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Building a Computer?
Wondering around how much it would cost to build a computer that could run several of the adobe suite programs (At once, usually), and would have p. good graphics for gamez and such.
I don't need/want/can't afford a leet machine, but I am really sick of having to rely on campus computers because my laptop won't run the adobe suite well. Any thoughts? Are pre-built machines really that bad? I'm not very techy so I assumed that would probably just be the easiest way. If so, any links to any machines? thx thx thx.
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about a grand for p goog
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apple.com/store
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You should be able to put together a machine that can handle this for around $1,000. Just make sure you get a LOT of memory, and a pretty decent graphics card/processor. I would also probably pick up an SSD to load the OS/programs and work with, especially if you plan on doing any video editing from your local HD.
Pre-built machines are just a rip off. You can generally build a far superior system to what you would buy pre-built for a lot cheaper. P.S. To the poster above me: What the hell is with that annoying signature?? | ||
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A quick google search has led me to this: http://www.katgirlstudio.com/
and this: http://girlandkat.blogspot.com/ aaaaand... this: Quote:
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I wasn't being literal, I think I heard someone call it that on IRC or something. meh.
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right click your My Computer icon and go to properties. Write down the information such as CPU , Memory, Operating system. Then click on start, Run and type in DXDIAG and enter. Hit yes or no to check against microsoft drivers , doesnt matter. Go to the Display section and tell us what graphics your system is using. This will give us a better idea of why adobe won't run on your system and it might be more beneficial to upgrade your ram / os / system instead of having you dump $1K into a new system. Memory is stupid cheap these days, you can easily put 4gb into a system for around $100 - 200 and stop a bottleneck that is in your system. But like I mentioned above, Until we know what your working with, we can only blindly point you in the direction of the most elite computers available. - Kab
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also, keep in mind the cost of the OS if you are planning on using Windows expect to pay a few hundred for it and the SSD is a few hundred as well for a decently sized drive. You will probably end up getting a HDD along with it to store stuff because SSDs are rather small these days. If you are hoping to do a dual PCIe video card setup keep in mind the price for two cards (and go with NVIDIA not ATI, I've had so many issues with them over the years) | |||
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