- Apr 10, 2010
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Hello Everyone,
I'm in the market for a new computer. In determining what my priorities are, I want my computer to focus on digital art creation. I know that "arts" computers are high-end systems, much like gaming computers, but I also know that they are a different sort of high end system. Please keep in mind as you make suggestions that I'm an amateur at best in digital art creation, so I don't need the highest end equipment.
My goals for this computer are:
1. I'd like to do us make music with Vocaloid Sonika. I honestly have no gift of composition, I'm a singer, not a writer, so I'll be sticking to public domain works, like show-tunes, the Hymnal / Book of Common Prayer, and the classics of the great masters. One of my goals is to complete a recording of Sonika reciting Daliy Matins and Evensong in plainchant. (What? I've been told its good to have big dreams)
2. Using the GIMP and Pain.net to color line art and do basic photo manipulations. (I would use Photoshop but the $500 price-tag is a hurdle I can't jump.
3. Have a computer that can watch anime and tv without having said videos having to be converted into standard def.
4. Play some PC games. Although, since I have bad aim, I've stayed away from most FPS games. All I ask is that this computer can play StarCraft II at Blizzard's recommended settings. (Or slightly better; wiggle room never hurts.)
Current gear I'm looking at: Antec Three Hundred case, Gigabyte GA-MA790GPT-UD3H motherboard, AMD Athlon II X3 440 CPU, Sapphire Radeon HD 5770 1GB graphics card, Crucial 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3 main-memory.
Total price: 770.00 on newegg
I'd appreciate any advice or critique the community could provide. ^_^
I'm in the market for a new computer. In determining what my priorities are, I want my computer to focus on digital art creation. I know that "arts" computers are high-end systems, much like gaming computers, but I also know that they are a different sort of high end system. Please keep in mind as you make suggestions that I'm an amateur at best in digital art creation, so I don't need the highest end equipment.
My goals for this computer are:
1. I'd like to do us make music with Vocaloid Sonika. I honestly have no gift of composition, I'm a singer, not a writer, so I'll be sticking to public domain works, like show-tunes, the Hymnal / Book of Common Prayer, and the classics of the great masters. One of my goals is to complete a recording of Sonika reciting Daliy Matins and Evensong in plainchant. (What? I've been told its good to have big dreams)
2. Using the GIMP and Pain.net to color line art and do basic photo manipulations. (I would use Photoshop but the $500 price-tag is a hurdle I can't jump.
3. Have a computer that can watch anime and tv without having said videos having to be converted into standard def.
4. Play some PC games. Although, since I have bad aim, I've stayed away from most FPS games. All I ask is that this computer can play StarCraft II at Blizzard's recommended settings. (Or slightly better; wiggle room never hurts.)
Current gear I'm looking at: Antec Three Hundred case, Gigabyte GA-MA790GPT-UD3H motherboard, AMD Athlon II X3 440 CPU, Sapphire Radeon HD 5770 1GB graphics card, Crucial 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3 main-memory.
Total price: 770.00 on newegg
I'd appreciate any advice or critique the community could provide. ^_^
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