Hello everyone... I am in desperate need for professional help in building a new system for my photography hobby / business. This computer will be used as a designated workstation for mainly post-processing my images. If anyone can help me with some ideas on parts, as I have never put a system together. Please try to remember I am a newbie, so I may need layman's terms. Thanks in advance.
This is what the Dell guys were going to build me for $1099...
460w Power Supply
Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64Bit, English
Microsoft® Office Starter: reduced-functionality Word & Excel w/ ads. No PowerPoint or Outlook
12GB Dual Channel DDR3 1600MHz - 4 DIMMs
16X CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW), write to CD/DVD
2TB 7200 RPM SATA Hard Drive + Intel® SRT 32GB SSD Cache
AMD Radeon™ HD 7770 2GB GDDR5
1 Year Premium Protection Package - America's Best Standard Protection
McAfee SecurityCenter, 15-Months
My Accessories
Trusted ID, ID Safe, 12 Month Subscription, Digitally Delivered
Also Includes
XPS 8500 Fast track config44
XPS 8500, White Chassis w/19:1 media card reader
3rd Generation Intel® Core™ i7-3770 processor (up to 3.90 GHz)
No speakers (Speakers are required to hear audio from your system)
Dell Wireless 1703 802.11b/g/n, Bluetooth v4.0+LE
Integrated 7.1 with WAVE MAXXAudio 4
Integrated 10/100/1000 Ethernet
No Monitor
DataSafe 2.0 Online Backup 2GB for 1 year
Adobe® Acrobat® X Reader Multi-Language
Shipping Material, Direct
Dell SRV Software 1703
English/French Documentation
Additional Software
No PDVD
US Power Cord
Dell KB213 Wired Multimedia Keyboard, US-English
Dell Laser Mouse
1. What YOUR PC will be used for. That means what types of tasks you'll be performing.
... post processing large file photos (21mb+)
2. What YOUR budget is. A price range is acceptable as long as it's not more than a 20% spread
... would like to keep under 1k
3. What country YOU will be buying YOUR parts from.
... unknown, I guess US
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 am open to suggestions. I don't know much about the differences.
5. If YOU intend on using any of YOUR current parts, and if so, what those parts are.
... No parts used, all new items will be purchased.
7. IF YOU plan on overclocking or run the system at default speeds.
... No interest in overclocking my system. What I buy will be it.
8. What resolution will you be using?
... IPS monitor, 23" or bigger
9. WHEN do you plan to build it?
... Within the next 2 weeks
X. Do you need to purchase any software to go with the system, such as Windows or Blu Ray playback software?
... Will need Windows 64bit system to run Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop seamlessly.
This is what the Dell guys were going to build me for $1099...
460w Power Supply
Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64Bit, English
Microsoft® Office Starter: reduced-functionality Word & Excel w/ ads. No PowerPoint or Outlook
12GB Dual Channel DDR3 1600MHz - 4 DIMMs
16X CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW), write to CD/DVD
2TB 7200 RPM SATA Hard Drive + Intel® SRT 32GB SSD Cache
AMD Radeon™ HD 7770 2GB GDDR5
1 Year Premium Protection Package - America's Best Standard Protection
McAfee SecurityCenter, 15-Months
My Accessories
Trusted ID, ID Safe, 12 Month Subscription, Digitally Delivered
Also Includes
XPS 8500 Fast track config44
XPS 8500, White Chassis w/19:1 media card reader
3rd Generation Intel® Core™ i7-3770 processor (up to 3.90 GHz)
No speakers (Speakers are required to hear audio from your system)
Dell Wireless 1703 802.11b/g/n, Bluetooth v4.0+LE
Integrated 7.1 with WAVE MAXXAudio 4
Integrated 10/100/1000 Ethernet
No Monitor
DataSafe 2.0 Online Backup 2GB for 1 year
Adobe® Acrobat® X Reader Multi-Language
Shipping Material, Direct
Dell SRV Software 1703
English/French Documentation
Additional Software
No PDVD
US Power Cord
Dell KB213 Wired Multimedia Keyboard, US-English
Dell Laser Mouse
1. What YOUR PC will be used for. That means what types of tasks you'll be performing.
... post processing large file photos (21mb+)
2. What YOUR budget is. A price range is acceptable as long as it's not more than a 20% spread
... would like to keep under 1k
3. What country YOU will be buying YOUR parts from.
... unknown, I guess US
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 am open to suggestions. I don't know much about the differences.
5. If YOU intend on using any of YOUR current parts, and if so, what those parts are.
... No parts used, all new items will be purchased.
7. IF YOU plan on overclocking or run the system at default speeds.
... No interest in overclocking my system. What I buy will be it.
8. What resolution will you be using?
... IPS monitor, 23" or bigger
9. WHEN do you plan to build it?
... Within the next 2 weeks
X. Do you need to purchase any software to go with the system, such as Windows or Blu Ray playback software?
... Will need Windows 64bit system to run Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop seamlessly.
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