Hey y'all, my brother has an inspiron 530 that is on it's last legs and has asked me to find him an new workstation that will last a couple of years (hoping for at least 5 here). He is a professional web developer and amateur photographer with fairly nice camera hardware.
His typical usage senario is a couple of photoshop windows, dreamweaver, illustrator, two or three web browser with three dozen tabs between them. And here's the kicker, he wants to run three monitors on this setup and has already picked one out, a panoramic display with a buddy on each side.
Dell employee discount access made us look at the XPS 8500's but I would rather save him money and get him a better machine. What would you recommend?
Approximate Purchase Date: e.g.: the closer the better
Budget Range: 1500 - 2000 After Rebates / Before Shipping / Including Monitors (let me know if the last is unreasonable)
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Adobe creative suite, tons of browser tabs, occasional video editing, personal (not a gamer)
Are you buying a monitor: Yes, already picked out a panoramic display, either lg 29ea93 or Dell UltraSharp U2913WM
Parts to Upgrade: All new
Do you need to buy OS: No
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: newegg.com but I'd rather save money
Location: City, State/Region, Country - Austin, TX
Parts Preferences: intel cpu, I've heard Radeon has better graphics cards for non-gamers
Overclocking: No, would you recommend it?
SLI or Crossfire: Maybe
Your Monitor Resolution: 1x 2560 x 1080 and 2x small monitors for either side
Additional Comments: Quiet wold be a big bonus in a small home office environment
And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: I hope I covered this above
Thanks for your suggestions
His typical usage senario is a couple of photoshop windows, dreamweaver, illustrator, two or three web browser with three dozen tabs between them. And here's the kicker, he wants to run three monitors on this setup and has already picked one out, a panoramic display with a buddy on each side.
Dell employee discount access made us look at the XPS 8500's but I would rather save him money and get him a better machine. What would you recommend?
Approximate Purchase Date: e.g.: the closer the better
Budget Range: 1500 - 2000 After Rebates / Before Shipping / Including Monitors (let me know if the last is unreasonable)
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Adobe creative suite, tons of browser tabs, occasional video editing, personal (not a gamer)
Are you buying a monitor: Yes, already picked out a panoramic display, either lg 29ea93 or Dell UltraSharp U2913WM
Parts to Upgrade: All new
Do you need to buy OS: No
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: newegg.com but I'd rather save money
Location: City, State/Region, Country - Austin, TX
Parts Preferences: intel cpu, I've heard Radeon has better graphics cards for non-gamers
Overclocking: No, would you recommend it?
SLI or Crossfire: Maybe
Your Monitor Resolution: 1x 2560 x 1080 and 2x small monitors for either side
Additional Comments: Quiet wold be a big bonus in a small home office environment
And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: I hope I covered this above
Thanks for your suggestions
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