need new cheap cheap pc to learn indesign and sketchup

greenbean75110

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Jan 14, 2014
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10,510
have looked thru walmart's online selection, seemed promising but it would be wonderful to get advice input for sure, maybe from someone already using these programs (free downloads). thanks.

indesign:
Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon® 64 processor
Microsoft® Windows® 7 with Service Pack 1, Windows 8, or Windows 8.1
2GB of RAM (8GB recommended)
2.6GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on removable flash storage devices)
1024x768 display (1280x800 recommended) with 32-bit video card
Adobe Flash Player 10 software required to export SWF files

sketchup:
2+ GHz processor.
2+ GB RAM.
500 MB of available hard-disk space.
3D class Video Card with 512+ MB of memory or higher. Please ensure that the video card driver supports OpenGL version 1.5 or higher and up to date.
 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD Athlon II X4 750K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($80.98 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Arctic Cooling ACALP64-GT 25.6 CFM CPU Cooler ($7.65 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A85X Extreme4 ATX FM2 Motherboard ($94.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Asus Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition 1GB Video Card ($95.38 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($48.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($17.99 @ TigerDirect)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.00 @ Amazon)
Total: $634.93
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-01-14 23:48 EST-0500)

What's your budget? Would you want to play games at all whatsoever?