Hello,
i'm planning to assemble the following build, about USD 750 at my place in Malaysia.
Casing: CM Centurion 534
PSU: Corsair VX450W/ Silver Stone Strider ST50F
CPU:Intel Core 2 Duo E7300
Motherboard: MSI 7512 P45 Neo2-FR
RAM: Kingston: 2 GB DDR2 800 (2 unit)
Graphic Card: Sapphire 4670 512mb DDR4
Optical: Lite-On DVDRW 20X SATA
HDD: WD2500KS 250GB, 16MB SATA
Monitor: Samsung 2233SW 21.5" LCD
Here's my question. i am and engineer and am using this PC at home as an all rounder and would expect it to do these:
1. Basic entertainment (MP3, movies) and internet surfing
2. Games (non-hardcore gamer, but is crazy about football manager)
3. Amateur/ medium photoshop editting
4. Lots of office works spreadsheet, powerpoints, documents etc.
5. Adequate performance in GIS and CAD.
6. Adequate performance in numerical/mathematical modelling
I know that the budget is tight and would not expect the PC to perform extremely well in all the part. Just would like experts here to answer these few questions.
1. i've chosen a 450/ 500W PSU. Is it enough if i were to upgrade my GPU to a 4830 in crossfire later on and perhaps over clock my CPU a little to say 3.4GHz?
2. How do you expect this system to perform under task such as AutoCAD 2009, Office 2007, ESRI ArcGIS 9.2, Football Manager 2009, some of the MOST frequently used software for me?
3. If there is any part that i should upgrade in order to get adequate performance in these applications, what would you suggests?
I am asking all this because i rarely come across people asking regarding professional applications in PC (i understand most office uses workstations, but i always need to bring my work home). Hence i need your experience and advice in getting a system which will work just fine for me when i'm home.
thanks in advance.
i'm planning to assemble the following build, about USD 750 at my place in Malaysia.
Casing: CM Centurion 534
PSU: Corsair VX450W/ Silver Stone Strider ST50F
CPU:Intel Core 2 Duo E7300
Motherboard: MSI 7512 P45 Neo2-FR
RAM: Kingston: 2 GB DDR2 800 (2 unit)
Graphic Card: Sapphire 4670 512mb DDR4
Optical: Lite-On DVDRW 20X SATA
HDD: WD2500KS 250GB, 16MB SATA
Monitor: Samsung 2233SW 21.5" LCD
Here's my question. i am and engineer and am using this PC at home as an all rounder and would expect it to do these:
1. Basic entertainment (MP3, movies) and internet surfing
2. Games (non-hardcore gamer, but is crazy about football manager)
3. Amateur/ medium photoshop editting
4. Lots of office works spreadsheet, powerpoints, documents etc.
5. Adequate performance in GIS and CAD.
6. Adequate performance in numerical/mathematical modelling
I know that the budget is tight and would not expect the PC to perform extremely well in all the part. Just would like experts here to answer these few questions.
1. i've chosen a 450/ 500W PSU. Is it enough if i were to upgrade my GPU to a 4830 in crossfire later on and perhaps over clock my CPU a little to say 3.4GHz?
2. How do you expect this system to perform under task such as AutoCAD 2009, Office 2007, ESRI ArcGIS 9.2, Football Manager 2009, some of the MOST frequently used software for me?
3. If there is any part that i should upgrade in order to get adequate performance in these applications, what would you suggests?
I am asking all this because i rarely come across people asking regarding professional applications in PC (i understand most office uses workstations, but i always need to bring my work home). Hence i need your experience and advice in getting a system which will work just fine for me when i'm home.
thanks in advance.