Call All Computer Geeks
Mar. 23rd, 2006 03:02 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
orikesI’m looking to get a new computer and I need advice. It’s been about four years since I last had to do this and paid any attention to the latest and greatest. I have a vague idea of what is good, but no specifics.
What I’m looking for is to spend less than a $1000 on both a new computer and a new monitor. I’m looking specifically at New Egg because I have credit with them and I have friends who’ve had good experience with their purchases there.
Monitor – I do graphics work. I need a better monitor than I have, since I can’t get the color or the brightness correct on my current monitor (19” ViewSonic CRT something or another, bought refurb three years ago). I’d like to have color calibration capability, but I’m not sure if this is exclusive to high end, expensive monitors. I don’t care if it’s an LCD or CRT, just as long as the color and brightness look good.
Computer – Hoo boy. As I said, I do graphics. Lots of Photoshop, PageMaker and I’m trying to get stronger at Illustrator and InDesign. I also want to be able to play games. Right now my primary desire to upgrade is because I can’t play games on my current PC. It crashes at random moments and playing a graphic intense game is out of the question (I think it rebelled on me when I quit EQ for good).
I don’t care if it’s a prebuilt system or something I put together (with help). I like AMD and I want at least a 100GB HD.. more if I can swing it. Ram should be between 512mb and 1gb, and should be the good stuff. The video card is probably the most mystical thing right now. I’m very out of touch on what’s good. I want to be able to pop at least two to three fans in the case in addition to the defaults.
Whatever I get is going to have to be THE computer for the next few years. I don’t want to go too cheap, but I can’t go too expensive. As it is, I probably shouldn’t be doing this, but .. well.. I can.
Advice?
What I’m looking for is to spend less than a $1000 on both a new computer and a new monitor. I’m looking specifically at New Egg because I have credit with them and I have friends who’ve had good experience with their purchases there.
Monitor – I do graphics work. I need a better monitor than I have, since I can’t get the color or the brightness correct on my current monitor (19” ViewSonic CRT something or another, bought refurb three years ago). I’d like to have color calibration capability, but I’m not sure if this is exclusive to high end, expensive monitors. I don’t care if it’s an LCD or CRT, just as long as the color and brightness look good.
Computer – Hoo boy. As I said, I do graphics. Lots of Photoshop, PageMaker and I’m trying to get stronger at Illustrator and InDesign. I also want to be able to play games. Right now my primary desire to upgrade is because I can’t play games on my current PC. It crashes at random moments and playing a graphic intense game is out of the question (I think it rebelled on me when I quit EQ for good).
I don’t care if it’s a prebuilt system or something I put together (with help). I like AMD and I want at least a 100GB HD.. more if I can swing it. Ram should be between 512mb and 1gb, and should be the good stuff. The video card is probably the most mystical thing right now. I’m very out of touch on what’s good. I want to be able to pop at least two to three fans in the case in addition to the defaults.
Whatever I get is going to have to be THE computer for the next few years. I don’t want to go too cheap, but I can’t go too expensive. As it is, I probably shouldn’t be doing this, but .. well.. I can.
Advice?