- Dec 7, 2010
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Approximate Purchase Date: ASAP
Budget Range: $2500-$3000 Before Rebates
System Usage from Most to Least Important:
System A) Massive multitasking of Photoshop/Illustrator
System B) NAS with RAID 1, do not care about speed just redundancy
System C) Budget gaming system with best bang for best video card (must replace Q8200 w/ ATI 5750)
Parts Not Required:
System A) Monitor, Keyboard, Mouse (if budget allows would like a nice setup)
System B) No idea what a homebuilt NAS system needs but I have extra monitors/keyboards/mouses
System C) Monitor, Keyboard, Mouse
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: newegg.com
Country of Origin: USA
Parts Preferences: by brand or type
Only preference is System A be an i7 9xx series.
Overclocking: No for all
SLI or Crossfire: No, I'm a single GPU guy.
Monitor Resolution:
System A) 1920x1080
System B) No idea
System C) 1680x1050
Additional Comments:
My mom owns a small print shop and she's upgrading her systems. Need help, would require OS's on all system and if anybody knows the best place to buy CS4/5 / Corel / Office I'm all ears also.
Main system is replacing an old PowerPC with older CS2. I finally convinced her the price difference (for computers) is worth getting the software (she doesn't understand the point of versions, she thinks they're all good). I would like an SSD and would not require on computer backup space. System will be in a dusty area.
If budget allows I would like to throw in a better monitor, sometimes I feel horrible for the typesetter who works on the computer. Also one of those pen tablets, and a ergonomic keyboard/mouse combo.
2nd system is a NAS box. Need redundancy, speed is secondary. She just lost a WD netcenter and it was catastrophic. Decided it was better to build a NAS box that doesn't use ReiserFS I am open to those pre-made ones but I have no idea if they're worth it.
3rd system is going to replace mine. I'll be giving her my q8200 system w XFX 5750 as the e-mail computer. It'll be replacing the last system I build which was an Athlon X2 something? It was a long time ago. Doesn't have to be the best, just has to beat the older system and be the best bang for the buck.
Reliability is my main concern. I started looking at the newegg combo deals and there is always one part that scares me (either the video card or the mobo).
I'm hoping I can squeeze software in (OS for all, graphic design software one A) in the budget but I can stretch this to just be hardware cost.
Thanks all for saving my behind. Wish my parents wanted something normal like a vacation.
Going to sleep after reading more reviews on newegg. Hope I get some suggestions by tomorrow. My mom been calling me every day asking if I bought her computers yet. Some tech-savy person please save me.
Budget Range: $2500-$3000 Before Rebates
System Usage from Most to Least Important:
System A) Massive multitasking of Photoshop/Illustrator
System B) NAS with RAID 1, do not care about speed just redundancy
System C) Budget gaming system with best bang for best video card (must replace Q8200 w/ ATI 5750)
Parts Not Required:
System A) Monitor, Keyboard, Mouse (if budget allows would like a nice setup)
System B) No idea what a homebuilt NAS system needs but I have extra monitors/keyboards/mouses
System C) Monitor, Keyboard, Mouse
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: newegg.com
Country of Origin: USA
Parts Preferences: by brand or type
Only preference is System A be an i7 9xx series.
Overclocking: No for all
SLI or Crossfire: No, I'm a single GPU guy.
Monitor Resolution:
System A) 1920x1080
System B) No idea
System C) 1680x1050
Additional Comments:
My mom owns a small print shop and she's upgrading her systems. Need help, would require OS's on all system and if anybody knows the best place to buy CS4/5 / Corel / Office I'm all ears also.
Main system is replacing an old PowerPC with older CS2. I finally convinced her the price difference (for computers) is worth getting the software (she doesn't understand the point of versions, she thinks they're all good). I would like an SSD and would not require on computer backup space. System will be in a dusty area.
If budget allows I would like to throw in a better monitor, sometimes I feel horrible for the typesetter who works on the computer. Also one of those pen tablets, and a ergonomic keyboard/mouse combo.
2nd system is a NAS box. Need redundancy, speed is secondary. She just lost a WD netcenter and it was catastrophic. Decided it was better to build a NAS box that doesn't use ReiserFS I am open to those pre-made ones but I have no idea if they're worth it.
3rd system is going to replace mine. I'll be giving her my q8200 system w XFX 5750 as the e-mail computer. It'll be replacing the last system I build which was an Athlon X2 something? It was a long time ago. Doesn't have to be the best, just has to beat the older system and be the best bang for the buck.
Reliability is my main concern. I started looking at the newegg combo deals and there is always one part that scares me (either the video card or the mobo).
I'm hoping I can squeeze software in (OS for all, graphic design software one A) in the budget but I can stretch this to just be hardware cost.
Thanks all for saving my behind. Wish my parents wanted something normal like a vacation.
Going to sleep after reading more reviews on newegg. Hope I get some suggestions by tomorrow. My mom been calling me every day asking if I bought her computers yet. Some tech-savy person please save me.
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