pick a pc?
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- exador1
hey folks.
if your boss asked you to pick out a pc system for work, to your specs...
what would you ask for?
i just got my job offer tonight to join a company, and he asked me if i needed a new system...
he said to pick out whatever i wanted within reason, and send him the specs..
so here i am, asking you fine folks..
what would you ask for?it's an all pc office, so i don't think i'll go the mac route this time..
so ...
for a pc..
what should i look for?
hard drive, monitor, ram, blah blah..
anyone got any suggestions?thanks guys..
:)
ex
- traffic_light0
What are you going to need it to do? And what kind of budget do you have to work with?
- cloned0
anything from here crazy packed and cool looking to boot
- exador10
it's going to be a workhorse workstation for design..
some print, some webi figure he'll drop between 3 and 4 grand...tops...prolly closer to 3.5
- warheros0
alienware is cool and all, but id still go with a dell of some sorts. get an adequitely sized HD with a good processor, and always, always lots of RAM and a nice video card.
flat panel as well.
- Donvitoviti0
Dual G5 with 23 inch Apple LCD
- nasa0
macintosh GFizzy
- exador10
thanks don, thanks nasa..
but like i mentioned, the dude runs a pc office..
thats not to say he wouldn't buy me a mac if i asked for one, he did a few years ago last time i worked for him..
but i found out the hard way that being the only mac in a pc office means that the sys admins don't exactly help much and when production is slowed because my mac can't talk to the network reliably....
well...you see the picture...anyhow, don't get me wrong..i love macs...been using one for 15 + years..
but i need a kick ass pc right now..
for this office anyhow..
- jevad0
alienware definately...
- Donvitoviti0
alienwares are good but are overpriced by about Double of what it costs to get the same machine elsewhere or build yourself.
- exador10
yeah..that's what it looks like to me too..
pretty sweet looking boxes tho..
;)ok...
howsabout montiors..
whats the best flat screen for the money..
20"....
- Peter0
www.shuttle.com
has some nice ones.Just got a SN95G5 myself.
- Milan0
I don't think you need an Alienware unless you're gonna be playing a lot of games at the office. I'd get a nice Dell instead with 21"-22" monitor and a gig of RAM. Those are the two most important things in a PC for us designers.
- Donvitoviti0
get the 20inch apple monitor if you can.
Also... I just remembered these computers... they are some of the best out there.
http://www.falcon-nw.com/
machv.aspthey run SLi also. Upgrade it to SLi if you want a kick ass machine
But ya.. these guys make a mean machine. I would get these guys way before Alienware
- nasa0
alienware cause ur not paying for it
then buy half life 2
best pc game ever
- jimeeboy510
Get the Dell Xeon Dual 64mb processor with hyper threading. Its probably one of the fastest PCs out there and it'll be ready for future 64mb apps as soon as Longhorn ever gets released (maybe a yr).
I have a Viewsonic v201 LCD at work and its nice and not priced high at all compared to similar products. It's not screen proofable, but hell, you gonna print out your shit before you submit it anyway right and you gonna get pantone swatchbooks too right?
Also comparable is the Dell 20.1" widescreen LCD for only about $550 shipped or less (www.slickdeals.com) .
Get two of these and you'll have all the real estate you'll ever need to work on. Excel junkies will be on your nuts for that!
- exador10
thanks a ton jimeeboy..
thats exactly the type of info i was looking for..
gonna copy that and have a chat with the boss..
:)cheers man..thanks
ex
- Donvitoviti0
ugh... not dell.
you can get the same specs with bettter everything ...
atleast get the Apple monitor... they are so nice
- jimeeboy510
Donvitoviti is right. Apple displays are pretty nice....but bor that price you can buy 2 or 3 of Dell or Viewsonic 20 inchers! I only suggested the Dell, because thats the only system that I know of (havent done much research lately) that has been compared with a Dual G5. Where would you buy something with the same specs but better built? DIY?
- jimeeboy510
If you need to save a buck or two...settle for just a cd-rom and buy an external dvd+/-rw and tell your boss that this would also be benificial to him as well, because he can connect to his computer if he needs to burn stuff! Also, buy the network stuff seperately too, buy ram online or elsewhere too, anything else? Im not saying that dell is the onlything out there. Like many other peeps mentioned, Alienware has a pretty mean config desktop as well. Unless you are doing video stuff, you don't need to get an overkill graphics card either. 64-128 should be sufficient for basic adobe stuff. Good luck! I spoiled myself at my new job too. haha.
- spiff0
a flatscreen lcd monitor is a must. it doesnt matter if you have a 133mhz 8mb ram computer with windows 95, a lcd makes it wonderous!