- Mar 11, 2012
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Approximate Purchase Date: within next 2 weeks
Budget Range: less than $1000
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Photo Editing, beginner HD video editing, and general productivity. I do not play games. I recently got a DSLR (18MP and HD video) and my old AMD 64 x2 4600 could not render the photos fast enough - no way to do photo editing. I'm temporarily using a laptop that is an Intel Core 2 Duo P9700 and it is still a bit laggy and the videos still have issues.
Parts Not Required: keyboard, mouse, monitor, speakers, OS, 2TB Hitachi Deskstar 5K3000
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg (no tax) or Microcenter
Country: US
Parts Preferences: Intel CPU
Overclocking: No
SLI or Crossfire: No, but do run multi-monitors
Monitor Resolution: monitor #1 1680x1050, monitor #2 1920x1200)
Additional Comments: No frills, but very reliable, not looking for complicated setup, not a lot of time to tinker with. Would like to build and let it run for the next 4-5years. I've considered leveraging the Ars Technica Hot Rod setup subtracting the components I have already including the hard drives, but it seems as though the GPU may be overkill. I'm thinking i5-2500K, 8GB RAM, etc, just looking for solid components for a relatively easy build. Thanks for your thoughts and ideas!
Budget Range: less than $1000
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Photo Editing, beginner HD video editing, and general productivity. I do not play games. I recently got a DSLR (18MP and HD video) and my old AMD 64 x2 4600 could not render the photos fast enough - no way to do photo editing. I'm temporarily using a laptop that is an Intel Core 2 Duo P9700 and it is still a bit laggy and the videos still have issues.
Parts Not Required: keyboard, mouse, monitor, speakers, OS, 2TB Hitachi Deskstar 5K3000
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg (no tax) or Microcenter
Country: US
Parts Preferences: Intel CPU
Overclocking: No
SLI or Crossfire: No, but do run multi-monitors
Monitor Resolution: monitor #1 1680x1050, monitor #2 1920x1200)
Additional Comments: No frills, but very reliable, not looking for complicated setup, not a lot of time to tinker with. Would like to build and let it run for the next 4-5years. I've considered leveraging the Ars Technica Hot Rod setup subtracting the components I have already including the hard drives, but it seems as though the GPU may be overkill. I'm thinking i5-2500K, 8GB RAM, etc, just looking for solid components for a relatively easy build. Thanks for your thoughts and ideas!
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