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I’ve been doing everything on a laptop virtually forever but it’s time I have a nice desktop, too.
Plus I don’t want CS3 near my laptop until I’ve flushed it out!
I rarely work with files larger than 100MB, and never larger than 200MB, or whatever a 16MP Raw from a 1DsM2 becomes when you save it as PSD. I rent that camera when I need to but most of my work is with the 8.2MP 1D2.
I’m thinking of a Intel E6400 CPU with 4GB of RAM for Windows XP Pro.
I’d like firewire on the motherboard.
I want to run a two-monitor setup, of which currently I have only one monitor which support DVI.
So I need two PCI-Express video cards. Which ones? Is 256MB per card enough? If I ever plan on running Vista of course I would need 512MB per card to support Aero without shared memory.
Preferred motherboard brand is Asus but are there others you like?
I would pay up to $2000 for the right system.
I don’t mind building the system myself but is there anyone out there selling a computer like this right off the shelf?
Thanks!
Plus I don’t want CS3 near my laptop until I’ve flushed it out!
I rarely work with files larger than 100MB, and never larger than 200MB, or whatever a 16MP Raw from a 1DsM2 becomes when you save it as PSD. I rent that camera when I need to but most of my work is with the 8.2MP 1D2.
I’m thinking of a Intel E6400 CPU with 4GB of RAM for Windows XP Pro.
I’d like firewire on the motherboard.
I want to run a two-monitor setup, of which currently I have only one monitor which support DVI.
So I need two PCI-Express video cards. Which ones? Is 256MB per card enough? If I ever plan on running Vista of course I would need 512MB per card to support Aero without shared memory.
Preferred motherboard brand is Asus but are there others you like?
I would pay up to $2000 for the right system.
I don’t mind building the system myself but is there anyone out there selling a computer like this right off the shelf?
Thanks!
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