I'll be upgrading my system by the end of the year. My current setup is almost 5 years old, and I need something more powerfull. This is what I have now:
Pentium III 866EB
512MB RAM
20+40GB 7200rpm HDD
Matrox G450 32MB
Samsung CD-RW 252B w/8MB buffer
Samsung DVD-ROM
I'll be keeping the Matrox card (wich I love) and both Samsung optical drives. The CD-RW unit has performed flawlessly since I got it. Not a single coaster in over 300 burns.
I'm a web/graphics designer. My new computer will be used only for work, as I don't have much time to play games. As a web developer, I'm used to be having lots and lots of apps running, such as Adobe Photoshop CS, Acrobat, Dreamweaver, several IE's, Firefox and Outlook. Sometimes, I also use Phothoshop, Illustrator and InDesign running simultaneously, and -as you can imagine- there's the ocassional lagging and window re-drawing that I happen to hate.
So, I finally made up my mind and decided to upgrade my system by the end of the year. I live in Argentina, so there's no Newegg.com or online u.s. outlets I can take advantage of. The prices are a bit higher, in the order of $50-70 more per item (sometimes even more).
This is the setup I'll try to build:
Motherboard: Asus P4P800-E Deluxe.
Why? Decently priced, good features. The P4C is almost $100 more I don't consider the 3% PAT improvement that big of a deal. 915/925 you say? Forget it. PCI-E graphics card are really hard to find here, and they costs $400 and up.
CPU: Intel Pentium 4 3GHz.
Still don't kwnow if I should get a Prescott or a Northwood.
RAM: 2GB PC-3200 in dual channel.
Yes. 2GB. As you read above, I need lots of ram in order to get thing done. 2GB is pretty useless for all the gamers out there, but with Adobe apps requiring 256MB each as the minimum and editing photoshop comps with over 20 layers, I belive it will pay off.
HDD: Western Digital WD2000JD.
200GB should be enogh for a couple of years. All the print work I've been doing does take up lots of space (all those 90MB Tiffs and comps).
Also, I'll try to get a nice Antec case with a decent 400 watt PSU.
Pentium III 866EB
512MB RAM
20+40GB 7200rpm HDD
Matrox G450 32MB
Samsung CD-RW 252B w/8MB buffer
Samsung DVD-ROM
I'll be keeping the Matrox card (wich I love) and both Samsung optical drives. The CD-RW unit has performed flawlessly since I got it. Not a single coaster in over 300 burns.
I'm a web/graphics designer. My new computer will be used only for work, as I don't have much time to play games. As a web developer, I'm used to be having lots and lots of apps running, such as Adobe Photoshop CS, Acrobat, Dreamweaver, several IE's, Firefox and Outlook. Sometimes, I also use Phothoshop, Illustrator and InDesign running simultaneously, and -as you can imagine- there's the ocassional lagging and window re-drawing that I happen to hate.
So, I finally made up my mind and decided to upgrade my system by the end of the year. I live in Argentina, so there's no Newegg.com or online u.s. outlets I can take advantage of. The prices are a bit higher, in the order of $50-70 more per item (sometimes even more).
This is the setup I'll try to build:
Motherboard: Asus P4P800-E Deluxe.
Why? Decently priced, good features. The P4C is almost $100 more I don't consider the 3% PAT improvement that big of a deal. 915/925 you say? Forget it. PCI-E graphics card are really hard to find here, and they costs $400 and up.
CPU: Intel Pentium 4 3GHz.
Still don't kwnow if I should get a Prescott or a Northwood.
RAM: 2GB PC-3200 in dual channel.
Yes. 2GB. As you read above, I need lots of ram in order to get thing done. 2GB is pretty useless for all the gamers out there, but with Adobe apps requiring 256MB each as the minimum and editing photoshop comps with over 20 layers, I belive it will pay off.
HDD: Western Digital WD2000JD.
200GB should be enogh for a couple of years. All the print work I've been doing does take up lots of space (all those 90MB Tiffs and comps).
Also, I'll try to get a nice Antec case with a decent 400 watt PSU.
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