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i'm close to maxed out budget-wise, so any advice on cutting down the price on this a bit is welcome. I use a LOT of photoshop, and some after effects and premiere. I do definitely intend to play games as well, but that's no the primary purpose.
My monitor right now has 2048x1152 resolution, but I don't care if games can run at that smoothly.
I already have monitor, several harddrives, keyboard, mouse, operating system, and dvdrw drive.
I'm not interested in overclocking or crossfire/sli, so if you think that could save me some other things, lemme know.
main concerns are keeping it quiet, fast, good value for money, and energy efficient. I also intend to dual monitor with it at some point (when i can afford another monitor...)
If you think there's price drops coming soon I could take advantage of do let me know... I'm a bargain hunter and don't need this immediately. I was thinking of doing it this week, but I would also be totally cool waiting a few months on it.
this is in CAD btw, so things might be slightly more than you'd normally expect.
Intel Core i7-860 Lynnfield 2.8GHz 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1156 95W Quad-Core Processor - 304.99
I went with i7 because hyperthreading etc is reportedly excellent for heavy productivity multitasking..
GIGABYTE GA-P55A-UD3 LGA 1156 Intel P55 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 - 149.99
wanted to future proof a bit, so went $15 up on the motherboard to get usb 3 and sata 6g support. i don't want to be upgrading again for several years
SAPPHIRE Vapor-X 100284VXL Radeon HD 5750 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP - 149.99
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 - 110.49
LIAN LI Lancool PC-K62 Black - 109.99
corsair 400W powersupply - 59.99
=885.44
+tax
+shipping
thinking of throwing on a 7200 rpm drive since i only have a 5400 right now, but am waiting to see on finances. I would also be upgrading my ram before too long, but gonna probably leave it at 4 for now, unless i can save money by jumping to 8.
My monitor right now has 2048x1152 resolution, but I don't care if games can run at that smoothly.
I already have monitor, several harddrives, keyboard, mouse, operating system, and dvdrw drive.
I'm not interested in overclocking or crossfire/sli, so if you think that could save me some other things, lemme know.
main concerns are keeping it quiet, fast, good value for money, and energy efficient. I also intend to dual monitor with it at some point (when i can afford another monitor...)
If you think there's price drops coming soon I could take advantage of do let me know... I'm a bargain hunter and don't need this immediately. I was thinking of doing it this week, but I would also be totally cool waiting a few months on it.
this is in CAD btw, so things might be slightly more than you'd normally expect.
Intel Core i7-860 Lynnfield 2.8GHz 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1156 95W Quad-Core Processor - 304.99
I went with i7 because hyperthreading etc is reportedly excellent for heavy productivity multitasking..
GIGABYTE GA-P55A-UD3 LGA 1156 Intel P55 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 - 149.99
wanted to future proof a bit, so went $15 up on the motherboard to get usb 3 and sata 6g support. i don't want to be upgrading again for several years
SAPPHIRE Vapor-X 100284VXL Radeon HD 5750 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP - 149.99
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 - 110.49
LIAN LI Lancool PC-K62 Black - 109.99
corsair 400W powersupply - 59.99
=885.44
+tax
+shipping
thinking of throwing on a 7200 rpm drive since i only have a 5400 right now, but am waiting to see on finances. I would also be upgrading my ram before too long, but gonna probably leave it at 4 for now, unless i can save money by jumping to 8.
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