1. What YOUR PC will be used for. That means what types of tasks you'll be performing.
This office is primarily going to be used in an office atmosphere. It will be used to do a lot of photoshop work, photo editing, website editing, as well as running accounting and inventory software.
My only requirement is a TON of ram/storage since I am going to need a big page file for all of the Adobe Illustrator/Photoshop work I'm going to be doing.
Raid wouldn't be the worst thing ever in case a hard drive dies, as this computer will be the primary storage for a lot of the media designed for my company.
2. What YOUR budget is. A price range is acceptable as long as it's not more than a 20% spread.
Price isn't really an object, it's being purchased by the company I work for, so long as it isn't significant overkill. Without a screen I would say no more than $1500, but if someone can make an argument to make it higher, I can do it.
3. What country YOU will be buying YOUR parts from.
USA or Canada, I live 20 minutes from the US border and I know stuff is cheaper down there, and the Canadian Dollar is almost at parity.
4. IF YOU have a brand preference. That means, are you an Intel-Fanboy, AMD-Fanboy, ATI-Fanboy, nVidia-Fanboy, Seagate-Fanboy, WD-Fanboy, etc.
I have no fanboy affiliation, that stuff is weak sauce.
5. If YOU intend on using any of YOUR current parts, and if so, what those parts are.
None.
6. IF YOU have searched and/or read similar threads.
Nope.
7. IF YOU plan on overclocking or run the system at default speeds.
Default speeds.
8. What resolution YOU plan on gaming with.
Don't plan on gaming, but it would be nice, would prefer higher resolution.
9. WHEN do you plan to build it?
ASAP.
This office is primarily going to be used in an office atmosphere. It will be used to do a lot of photoshop work, photo editing, website editing, as well as running accounting and inventory software.
My only requirement is a TON of ram/storage since I am going to need a big page file for all of the Adobe Illustrator/Photoshop work I'm going to be doing.
Raid wouldn't be the worst thing ever in case a hard drive dies, as this computer will be the primary storage for a lot of the media designed for my company.
2. What YOUR budget is. A price range is acceptable as long as it's not more than a 20% spread.
Price isn't really an object, it's being purchased by the company I work for, so long as it isn't significant overkill. Without a screen I would say no more than $1500, but if someone can make an argument to make it higher, I can do it.
3. What country YOU will be buying YOUR parts from.
USA or Canada, I live 20 minutes from the US border and I know stuff is cheaper down there, and the Canadian Dollar is almost at parity.
4. IF YOU have a brand preference. That means, are you an Intel-Fanboy, AMD-Fanboy, ATI-Fanboy, nVidia-Fanboy, Seagate-Fanboy, WD-Fanboy, etc.
I have no fanboy affiliation, that stuff is weak sauce.
5. If YOU intend on using any of YOUR current parts, and if so, what those parts are.
None.
6. IF YOU have searched and/or read similar threads.
Nope.
7. IF YOU plan on overclocking or run the system at default speeds.
Default speeds.
8. What resolution YOU plan on gaming with.
Don't plan on gaming, but it would be nice, would prefer higher resolution.
9. WHEN do you plan to build it?
ASAP.
