mikoyan Posted June 9, 2006 Posted June 9, 2006 Hi , I'm a graphic design student and I was planning to buy a mac , but the prices and the performance are the limiting factor to me. I want to know If you guy can gave me some advice about building a decent system to play lomac and work.
hitman Posted June 9, 2006 Posted June 9, 2006 Hi , I'm a graphic design student and I was planning to buy a mac , but the prices and the performance are the limiting factor to me. I want to know If you guy can gave me some advice about building a decent system to play lomac and work. Depends on your budget. How much are you willing to spend here?
WhiskeyRomeo Posted June 9, 2006 Posted June 9, 2006 Have you talked to your instructors about what they recommend for hardware & software? They should be able to give you some ideas of what you need. That - along with your budget - should give the guys around here a good idea of what to recommend for you.
mikoyan Posted June 9, 2006 Author Posted June 9, 2006 not more than $1200 , a decent pc with 256mb video card , 2gb ram and good cpu , I want to learn by putting it togetter , because I have a dell 4700 stock , and it works, but not very fast.
JaBoG32_Prinzartus Posted June 9, 2006 Posted June 9, 2006 If you can get something out of this (german) article, I am pretty sure it will help! http://tomshardware.thgweb.de/2006/05/16/eigenbau_4_ghz_fuer_600_euro/ Windows 10, I7 8700k@5,15GHz, 32GB Ram, GTX1080, HOTAS Warthog, Oculus Rift CV1, Obutto R3volution, Buttkicker [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] ЯБоГ32_Принз
WhiskeyRomeo Posted June 10, 2006 Posted June 10, 2006 There are several websites that put together recommended PC component lists. One of those sites is AnandTech.com. Here is a link the webpage where they summerize the AMD and INTEL system suggestions: http://anandtech.com/guides/showdoc.aspx?i=2753&p=10 If you go back earlier into the guide the various components are discussed in more detail. Since that build is based on a $1500 target price for a mid-range system its a bit more than you want to spend. You can still use those lists for a working idea of what will get you close. Here is a good link for other resources: http://www.newegg.com/CustomerService/KnowledgeBase.asp Newegg.com has great prices and is a complete PC shopping site. They allow you to build "Wish Lists" which you can then share publicly and ask people to review and comment on your choices. When you're ready to buy just dump the updated wish list into the shopping cart. Here is a $1,257 (about $1200 with rebates) sample wish list: https://secure.newegg.com/NewVersion/Wishlist/PublicWishDetail.asp?WishListNumber=3244625&WishListTitle=mikoyan (note that WinXP isnt included - you may need to stick with 1GB RAM and get WinXP to meet your budget target)
WhiskeyRomeo Posted June 10, 2006 Posted June 10, 2006 - you may need to stick with 1GB RAM and get WinXP to meet your budget target)Or maybe not! I just added up the mail-in-rebates on that list above and it's $109 at the moment. $90 for WinXP/Home SP2. Prices and rebates may change at any time though.
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