I am going to be replacing my Dell laptop ASAP (ordering parts tonight hopefully) and need some opinions to sooth my nerves before spending this much money. Here is what I have come up with:
AMD Athlon 3500+ Venice
Abit KN8 Ultra
eVGA 6800GS 256MB
OCZ EL Platinum Revision 2 1GB (2 x 512MB)
Western Digital Caviar SE WD800JD 80GB
LITE-ON IDE DVD Burner
Sony Floppy Drive
ANTEC SP400 SMART POWER 2.0 400W
Thermaltake VB1000SNS Silver Steel/Plastic ATX Mid Tower
Acer AL1914smd-8 Silver/Black 19" 8ms LCD Monitor
Logitech X-530 5.1 Speakers
Total cost: $1248.61 (I'd like to stay VERY close to this price)
The biggest programs I will be running are AutoCAD and Photoshop. While running these I would still like to be able to use Internet Explorer and a couple of messenger programs without a problem. My laptop can run the Photoshop and AutoCAD but lags a lot (around a minute to switch between any windows).
I'm sure there are a lot of people asking for help like this on here, but I'm really nervous about spending this much money and want to make sure everything seems ok.
AMD Athlon 3500+ Venice
Abit KN8 Ultra
eVGA 6800GS 256MB
OCZ EL Platinum Revision 2 1GB (2 x 512MB)
Western Digital Caviar SE WD800JD 80GB
LITE-ON IDE DVD Burner
Sony Floppy Drive
ANTEC SP400 SMART POWER 2.0 400W
Thermaltake VB1000SNS Silver Steel/Plastic ATX Mid Tower
Acer AL1914smd-8 Silver/Black 19" 8ms LCD Monitor
Logitech X-530 5.1 Speakers
Total cost: $1248.61 (I'd like to stay VERY close to this price)
The biggest programs I will be running are AutoCAD and Photoshop. While running these I would still like to be able to use Internet Explorer and a couple of messenger programs without a problem. My laptop can run the Photoshop and AutoCAD but lags a lot (around a minute to switch between any windows).
I'm sure there are a lot of people asking for help like this on here, but I'm really nervous about spending this much money and want to make sure everything seems ok.