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1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing?
Photoshop and some light gaming
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
$800 inclusive, but less is better
3) Where do you live?
California, near a Fry's
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc.
CPU, GPU, Motherboard, RAM, Case, Power Supply
5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model.
Optical Drive, Hard Drive, Monitor, all peripherals
6) Will you be overclocking?
Considering it but not "hardcore" o/c'ing
7) What size monitor do you have and/or plan to have?
1680 x 1050
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
Within the next month
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? etc.
No specific features, just stability.
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license? If so, what OS? 32bit or 64bit?
Yes, will have a student copy of Windows 7 64-bit.
This build is for my friend who is studying design so he will be using Photoshop and Illustrator heavily. He also plays games once in a while but as the resolution is not particularly high, I think a 5770 is more than enough for everything he'll play. He also lives like 5 minutes from a Fry's so I'll be keeping a lookout for their CPU and Mobo deals but today there wasn't anything too good. He doesn't have experience overclocking so this rig will likely be stock or o/c'd only with stock cooling.
Please give me suggestions, thanks!
Photoshop and some light gaming
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
$800 inclusive, but less is better
3) Where do you live?
California, near a Fry's
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc.
CPU, GPU, Motherboard, RAM, Case, Power Supply
5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model.
Optical Drive, Hard Drive, Monitor, all peripherals
6) Will you be overclocking?
Considering it but not "hardcore" o/c'ing
7) What size monitor do you have and/or plan to have?
1680 x 1050
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
Within the next month
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? etc.
No specific features, just stability.
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license? If so, what OS? 32bit or 64bit?
Yes, will have a student copy of Windows 7 64-bit.
This build is for my friend who is studying design so he will be using Photoshop and Illustrator heavily. He also plays games once in a while but as the resolution is not particularly high, I think a 5770 is more than enough for everything he'll play. He also lives like 5 minutes from a Fry's so I'll be keeping a lookout for their CPU and Mobo deals but today there wasn't anything too good. He doesn't have experience overclocking so this rig will likely be stock or o/c'd only with stock cooling.
Please give me suggestions, thanks!
