Hey guys, as the title says, I'm new around here. Not my first forum I've been on by far, but for the most part, its the first computer forum I've joined up with. I figured I might as well have a forum for each hobby of mine!
Anyways, I didn't see a new members intro section or anything of the like, but I do come here for knowledgable info regarding desktops, so this section seemed most fitting.
Basically, as things sit now, I have a wonderfully dead desktop. Looks like a dead motherboard or dead CPU to me, and with no way to discern which one is dead without having compatible spares of each(who does anyways?), I figured it'd be best to go with the times and upgrade!
The only thing I plan to use again on this build will probably be the dvd-r drive, the hard drive, and the tower itself(maybe). So it'll be a fairly fresh PC.
What I plan to use it for is mostly Photoshop CS4/Adobe Lightroom 2.0, and alot of gaming. Not the cutting edge, push the rig to the max games like Crysis and the like though. I usually play games that are a few years older( cheaper!). Though, what I'll probably be playing most on this computer will be Final Fantasy XI. I'm not going to be limiting myself to just this game on this computer though.
Now, what I've been thinking about is a build with an e8400 and about 4gb of ddr2 1066 ram...the rest I'm not too sure about. At all.
So what I am asking of you as a community is to help me build a computer that will run those programs smoothly and efficiently as possible, without shooting my budget in the bum.
What I use now for computing is a HP dv6700 laptop, which sports a 1.83ghz core 2 duo, 3gb ram, windows vista, and a 8400m GS graphics card. I would like the desktop to perform a good deal better than this laptop.
Sorry this was long winded, but I figured it would be better than the usual forum trolling posts that are incomprehensible.
Thanks,
Will
Anyways, I didn't see a new members intro section or anything of the like, but I do come here for knowledgable info regarding desktops, so this section seemed most fitting.
Basically, as things sit now, I have a wonderfully dead desktop. Looks like a dead motherboard or dead CPU to me, and with no way to discern which one is dead without having compatible spares of each(who does anyways?), I figured it'd be best to go with the times and upgrade!
The only thing I plan to use again on this build will probably be the dvd-r drive, the hard drive, and the tower itself(maybe). So it'll be a fairly fresh PC.
What I plan to use it for is mostly Photoshop CS4/Adobe Lightroom 2.0, and alot of gaming. Not the cutting edge, push the rig to the max games like Crysis and the like though. I usually play games that are a few years older( cheaper!). Though, what I'll probably be playing most on this computer will be Final Fantasy XI. I'm not going to be limiting myself to just this game on this computer though.
Now, what I've been thinking about is a build with an e8400 and about 4gb of ddr2 1066 ram...the rest I'm not too sure about. At all.
So what I am asking of you as a community is to help me build a computer that will run those programs smoothly and efficiently as possible, without shooting my budget in the bum.
What I use now for computing is a HP dv6700 laptop, which sports a 1.83ghz core 2 duo, 3gb ram, windows vista, and a 8400m GS graphics card. I would like the desktop to perform a good deal better than this laptop.
Sorry this was long winded, but I figured it would be better than the usual forum trolling posts that are incomprehensible.
Thanks,
Will
