Back in early 2006 I upgraded my pc based on a component list that Nirofo shared in post 15 in
this thread using some of my existing components but taking that processor & motherboard as a starting point, and I've since upgraded to 2Gb RAM & and additional 1Tb HD still running XP & SP3
It has served me well but nearly 6 years on that the time has come to move on again so what would anyone's current recommendations be without spending the proverbial arm & leg.
I know all the argument about self build being no cheaper that buying a ready built machine... trouble is, I cant find a ready built machine that has the sort of spec I'm trying to set up. I'm thinking to have the following hardware capabilities: -
- Core i5 processor
- SSD SATA 3 for the OS so doesn't need to be too big... 64-80Gb?
- 4 x 1/2Tb HD running in raid 10
So what would anyone recommend for:
- motherboard
- graphic card or are on board graphics ok? I dont do gaming
- SSD
- how much RAM 4Gb? 8Gb? 16Gb? brand?
- Any other considerations?
My main "power" applications are Photoshop (of course), Lightroom (which can be slow using the gradient filters & adjustment brushes) & Video Studio 12 which takes a loooooong time re-rendering even short videos