SirCyber
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can be but theres no denying more ram, esp for photoshop, lightwave, or CAD, is going to be much better for multilayer *or for animation, multipoint/surface* projects
I agree that PS may not be a ram hungry application. i dont know this for sure, but every thing I have read seems to say the same. I have also come to believe (and I very well could be wrong) that you can never have to much ram, assuming you rig can handle it. Everything I have read does however say that PS will use every bit of CPU you can throw at it. This is what leads me to wanting the 965 OCed to about 3.7. The wish for ram is more due to the 3d rendering software I plan to start playing with in the future. I am to understand that a high end video card is not needed for PS but that for the 3d stuff it is a must. I have looked at workstation cards and they all seem to be very very exspensive. So as of now my plan was to run onboard for the PS stuff and save up for a workstation card after doing some more research. Basicly I need to know if the SSD is that much of a difference. And if the 650 OCZ will be enough to power everything down the road with a video card supporting dual monitors. Also if I dont need to run xp would the home version 64b W7 be plenty. As for the case, I chose the Apevia X-cruiser for astetic value and the fact it has the gauges, basicly just thought it looked cool and seemed to have good ventilation. Any comments on that case?
Hey I am with ya brother. I would love to build my dream machine for way less than I ever thought possible. So what makes the i7 so much better for CPU demanding applications? Are they as easy to overclock? I plan on running 64 bit OS, would 4g ram still sufice? Also this will be the first time I have bought an OS, is there a difference in the packages as far as can I load it on my other home PCs as well? I am going to go "build" an i7 rig on paper right now and see what I come up with. One more thing, everyone on here seems to be pimping newegg, but I just went and priced piece for piece against Tiger and newegg seemed to be quite a bit more exspensive. What is it about them that you guys like so much more? Again thank you all so much for your help. I am so glad I didnt pull the trigger this morning before joining here.
Tracking now. Thanks. And you are exactly right about the tax thing. I didnt notice that at first. I just recently moved to NC and was not aware that there was a Tiger Direct store here. I just checked my cart and there it is, 99.47 in taxes. Add that to the 41.?? in shipping and you have just about the difference in an i7 build. I am so torn on this buy that I will probably end up waiting until the x6 releases, not by choice mind you, just because I cant make up my mind. For the price of the i7 build shipped to my door, I can get the AMD build w/ a 24" lcd if I act now. But that will most likely not happen as I am torn. Where in NC are you? I am in Fayetteville/Bragg.