- Aug 1, 2013
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Hello everyone!
My very old laptop broke
...so it's time for a new computer!
It needs to run Photoshop CS6 with relatively large files and many layers (no video editing, no 3D rendering). no gaming.
It needs to ship to Canada (heh
I have to admit i prefer laptops, but would sacrifice for a desktop if the price was significantly better.
soooo, i looked things up and kinda boiled it down to these two options, based on CPU and GPU reviews/info i scavenged.
option 1:
Asus R500N, AMD A8-4500 quad-core, 750G hard drive, 8G RAM, integrated AMD Radeon HD7640G with no dedicated VRAM, 470$.
option 2:
Asus, i7-3610QM quad-core, 750G hard drive, 8G RAM, NVIDIA GeForce GT650M, much pricier at 790$.
option 3:
build a desktop? It looks more expensive, though, and i don't know where to start :/ i have only a laptop now, so would need everything...
last piece of info: i did look at newegg.ca, dell.ca and the common electronics store online for pricing, but surprisingly i didn't find any other options that looked better. I eliminated all desktop that didn't have dedicated VRAM because it looked silly to me to have a desktop with no separate videocard.
any advice?
thanks!!!
My very old laptop broke
...so it's time for a new computer! It needs to run Photoshop CS6 with relatively large files and many layers (no video editing, no 3D rendering). no gaming.
It needs to ship to Canada (heh
I have to admit i prefer laptops, but would sacrifice for a desktop if the price was significantly better.
soooo, i looked things up and kinda boiled it down to these two options, based on CPU and GPU reviews/info i scavenged.
option 1:
Asus R500N, AMD A8-4500 quad-core, 750G hard drive, 8G RAM, integrated AMD Radeon HD7640G with no dedicated VRAM, 470$.
option 2:
Asus, i7-3610QM quad-core, 750G hard drive, 8G RAM, NVIDIA GeForce GT650M, much pricier at 790$.
option 3:
build a desktop? It looks more expensive, though, and i don't know where to start :/ i have only a laptop now, so would need everything...
last piece of info: i did look at newegg.ca, dell.ca and the common electronics store online for pricing, but surprisingly i didn't find any other options that looked better. I eliminated all desktop that didn't have dedicated VRAM because it looked silly to me to have a desktop with no separate videocard.
any advice?
thanks!!!
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