New PC guide

[asifa1]

Hi,
I am buying a new PC.The main purpose of that PC is graphics designing,using softwares like Adobe Photoshop,Adobe Freehand MX etc.

My PC specs are:
E6700,intel Core 2 Duo 2.66Ghz,1066Mhz FSB,4MB cache
intel D965 motherboard.
Nvidia Geforce 8600 GT.
2GB (1GB*2) RAM of 667Mhz FSB
Hard disk:160GB,7200rpm Hitache.
Windws Vista(or Windows XP)--->which i choose?

The seller also suggests me that there is another intel Core 2 Duo available of 2.66Ghz ,featuring 1333Mhz FSB
Is there any 1333Mhz FSB ?


Guide me is that PC enough for graphics design.Also 1333Mhz FSB VS 1066Mhz FSB.

 

[jeditim]

Hi,
I am buying a new PC.The main purpose of that PC is graphics designing,using softwares like Adobe Photoshop,Adobe Freehand MX etc.

My PC specs are:
E6700,intel Core 2 Duo 2.66Ghz,1066Mhz FSB,4MB cache
intel D965 motherboard.
Nvidia Geforce 8600 GT.
2GB (1GB*2) RAM of 667Mhz FSB
Hard disk:160GB,7200rpm Hitache.
Windws Vista(or Windows XP)--->which i choose?

The seller also suggests me that there is another intel Core 2 Duo available of 2.66Ghz ,featuring 1333Mhz FSB. Is there any 1333Mhz FSB ?

Guide me is that PC enough for graphics design.Also 1333Mhz FSB VS 1066Mhz FSB.

The specs seem fine...except I would probably go with a P35 board...that will work with 1333Mhz while a 965P will not. Also, if you are using Photoshop I suspect you will need a larger hard drive...160Gb seems small. I would probably go with different RAM as well.I went with 4Gb of DDR2 800 http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16820145176. This is showing as 3.58Gb of RAM...perfect for Phsotoshop. I was wworking with a really large photo last night and was using 2.9Gb of RAM at the time.

How much are they charging for this? It seems as though this is an older system...or trying to sell you old equipment (65P) while talking about new technology (1333Mhz.) I could be totally wrong.
Tim

 

[asifa1]

He is charging me 834$ for it.He also said me that if u want to choose 1333Mhz bus speed processor,its motherboard is different,thanks for that information about P35 board.

I haven;t bought yet,next week i will buy.I will look into this matter about RAMs thanks again.

Intel Quad systems are much expensive,and beyond my budget range.

 

[tirefire]

Are you planning on doing any gaming at all? If you are, the 8600GT is a terrible card for the money. They cost about $100 ... for a few more dollars, you could have something like this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130056

If you're not, you could probably get away with getting a motherboard with integrated video and using that. Or you could to your builder to just buy the cheapest PCIe x16 card around; they start at around $30 on Newegg: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814141035

 

[aevm]

A quad-core processor called Q6600 will cost around $266 starting next week. Try asking how much they'd charge to have this instead of the E6700 or E6750. It should be about $100 more, I guess, and it's worth it for the sort of thing you do.

http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r18557267-Intel-CPU-price-cuts-additional-info

 

[asifa1]

Nvidia Geforce 8600 GT is a DX10 card ,that PC is not for games,its just for image processing like Adobe Photoshop,freehandMX.


Thanks for that,i will buy after 22 ,and see about Quad prices.




And Windows Xp is better or Vista?

 

[aevm]

Nvidia Geforce 8600 GT is a DX10 card ,that PC is not for games,its just for image processing like Adobe Photoshop,freehandMX.

Thanks for that,i will buy after 22 ,and see about Quad prices.

And Windows Xp is better or Vista?

I'd go with Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit, especially if you get 4 GB of RAM. Vista has some problems still, but most of them are related to playing games and buggy drivers from nVidia and ATI and they won't affect you. There will be a service pack (SP1) later this year too. Make sure you get that one when it's available.

 

[keanusaul]

Intel, it is the most popular processor to date.I think Intel Pentium4 processor with HT Technology (or) Intel Celeron processor would be good. Each of these can even handle demanding applications like 3D games, DVD authoring, and editing, as well as other applications that can strain your CPU.
If you need more info then visit www.fastpcguide.com where you find all the information related to PC's which may be useful to you.

 

[helpnassist]

I wrote a simple guide here, may be of help to you
http://snowydayoutside.blogspot.com/search/label/New%20PC%20buying%20guide