I'm looking to upgrade my computer in the next few months, and am researching the best hardware to use. However, most all conversations on this topic deal with gaming systems, while I will be doing some gaming, my primary focus will be development (Visual Studio, Macromedia Flash, Photoshop, 3DS, SQL Server, Zend Studio, etc). I typically have many of these applications opened at one time.
Is there something I should be looking for in my hardware that is good for these tasks that gamer systems wouldn't neccessarily have? I know the video card is the obvious difference, but wondered if there was more. I'll want hardware that does fast compiles (which I've heard the CPU cache is very important) and doesn't bog down when I have many intensive programs open (which I assume means lots of RAM)
Any pointers/advice would be greatly appreciated.
Is there something I should be looking for in my hardware that is good for these tasks that gamer systems wouldn't neccessarily have? I know the video card is the obvious difference, but wondered if there was more. I'll want hardware that does fast compiles (which I've heard the CPU cache is very important) and doesn't bog down when I have many intensive programs open (which I assume means lots of RAM)
Any pointers/advice would be greatly appreciated.