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Kelley Bishop

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I am looking to build a decent PC for working in C4D R13 Studio, Photoshop CS6, Illustrator CS6, Premiere Pro, and After Effects. Most anything would be better than the 2 year old Presario CQ57 I am working with now, but here is my cart list from newegg... what do you guys think? Keep in mind I don't know much about building a computer, just using them.


-Refurbished HP L1710 Silver 17" 5ms LCD Monitor ($55.99)
-Rosewill R519-BK ATX Mid Tower w/500W Power Supply (69.99)
-Mouse and Keyboard (39.99)
-Ballistix 4GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM (40.99)
-AMD A6-3670K Unlocked Llano 2.7GHz Socket FM1 100W Quad-Core APU (79.00)
-Samsung 840 Series MZ-7TD120BW 2.5" 120GB Sata III SSD (99.99)

-AMD FX-8350 Vishera 4.0 GHz Socket AM3+ 125W 8-Core CPU (370.00 for this and the following)
-Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 AM3+ AMD 760G Motherboard
-Western Digital WD10EZEX 1TB 7200RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0GB/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive
-Kingston HyperX 8GB (2x4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM

SubTotal $756.94
Shipping $20.87
Total $777.81

Also looking into cheap but usable graphics tablets, if anybody has any suggestions.

Thanks for your time.
 
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twisted politiks


Sorry but that is very inaccurate.

First off, if the OP doesn't know how to build a PC, then it wouldn't be a very good idea to purchase all the parts only to have something go wrong, and be left with a non working PC.

Secondly, boutique PC builders do have very good PSU's. We aren't talking HP or Dell, etc. We...
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Oh, I was not aware. I would go with the FX-8350 then for the 8-Cores. I was hoping the Llano could be used to speed up my viewport via the graphics capability, then double down for the cores when rendering. Is there a comparitively priced GPU I could use in its stead?
 
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eskimoseb9

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If you're unsure about building a PC, suppliers like cyberpowerpc can build it for and you can be quite precise with the parts you want for your rig. It shouldn't be much more expensive than building it yourself, and you can get the additional warranty.
 
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Kelley Bishop

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I'm not very hardware savvy. I do know I need cores and memory, and efficient methods to cool them. I'll check out cyberpowerpc, but I should say it is essential to stay under $800 shipped. I just need to get the most bang for my buck is all.
Thanks guys for your replies.
 
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NO! Never buy a prebuilt PC, you should always build it yourself. You are not limited if you build it yourself. Plus, the PSU's in prebuilt computers are terrible.
 
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I would agree that building it yourself gives you by far the most choice, but if you look around you can find custom builders that offer a good choice on parts, and a variety of PSUs.
 
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Sorry but that is very inaccurate.

First off, if the OP doesn't know how to build a PC, then it wouldn't be a very good idea to purchase all the parts only to have something go wrong, and be left with a non working PC.

Secondly, boutique PC builders do have very good PSU's. We aren't talking HP or Dell, etc. We are talking ibuypower, cyberpc, etc. They all have very good reputations, as well as a very good warranty to keep you from worrying about the computer having issues. You don't get a warranty when you build your own computer.

While I myself, and I would assume you, build our own computers, it's not for everybody. Buying a prebuilt computer from the right company can save you a lot of hassle, and even money.

To the OP, I would recommend checking out some boutique PC companies, seeing as you have two CPUs, and two different sets of RAM :). If, however, you want to give it a go, lose the following components, as they are redundant.

-Ballistix 4GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM (40.99)
-AMD A6-3670K Unlocked Llano 2.7GHz Socket FM1 100W Quad-Core APU (79.00)

As far as a discrete GPU goes, you have an extra $140 to spend. I would go for an AMD GPU as they can aid in accelerated processing with some of your programs. And don't forget about a DVD drive.
 
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Kelley Bishop

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Thanks! This has been the most helpful answer for me so far. I just needed to get an idea of whether or not the parts would work together. I will probably look into an online boutique, however, if I can't find a decent one in my price range, is there a place for dummies to get their hand held through the PC building process?
 
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