Need a new workhorse.

[Timber Tom]

okay so my HP Pavilion that I bought in summer 2008 well the Hard drive is failing.

I could get a new HD but I figure whats the point.

This is my first post to the website, so bare with me if I do some forum no no's
As I am a little rushed to get this fixed.

I need the computer for work, This involves photo editing, cad/cam work, graphic design work. I am probably going to start doing video editing, and possibly 3d modeling as well.

I am looking at a Lenovo (no reason)
ThinkCentre M83 - Tower
10ALCTO1WW
Intel Core i5-4690 Processor (6MB Cache,up to 3.90GHz)
Windows 7 Professional 64 preinstalled through downgrade rights in Windows 8.1 Pro 64 English
Windows 8.1 Pro 64 Recovery Media US English
Mini Tower 280W
2 Front USB Ports
4GB PC3-12800 DDR3 1600MHz UDIMM
Integrated Video
Integrated Audio
1TB Hard Drive, 7200RPM, 3.5", SATA III
Optional Bracket
DVD Burner/CD-RW, SATA
Integrated Gigabit Ethernet
Internal Speakers Tower
Publication English
3 Year On-site

total comes in at $828.xx Canadian currency (with coupon online) $180 more if I go with i7 4770,4771 or 4790

I have a Asus Geforce gtx660 I bought last year almost exactly 1 year and plan on adding 8gb of ram for $60-$65 vs $295 they want.

I would love to have an answer soon. I do all my work for the cnc on this and need that running for the business. I am worried about doing much work currently as fear of corruption. If it corrupts a file for the cnc machine that would be major problems or is that not possible?. Thank you in advance for any help.

 

[Bossyfins]

You won't get a lot of performance from an i5. I would aim for 1200$ CAD for a good workstation.

 

[giantbucket]

if this is a workstation, look at a workstation board and ecc ram/cpu

i put together a small-office server two weeks ago, ASRock C226 WS (workstation/server) board, i3-4350, 16G ECC UDIMM, some SSDs (OS) and HDDs (data). the board would run you 220 Cdn, the CPU would be around 160, another 210 for memory, you have the graphics, just add SSD (or two in RAID1 for fun and ruggedness), case, and power supply. oh, and windows i guess. if an i3 turns out to not cut it after using it for a while, jump right to a Xeon. and sell the i3 or use it for another simpler build.