Hey all, I'm here today to seek out some information, from those that know more than I, on a personal build for a work machine. My ASUS U36j (laptop) just isn't cutting the mustard anymore, sadly. I need a desktop for my new work position. It's been a very long time since I looked into hardware and with so many options I fear I'll end up going overboard and spending more than I really need or worse, get something that isn't up to snuff. Any help and or advice is welcome and thanks in advance. The details are below!
Approximate Purchase Date: Within two to three weeks.
Budget Range: 800 - 1200 (can go higher but purchase date will be pushed off)
System Usage: Heavy use of Adobe Cloud, local server database setup, web design & development. This is not a gaming rig, this just needs to be able to support large print and web graphic creation, run multiple instances of visual studios and various other applications, and store a reasonable amount of database/web files.
Parts Not Required: keyboard, mouse, speakers.
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Tigerdirect.com, amazon.com, newegg.com
Country: NC, USA
Parts Preferences: No brand preference, looking for two ultra-wide screen monitors as well as the tower build (from scratch, tower/case needed too). I'm going to require a rather high amount of good quality RAM and probably both SSD & HDD for this setup.
Overclocking: Maybe, probably not.
SLI or Crossfire: Yes / No / Maybe
Monitor Resolution: prefer 2560x1080, flexible on this though
Additional Comments: I'm very familiar with the software end of computers, where I fall short is hardware it's been years since I looked into all the new toys. The system just needs to be able to keep up with daily 8-14 hour run times and stay cool under strain (e.g. lots of programs soaking up cpu and ram alike), I use cloud storage as backups so hard drive space is less important.
Approximate Purchase Date: Within two to three weeks.
Budget Range: 800 - 1200 (can go higher but purchase date will be pushed off)
System Usage: Heavy use of Adobe Cloud, local server database setup, web design & development. This is not a gaming rig, this just needs to be able to support large print and web graphic creation, run multiple instances of visual studios and various other applications, and store a reasonable amount of database/web files.
Parts Not Required: keyboard, mouse, speakers.
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Tigerdirect.com, amazon.com, newegg.com
Country: NC, USA
Parts Preferences: No brand preference, looking for two ultra-wide screen monitors as well as the tower build (from scratch, tower/case needed too). I'm going to require a rather high amount of good quality RAM and probably both SSD & HDD for this setup.
Overclocking: Maybe, probably not.
SLI or Crossfire: Yes / No / Maybe
Monitor Resolution: prefer 2560x1080, flexible on this though
Additional Comments: I'm very familiar with the software end of computers, where I fall short is hardware it's been years since I looked into all the new toys. The system just needs to be able to keep up with daily 8-14 hour run times and stay cool under strain (e.g. lots of programs soaking up cpu and ram alike), I use cloud storage as backups so hard drive space is less important.
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