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What system do I need?

Post Date: 2008-05-06
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    Posted: 06 May 2008 at 5:18pm
Currently I have a Dell 8400 with a 17in Flatpanel Mon.  It has a P4 3.0mhz and I have 3gig of ram, Nvidia 6800, 150 gig hard drive,  WinXPPRO.

My system is good but I bought it more then 4 years ago.  It is really sluggish now. I use it for Music/Videos/Burning and Adobe Creative Suite 3.  I only play 2 computer games which are World of Warcraft and Tabula Rasa.

Im looking for a system that will be better then the one I have but I dont want to spend more then 2000.  Can anyone help me out?



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Here is what i would get in your situtation. I think the total comes to $1971. I didnt know if you needed a mouse & keyboard too..if you dont then subtract 30 bucks.
 
Case: Digital Storm 750Si (Black Anodized Aluminum Finish)
Power Supply: 550W Corsair HX (Dual SLI Compatible) (Silent Edition)
Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz (1066MHz FSB) (8MB Cache)
Motherboard: nVidia 750i SLI Core 2 Quad (nForce 750i SLI)
Memory: 4GB DDR2 Corsair at 800MHz XMS2
Floppy / Card: - No Thanks
Hard Drive 1: 320GB Western Digital (16MB Cache) (7200 RPM) (SATA)
Hard Drive 2: - No Thanks
Raid Option: - No Thanks
Hard Drive 3: - No Thanks
Optical Drive 1: DVD-ROM/CD-ROM (DVD Reader 16x / CD Reader 40x)
Optical Drive 2: DVD-ROM/CD-ROM (DVD Reader 16x / CD Reader 40x)
Network Card: High Speed Network Port (Supports High-Speed Cable / DSL / Network Connections)
Video Card: nVidia GeForce 9600GT 512MB
TV Tuner: - No Thanks
Sound Card: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer (Recommended)
Physics Card: - No Thanks
Cooling: Air Cooled Stage 2 (Silent Artic Cooling Heat-sink Upgrade (Copper Heatpipes)
Case Lighting: - No Thanks
Round Cables: - No Thanks
User Manual: Personalized Platinum Digital Storm Binder (Includes Paperwork/Benchmarks/CDs/Manuals)
Overclock Processor: Yes, Overclock the processor as much as possible with complete stability
Overclock Video Card: - No Thanks, Please do not overclock my video card(s)
Overclock Memory: Yes, Overclock memory timings (Includes Corsair Dominator Airflow Fan Upgrade)
Tweak Windows: - No Thanks, Please do not tweak the services on the operating system
Windows OS: Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate (64-Bit Edition) (For Enthusiasts)
Restore Kit: Digital Storm Specialized Recovery System (DVD Image Based)
Protection: - No Thanks
Office: - No Thanks
Benchmarking: - No Thanks
Pre-Install Game: - No Thanks
LCD Display: - No Thanks
Surge Shield: - No Thanks
Speakers: - No Thanks
Keyboard: Microsoft Multimedia Desktop 2.0 (Multimedia Keyboard + Optical Wheel Mouse)
I figure with your monitor size you wont need anything much better then a 9600GT, thats a solid card and a nice value per performance. The sound card is more for your music. And I choose a quad core because you may get better use out of it then a dual core when using your adobe. 4GB of ram is plenty, as well as Vista ultimate 64 bit...i dunno if youd want that or not..if you dont then minus about 70 bucks on that as well.
 
This system would run anything youd throw at it for quite a while.
 
And trust me...if you look at my sig...i understand what you mean by your system getting a bit slow haha.
E8500@ 4.03Ghz
XFX 790i Ultra
1000W Corsair HX
2 280 GTX EVGA FTW
4GB OCZ Reaper 1800Mhz
250-80-300GB VR HD
Logitech Z-2300 2.1 Speakers
Asus Xonar 7.1
Hanns-G HG 281D 28" HDMI Monitor
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