First I want to say Aloha and Happy Thanksgiving. This is my first post, but I have been reading Toms Hardware for a while and really appreciate the great advice. I am not a gamer, but am heavy in photo and video editing. My primary concern is reliability and of course speed with working with large images. This is what I am looking for:
APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: this week
BUDGET RANGE: $1000-$1300 (without monitors)
SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Photoshop, Lightroom, Adobe Premier, some 3D rendering
- Not into gaming
PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: amazon.com (because they have free shipping to Hawaii), newegg.com
OVERCLOCKING: Maybe
SLI OR CROSSFIRE: Probably not needed
MONITOR RESOLUTION: 1920x1200 (Would like to support two Dell Ultrasharp 24 in monitors)
OS: Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
Parts:
$89.99 Antec Nine Hundred Steel ATX
$179.99 CORSAIR CMPSU-850HX 850W - Perhaps an overkill
$199.99 Intel Core i5 Processor 2.66 GHz
$169.99 GIGABYTE GA-P55-UD4P
$52.99 Cooler Master V8 RR-UV8-XBU1-GP
$189.98 8gb of G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600
$109.99 Western Digital 1.5 TB WD15EADS Perhaps 2 in RAID 1 mode - I have also considered a 128 SSD for the OS but this raises the price significantly
$174.99 eVGA e-GeForce GTX260 SC
The video card I have really struggled with. Will this drive two 1920 x 1200 monitors? It needs to perform well with Photoshop, but I am not into gaming.
Thanks for letting me know what you think. I am happy to save money if you think some of the parts are an overkill. I order from Amazon when I can. They are about the only company that ships free to Hawaii and shipping from other places can be a real killer.
Will this setup work with Windows 7 64-bit without any problem?
Thanks!
APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: this week
BUDGET RANGE: $1000-$1300 (without monitors)
SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Photoshop, Lightroom, Adobe Premier, some 3D rendering
- Not into gaming
PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: amazon.com (because they have free shipping to Hawaii), newegg.com
OVERCLOCKING: Maybe
SLI OR CROSSFIRE: Probably not needed
MONITOR RESOLUTION: 1920x1200 (Would like to support two Dell Ultrasharp 24 in monitors)
OS: Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
Parts:
$89.99 Antec Nine Hundred Steel ATX
$179.99 CORSAIR CMPSU-850HX 850W - Perhaps an overkill
$199.99 Intel Core i5 Processor 2.66 GHz
$169.99 GIGABYTE GA-P55-UD4P
$52.99 Cooler Master V8 RR-UV8-XBU1-GP
$189.98 8gb of G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600
$109.99 Western Digital 1.5 TB WD15EADS Perhaps 2 in RAID 1 mode - I have also considered a 128 SSD for the OS but this raises the price significantly
$174.99 eVGA e-GeForce GTX260 SC
The video card I have really struggled with. Will this drive two 1920 x 1200 monitors? It needs to perform well with Photoshop, but I am not into gaming.
Thanks for letting me know what you think. I am happy to save money if you think some of the parts are an overkill. I order from Amazon when I can. They are about the only company that ships free to Hawaii and shipping from other places can be a real killer.
Will this setup work with Windows 7 64-bit without any problem?
Thanks!