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WonderBob

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Hi,

I am busy getting quotes for a new computer at the office. And thought I might as well open the floor to anybody here who would like to give me a quote aswell.

At this stage it will basically replace my current office PC (email + internet) but will also be used for video encoding and minor DVD Authoring (+ DVD Burning) and Flash work and some minor Photoshop work - on a dayly basis.

It will need lots of Hard Drive space, and excpet for that no other real specific specs. Obviously all the extras, enough USB 2.0 ports, firewire, Gig Network Card, SATA, Dual Channel DDR bla bla.

I cant comment on Graphic Card specifics, because I am not sure what would be the best for the above mentioned applications. Whether I should be looking at Workstation Cards or just a high end "gaming" card. So any suggestions welcome.

I can probably just buy components and build it myself, but the company would rather buy from someone else to get support for the system from them. We are based in Cape Town CBD.

The budget is around R15000

Any suggestions welcome.

On a side note, I am definatly a AMD fan :)

You can just reply to the thread if you want to or you can email me at

gate23ATgmail.com

Thanks for the help
 
AMD X2 3800(R3000)
Gigabyte nForce4 K8NXP (R1600)
2 GB Corsair 533 (R2000)
2x 200GB seagate SATA (R2200)
Geforce 7800GT (R3200)

Obviously very rough quick setup that comes to about R12000, that'll leave you R3k for extras ie case,dvdwriter etc
 
rburley said:
AMD X2 3800(R3000)
Gigabyte nForce4 K8NXP (R1600)
2 GB Corsair 533 (R2000)
2x 200GB seagate SATA (R2200)
Geforce 7800GT (R3200)

Obviously very rough quick setup that comes to about R12000, that'll leave you R3k for extras ie case,dvdwriter etc
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Nice setup. I have learned though not to use the DDR533 ram. Rather just by the normal CL2.5 Corsair ram for less. I also work with photoshop and most of the popular Design and 3D apps.

The 3800+ is a good start but maybe use the extra R3000 to go for a faster dual core cpu. The 7800GT will be great but unless you are going to play games with the PC it will be a waste. It is useless for photoshop, flash and most other apps cept for 3D work. Maybe look at a 6600GT, costs much less. Workstation cards are the biggest waste in the world dont ever buy one.


The money you save from buying normal ram can be spent on a bigger Seagate drive. The 300GB & 400GB drives are pretty much just as fast as teh WD raptors but have slightly higher access times.


The dual core is a must for Video encoding!!

[EDIT] If you plan on getting more than 2GB of ram then get Windows XP 64bit, but first make sure all the apps work 100% with it.
 
@ angellus: he said "I should be looking at Workstation Cards or just a high end "gaming" card" thats why I put it there but yeah for his needs it is a waste.
 
^ if asking me ^

nothing especially, but dont you need a graphics card to plug your monitor into at least :)

I spoke to someone yesterday and he suggested going for Intel over AMD because the local AMD market is much smaller than the intel market, and therefore you struggle getting replacement parts and the general Intel support is much better than AMD support. He also said that currently Intel is running at lower temps.

Is this really the case ? , or was he just selling ?
 
photonman said:
not neccessary!

a hard core gamong machine would be to much for his proposed needs, but u can never get enough of a good thing...(thank you "spur" for the little slogan)
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The machine is for the company, but nobody works 24/7 :D
 
ummm first of intel doesnt run cooler not by a mile

you cant get parts for amd?

geez this oke who you spoke to must be a complete moron
what support do you need for a cpu? you dont need to do anything but stick it in a motherboard
its not software

i would buy amd 64 bit even for work

all new motherboards to do come with vga, sound and lan onboard
so you dont need a vga card to work. they not good vga cards but they work for a work inviroment

o and dont speak to that mofo again he knows not what he says

yes nobody works 24/7 but are you gonna take it home everynight or do you work from home?
 
WonderBob said:
^ if asking me ^

nothing especially, but dont you need a graphics card to plug your monitor into at least :)

I spoke to someone yesterday and he suggested going for Intel over AMD because the local AMD market is much smaller than the intel market, and therefore you struggle getting replacement parts and the general Intel support is much better than AMD support. He also said that currently Intel is running at lower temps.

Is this really the case ? , or was he just selling ?
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Ask him what he has been smoking?

AMD runs cooler and support is just as good as intel.
 
killadoob said:
all new motherboards to do come with vga, sound and lan onboard
so you dont need a vga card to work. they not good vga cards but they work for a work inviroment
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Well that is not true either. What have you been smoking? :D

There are motherboards that have VGA onboard VGA but not all do.
 
rburley said:
AMD X2 3800(R3000)
Gigabyte nForce4 K8NXP (R1600)
2 GB Corsair 533 (R2000)
2x 200GB seagate SATA (R2200)
Geforce 7800GT (R3200)

Obviously very rough quick setup that comes to about R12000, that'll leave you R3k for extras ie case,dvdwriter etc
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All the K8NXP boards for the AMD 939 and X2 cips I have seen only support up to a maximum of DDR400.
 
RVFmal said:
All the K8NXP boards for the AMD 939 and X2 cips I have seen only support up to a maximum of DDR400.
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thats why I said rough setup, i just put it togethere quickly, didnt check out details
 
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