Building a Computer?

[Rogean]

I wasn't being literal, I think I heard someone call it that on IRC or something. meh.

[Kabilos]

Originally Posted by Shannacore [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Wondering around how much it would cost to build a computer that could run several of the adobe suite programs (At once, usually), and would have p. good graphics for gamez and such.

I don't need/want/can't afford a leet machine, but I am really sick of having to rely on campus computers because my laptop won't run the adobe suite well.

Any thoughts? Are pre-built machines really that bad? I'm not very techy so I assumed that would probably just be the easiest way. If so, any links to any machines?

thx thx thx.

First things first we would need to know the specs of your laptop. Assuming your running any version of Windows operating system...

right click your My Computer icon and go to properties. Write down the information such as CPU , Memory, Operating system.

Then click on start, Run and type in DXDIAG and enter. Hit yes or no to check against microsoft drivers , doesnt matter.

Go to the Display section and tell us what graphics your system is using.

This will give us a better idea of why adobe won't run on your system and it might be more beneficial to upgrade your ram / os / system instead of having you dump $1K into a new system.

Memory is stupid cheap these days, you can easily put 4gb into a system for around $100 - 200 and stop a bottleneck that is in your system.

But like I mentioned above, Until we know what your working with, we can only blindly point you in the direction of the most elite computers available.

- Kab

[to0p]

Originally Posted by Shannacore [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Wondering around how much it would cost to build a computer that could run several of the adobe suite programs (At once, usually), and would have p. good graphics for gamez and such.
thx thx thx.

Do it toop style, build it urself: intel i7 + 24GB ram + asus mobo + 2tb drive + 2x nvidia cards + win 7 = ~ $1500

Thats all you need, for years...

Oh and a good antivirus/firewall to keep secrets out [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Muzyn]

Most (all) of these ideas are bad, especially the idiot who posted the link to Apple's site. Mmm pay double for some sweet marketing. My work is selling off 3 year old quad cores with 4GB ram, 160GB harddrive, 80% efficient powersupplies for $60. It doesn't hurt to look around and ask around before settling on bad advice. (lol Apple)

[Kabilos]

Originally Posted by Muzyn [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Most (all) of these ideas are bad, especially the idiot who posted the link to Apple's site. Mmm pay double for some sweet marketing. My work is selling off 3 year old quad cores with 4GB ram, 160GB harddrive, 80% efficient powersupplies for $60. It doesn't hurt to look around and ask around before settling on bad advice. (lol Apple)

One thing you fail to see is that they have not mentioned what they are running on. They may have an I7 QC with a decent system and have dick for ram running it. Until we know what they have, we can only assume it's an e-machine bought from CompUSA on clearance.

[Muzyn]

Originally Posted by Kabilos [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

One thing you fail to see is that they have not mentioned what they are running on. They may have an I7 QC with a decent system and have dick for ram running it. Until we know what they have, we can only assume it's an e-machine bought from CompUSA on clearance.

We are all HP, all our desktops, laptops & servers are straight from HP. I know exactly what is in them as I select the configurations we purchase.

[Kabilos]

Originally Posted by Muzyn [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

We are all HP, all our desktops, laptops & servers are straight from HP. I know exactly what is in them as I select the configurations we purchase.

So you configured and purchased the systems that Shannacore is using?

[Pringles]

Originally Posted by Muzyn [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

We are all HP, all our desktops, laptops & servers are straight from HP. I know exactly what is in them as I select the configurations we purchase.

LOL HP. You were bagging on Apple then fanboi for HP? Really?

[SwordNboard]

Once you do figure out what you want/need, goto newegg.com to piece it together.

[Gwence]

you can get 4gb of ram for way cheaper than $100-200

more like $20-40