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Help me with my new desktop PC.

Posted by Pegosho - January 9th, 2012

Ok, as many of you know (maybe 3 of you), my laptop died a month ago. I cried, yes, but I need to keep moving forward. That's why I decided to do the logical thing by buying a DESKTOP PC (fuck laptops).

I need a PC that can run Photoshop and Flash CS4 really REALLY well, so here is my question: How powerful and expensive should a PC need to be to run CS4 or CS5 almost perfect?
Also, for it to be able to run really well, should I concentrate most of its power in the CPU, Memory or Video Card?

Additional Info:
My budget is less than $1000.
I'll be using it to make animations and drawings mostly in my spare time.
I don't plan to play games on it, maybe some Minecraft.

Thanko!

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LewToons 2012-01-09 20:10:32

i've thought about getting a desktop & just devoting it to graphics stuff as well - - hope you get some good answers to this

Pegosho 2012-01-09 20:10:32

That's exactly what I'm doing man, my desktop will be solely for graphic stuff, that way I'll avoid slowdowns produced by viruses, adwares, trojans etc. I'll even give it a good night kiss, just in case. :3

Joelasticot 2012-01-09 20:42:36

You can get a solid PC for cheap if you order the parts online and build it yourself. Many websites offer help to get you started shopping for parts (<a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc/">http://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc/</a> comes to mind - read the articles listed on the right)

Although I have no idea what stores ship to your location

Pegosho 2012-01-09 20:42:36

That's something I still haven't decided, my only fear for building a desktop is the time it will take for me to learn and actually build it, and also the warranty. But I'll think about it. :)

ToonCastleTV 2012-01-09 21:10:05

man drop a little more and get a solid thinkpad laptop is what id say i did it and love it tablet screenedd

Pegosho 2012-01-09 21:10:05

I heard those laptops are good but I want a desktop. :D

GuitarKirby 2012-01-09 21:31:29

You probably want to aim for something with a little horsepower in the CPU and memory. A video card isn't super important, but you probably want to nab something running Windows 7 x64. You should be able to keep that under $1000 bucks easy. I'd still not totally naysay laptops, though. They're pretty good, nowadays.

Pegosho 2012-01-09 21:31:29

I know, the thing is that I had a bad experience with my DELL XPS. It only lasted 3 years and each of those years it got defective. But I might give it a try...someday. >_>

Pikanjo 2012-01-09 22:01:56

The most expensive part of that PC will be the Adobe Software... You can probly buy a standard computer and run that stuff fine, for $300-400...
You can make a speedy one for probly less than $500
I would concentrate on 1) processor 2) memory 3) graphics card.
$50 case
$80-100 HDD 500GB-1TB 16-32MB cache
$50-100 memory 8-16GB DDR3
$80-100 motherboard
$80-100 processor 64-bit/4-core 3+GHz
$50-100 graphics card 800+MHz 256-512MB
$100-200 monitor
-Richie

Pegosho 2012-01-09 22:01:56

I'm glad to know it can even be less than $500 cuz I don't have much money right now. I'll try to look for a PC that matches those specs you told me. Thanks a lot Pikanjo! :)

CutToTheChase 2012-01-09 22:33:16

You can actually get refurbished PC's for really cheap, I personally suggest this site for if your looking for a computer for cheap but still want it to be good: gearxs.com

I got my Dell Tower Dual core from there for only 164$ and it works perfectly

Pegosho 2012-01-09 22:33:16

I'm gonna check it out, thanks Cut!

MOC-Productions 2012-01-09 22:42:27

Desktops are underrated these days. My macbook ass "ehem" I mean pro can only do so much. And in a lot of cases, if CS4 runs poorly, its the program's fault. Fuckin Adobe.

Pegosho 2012-01-09 22:42:27

Yeah, lol, we'll all have to deall with Adobe's clitchy programs but there is nothing we can't do about that but to Ctrl + S like crazy. :P

Unreliable-Narrator 2012-01-10 01:46:06

smart man

Pegosho 2012-01-10 01:46:06

Yay! 8)

Sonucais 2012-01-10 14:37:47

Aqui con 600EU tienes de sobras con lo que pides, por lo que con 800$ deberias de tener de sobras. Tampoco vayas a tecnologias viejas, ve a i5, DDR3, ya que por ejemplo, doble nucleo y DDR2 hoy en dia es mas caro, pero siempre mira la compatibilidad con la placa base que compres. Las ATI baratita van bien para diseño grafico, mucho mas que nvidia por ejemplo. Si tienes alguna duda concreta, dejame un tweet y te respondo namas lo vea.

Pegosho 2012-01-10 14:37:47

Gracias Sonu! Ya me compre una desktop PC y tiene i5, 6GB Ram DDR3 y 1T de Hard Drive, y la tarjeta es una ATI Radeon y brega super bien. :)

FrostDrive 2012-01-26 11:16:10

My laptop has 6GB RAM, and still sucks. Although everyone says that's a lot of RAM. Try finding something with that much or more.

Pegosho 2012-01-26 11:16:10

Well, I already bought a desktop pc and it has 6Gb RAM and it work perfectly, but I'm really picky, so I might end up increasing it to 8Gb at least.

Help me with my new desktop PC.

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