- May 26, 2009
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1. What YOUR PC will be used for - Photo Editing and mild gaming (waiting for Starcraft 2 and Diablo 3)
2. What YOUR budget is - $1000-$1200
3. What country YOU will be buying YOUR parts from - USA (Newegg, Zipzoomfly, etc)
4. IF YOU have a brand preference - N/A
5. If YOU intend on using any of YOUR current parts, and if so, what those parts are - N/A (Will be purchasing monitor separately - see below).
6. IF YOU have searched and/or read similar threads - Yes, I am not really a gamer - so there are much fewer photo editing builds to compare and research.
7. IF YOU plan on overclocking or run the system at default speeds - Nope
8. WHEN do you plan to build it - Yesterday
Just to note....
I am looking to build or buy a new system (DELL). I get a 7% employee benefit discount from dell. My company contracts with dell, so we can get a discount if we choose. As a result, I am willing to either build or buy. I understand you all get pinged for system recommendations constantly, but I would appreciate any guidance as I have not kept up with current technology since I built my AMD 3200+/ATI Radeon 9800Pro. So.... It's been a while.
At the moment I am leaning toward one of the Dell deals on a XPS Studio 435 w/ i7-920 & Radeon 4870 1gig...
Thanks for any help.
PS. I am not including the a new monitor in the budget. I am keeping that a separate line item. I will most likely be picking up an HP LP2475W.