Friend's Dads's Business' Computer (thats a lot of apostrophes)

Burgerbob · 06-06-2006, 08:29 AM

I am helping a friend whose dad runs a photo store- their current all purpose machine is a PII. here are the specs for it, i think-
Athlon X2 3800+
2Gb of Corsair XMS
same mobo i have
a pretty good GPU, maybe an X1800 or maybe a 1900 if they have the money, for all the DVD and photoshop stuff they do
nice large WD HDD for lots of DVDs and pics
a couple top of the line DVD burners
case and stuff are taken care of, its a full tower with lots of cooling
- now im not sure, but they might use it as a secondary server (sorry, but their P4 server sucks).
Should this be good? ask me for more specs if i left any out.

bigsaucybob · 06-06-2006, 01:14 PM

Have you considered going with Intel since they wont be doing any gaming at all?

way2evil · 06-06-2006, 01:32 PM

pentium d 930 or wait for core duo 2 would be the better option

Burgerbob · 06-06-2006, 06:22 PM

I did kinda think of that, but 1. this is kinda set in drying concrete, so i cant change it a whole lot and 2. I dont like intel a whole lot, niether do they, had some bad experiences with them. And the X2 should be just fine.

bigsaucybob · 06-06-2006, 09:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Burgerbob

I did kinda think of that, but 1. this is kinda set in drying concrete, so i cant change it a whole lot and 2. I dont like intel a whole lot, niether do they, had some bad experiences with them. And the X2 should be just fine.

Of course it will be just fine, just not the best for their needs. Intel has some very nice processors coming out, I would take a look.

Burgerbob · 06-07-2006, 05:59 AM

I might- but im not sure we can change the setup. This was kinda late, sorry guyz.

Jet · 06-07-2006, 06:51 PM

Then why did you ask us?

It is correct, a Intel processor would be much better for the task at hand. Also, the graphics card is way overkill. those tasks are Cpu intensive, not graphics card intensive.

AMD gs player · 06-08-2006, 12:22 AM

very true for what they are doing all they would need is a 6600gt

mrbagrat · 06-08-2006, 12:23 AM

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Originally Posted by AMD gs player

very true for what they are doing all they would need is a 6600gt

Not even that-photoshop isn't GPU intensive and neither are DVD's. A 5 series would work too.

Burgerbob · 06-08-2006, 12:26 AM

hmmm, i might tell them to get a cheaper card, then to spend the extra money on a 4400+ or something.

06-06-2006, 08:29 AM	#1 (permalink)
Burgerbob Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Private Island Age: 19 Posts: 2,532	Friend's Dads's Business' Computer (thats a lot of apostrophes) I am helping a friend whose dad runs a photo store- their current all purpose machine is a PII. here are the specs for it, i think- Athlon X2 3800+ 2Gb of Corsair XMS same mobo i have a pretty good GPU, maybe an X1800 or maybe a 1900 if they have the money, for all the DVD and photoshop stuff they do nice large WD HDD for lots of DVDs and pics a couple top of the line DVD burners case and stuff are taken care of, its a full tower with lots of cooling - now im not sure, but they might use it as a secondary server (sorry, but their P4 server sucks). Should this be good? ask me for more specs if i left any out. __________________ MY Computer AMD Athlon 64 X2 5400+ Black Edition, Zalman 9700 4096Mb Patriot Viper, ASUS M3N78 Pro 750GB Seagate, 500GB WD, eVGA 8800GT Antec Three Hundred Logitech MX Revolution, UltraX Media Hanns-G 19in 5ms EEEPC 4G Dell Inspiron 6000 Windows 7!

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Burgerbob Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Private Island Age: 19 Posts: 2,532	I did kinda think of that, but 1. this is kinda set in drying concrete, so i cant change it a whole lot and 2. I dont like intel a whole lot, niether do they, had some bad experiences with them. And the X2 should be just fine. __________________ MY Computer AMD Athlon 64 X2 5400+ Black Edition, Zalman 9700 4096Mb Patriot Viper, ASUS M3N78 Pro 750GB Seagate, 500GB WD, eVGA 8800GT Antec Three Hundred Logitech MX Revolution, UltraX Media Hanns-G 19in 5ms EEEPC 4G Dell Inspiron 6000 Windows 7!

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Burgerbob Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Private Island Age: 19 Posts: 2,532	I might- but im not sure we can change the setup. This was kinda late, sorry guyz. __________________ MY Computer AMD Athlon 64 X2 5400+ Black Edition, Zalman 9700 4096Mb Patriot Viper, ASUS M3N78 Pro 750GB Seagate, 500GB WD, eVGA 8800GT Antec Three Hundred Logitech MX Revolution, UltraX Media Hanns-G 19in 5ms EEEPC 4G Dell Inspiron 6000 Windows 7!

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Jet VIP Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 5,631	Then why did you ask us? It is correct, a Intel processor would be much better for the task at hand. Also, the graphics card is way overkill. those tasks are Cpu intensive, not graphics card intensive. __________________ http://www.joshualongeneckerphotography.com

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AMD gs player banned Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: embrun ontario Age: 19 Posts: 475	very true for what they are doing all they would need is a 6600gt

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Burgerbob Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Private Island Age: 19 Posts: 2,532	hmmm, i might tell them to get a cheaper card, then to spend the extra money on a 4400+ or something. __________________ MY Computer AMD Athlon 64 X2 5400+ Black Edition, Zalman 9700 4096Mb Patriot Viper, ASUS M3N78 Pro 750GB Seagate, 500GB WD, eVGA 8800GT Antec Three Hundred Logitech MX Revolution, UltraX Media Hanns-G 19in 5ms EEEPC 4G Dell Inspiron 6000 Windows 7!

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