. heres the minimum (www.adobe.com) spec's for photo shop - WAY WAY under the ones suggested. When you say "and other things too' -- Like what ? Yes, I know that, but like lots of other things, the minimum specs give barely acceptably usable results... 'Other things'. I think that my Photoshop use is the most resource hungry thing I do. I also a lot of newsletter work, email stuff, presentation preparation, putting together slide shows. This might involve putting music/dialogue in, splicing music, and of course I am doing several things at once... But really it is the Photoshop that uses most resources. |
R.M. (561) | ||
| 1121685 | 2010-07-23 11:44:00 | Totally up to you of course, but no need to spend lots of money on a PC that's way over the top power wise, unless you want to of course. (not my money so I dont really care). Just as an example,a couple of weeks ago, I upgraded a customers business PC to CS4 from CS1 (they run a sign business with dedicated commercial laser printers connected to the PC) the PC's spec's are P4 3.0, RAM 1.5GB, onboard graphics, 2 x 250GB drives -- and after talking to him earlier this week, he has said there's no problems at all. Well only one ;) -- He has to relearn how to use CS4 since its quite different to the original. The whole point of the example is simply to show, dont be fooled into thinking a person has to have a "beast" of a PC to run the program. Sure lots here say build it BIG (if you want to spend lots then thats up to you) -- but they are not the ones paying for "their dream machine" that you would be using. Edited: I'm with gary -- I personally wouldn't use Samsung as a HDD, OR LG optical Drives. I used to use LG for a while in builds, but found out at least 75% would fail within a year. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1121686 | 2010-07-23 12:14:00 | Just for info sake - a list of GTX cards and their specs From a testing site (www.hardwarecanucks.com) According to that - the 470 has "slightly" more than 786MB memory.(1.28GB) | wainuitech (129) | ||
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