Hey all -
Im going to be building a new system in the coming weeks and I thought I would ask for some advice. My usage is primarily basic daily use and lightroom / photoshop, and gaming is less than 5% of use.
I am leaning toward building a lesser computer (budget of around 800-1000) to spend more on a monitor. My thoughts is that by going with a 30" display with higher resolutions of 2560x1600 instead of the 1900x1200 I'd be future proofing myself better than if I put the extra dollars into the machine. I say this knowing since I dont game much I wont need to be worrying about frame rate - I am more concerned about RAM and quickly handling libraries of large RAW image files.
Does anyone have any opinions on the matter? I am unsure if a computer of lesser power can handle those resolutions, and if thats the case, then I'd rather just get a smaller monitor. Would a 1 gig 4870 be enough for this?
The monitors Im considering are the dell ultrasharp 30" and the apple cinedisplay 30". If I went with the 24" then i'd go with something like the HP 24".
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8661673&type=product&id=1196470439175
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8786922&type=product&id=1205365050811
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8496086&type=product&id=1188438413340
Sorry if this post is not very coherent, and thanks for the help
Cheers!
Im going to be building a new system in the coming weeks and I thought I would ask for some advice. My usage is primarily basic daily use and lightroom / photoshop, and gaming is less than 5% of use.
I am leaning toward building a lesser computer (budget of around 800-1000) to spend more on a monitor. My thoughts is that by going with a 30" display with higher resolutions of 2560x1600 instead of the 1900x1200 I'd be future proofing myself better than if I put the extra dollars into the machine. I say this knowing since I dont game much I wont need to be worrying about frame rate - I am more concerned about RAM and quickly handling libraries of large RAW image files.
Does anyone have any opinions on the matter? I am unsure if a computer of lesser power can handle those resolutions, and if thats the case, then I'd rather just get a smaller monitor. Would a 1 gig 4870 be enough for this?
The monitors Im considering are the dell ultrasharp 30" and the apple cinedisplay 30". If I went with the 24" then i'd go with something like the HP 24".
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8661673&type=product&id=1196470439175
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8786922&type=product&id=1205365050811
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8496086&type=product&id=1188438413340
Sorry if this post is not very coherent, and thanks for the help
Cheers!