Recent content by agrieveson

A Dell Inspiron 620 with a GPU upgrade seems to be the most fitting. Any thoughts?

Would you be able to recommend one? What I meant by that us that it will be built shortly before the beginning of term towards the end of September. I understand that parts/prices could change before then, I just want to get a good idea of what I can do for her/persuade her to work more to...

Here you go. Though there is very little that wasn't in the original post. 1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc I have been asked to spec a workstation for a friend of mine. She is an Architecture student and will be using the system for work only...

I have been asked to spec a workstation for a friend of mine. She is an Architecture student and will be using the system for work only (e.g. AutoCAD, Revit, Sketchup, Photoshop). NO over clocking, NO gaming. She has a strict budget of no more than £450 ($600) for the full build (She is moving...

Gigabyte list all the Xeon E3's as compatible with the GA-Z77-D3H that I plan to use. So do ASRock with Z77 Pro4-M which I had previously thought about. Would there be any disadvantage (for my usage) to not going with a server class board?

The Xeon would work on any H77/Z77 board, all of them have it down as a compatible CPU. The advantages of a server class motherboard and ECC RAM would not be of much use for me. What would be advantageous would be the reduced price of the CPU for a marginal reduction in performance. Please...

The ST75F-P. Those specs might change now though - I was doing some research into Xeons last night and after a little more research I am getting tempted to go with a Xeon E3-1230 V2 instead of the i7 3770k. The Xeon is ~6.5% slower than the i7 in benchmarks, but this swap would give me a...

Updated Specs: -i7 3770K -Gigabyte GA-Z77-D3H -Nvidia Quadro FX 4800 (currently bidding on eBay) -Plextor M3 128GB SSD -Seagate 3TB Barracuda HDD 7200RPM 64M -Corsair 16GB 2x8G XMS3 DDR3 -Samsung SH-S222AB 22x DVD±RW DL -Silverstone Raven 3 -Noctua NH-D14...

Yes that does come in as cheaper, I will go for that. Thanks. EDIT: The part that I am most indecisive about is the GPU. I think I have chosen what is the best for my use/budget, but any comments/suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

The only problem with the with that option for the RAM, is that in the UK that kit is £30 (~$45) more expensive than the 4 x4 GB alternative. I think it might be sensible to go for the cheaper option now and then upgrade/sell the old at some point in the future if my work requires it and once...

The ST60F-P. No need for RAID or FW. Don't think I need Crossfire or SLI at this point in time, but that may change in the future or if you suggest I go for a different GPU setup. USB 3.0 and SATA 6Gb/s would be good. No need for eSATA or Onboard video. UEFI would be nice but I'm perfectly...

A total new build for an Architecture student with 3 years of study remaining. Replacing an ageing MacBook Pro. Aiming to be as silent as possible. System Usage: Autodesk Revit and AutoCAD, Creative Suite 6 (Mainly Photoshop and Illustrator), 3ds Max (rendering with Vray), Sketchup. No gaming...