Hey guys and gals,
I'm currently a little strapped for cash after purchasing Adobe's Creative Suite, and I'm looking to build a new system. My current rig runs it pretty well, but I do feel the age of my current system at times during the use of AI, PS, AE, and ID. I do run at least 2 or more of these programs simultaneously. This is when I start to feel my current computers age and recently it froze during an important design for a client (need to start reminding myself Ctrl+s after every layer lol). Anyways, I've already done some googling on my next "Frankenstein" build, but would love some opinions/facts on why it won't/will work. I know the answer is to save up and get a better build, but my father has cancer and I'm fitting the medical bills.
Why I don't want to update my current build:
- Core2quad @ 2.4ghz OC to 2.8ghz
- 4gb of DDR2 RAM with no additional slots available
DDR2 is really expensive/rare especially when getting 8gb.
What my Frankenstein build will be:
- Server motherboard
- Dual CPU's LGA771(2.6ghz)
- 16+gb of RAM at no cost to me, but of they are buffered
Estimated Total cost:
$120.00 -$160.00
TL;DR - Little cash on hand, current system is outdated (uses ddr2) and lags on running multiple programs from adobe creative suite. Planning to use a server with two CPUs and 16gb of ram which will cost me about $160 at the max as I have most parts readily available. Wondering if this will be a good idea or just save up for a year (paying for my father cancer treatment) and take some losses with clients due to a laggy system.
I'm currently a little strapped for cash after purchasing Adobe's Creative Suite, and I'm looking to build a new system. My current rig runs it pretty well, but I do feel the age of my current system at times during the use of AI, PS, AE, and ID. I do run at least 2 or more of these programs simultaneously. This is when I start to feel my current computers age and recently it froze during an important design for a client (need to start reminding myself Ctrl+s after every layer lol). Anyways, I've already done some googling on my next "Frankenstein" build, but would love some opinions/facts on why it won't/will work. I know the answer is to save up and get a better build, but my father has cancer and I'm fitting the medical bills.
Why I don't want to update my current build:
- Core2quad @ 2.4ghz OC to 2.8ghz
- 4gb of DDR2 RAM with no additional slots available
DDR2 is really expensive/rare especially when getting 8gb.
What my Frankenstein build will be:
- Server motherboard
- Dual CPU's LGA771(2.6ghz)
- 16+gb of RAM at no cost to me, but of they are buffered
Estimated Total cost:
$120.00 -$160.00
TL;DR - Little cash on hand, current system is outdated (uses ddr2) and lags on running multiple programs from adobe creative suite. Planning to use a server with two CPUs and 16gb of ram which will cost me about $160 at the max as I have most parts readily available. Wondering if this will be a good idea or just save up for a year (paying for my father cancer treatment) and take some losses with clients due to a laggy system.
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