£1000 base unit... i7 or quad (no gaming)

[Vegetarian]

Building a pc for a friend - he does a lot of web programming, photoshop and video stuff.... is i7 the way to go - or could I build a better overall system using a quad. He needs Raid mirror and lots of ram.

 

[garylouden]

Well the i7 are quads.

 

[J.B]

Im guessing you mean i7 or C2Qs?

Id go i7 if he can afford it.

 

[StephenLawUK]

ive seen i7 builds for under £1000 so its def within budget.

 

[jrodga2k5]

Hows this? I might have something wrong but its well balanced at a shade over £1000

 

[EvilOne]

Change HD to 660gb or 1tb model. (they slightly quicker then old 250gb*3 stlye ones)

4870 is overkill for web develpor with photoshop / video editing. Can cut costs there.

Gaming case?

 

[jrodga2k5]

Change HD to 660gb or 1tb model. (they slightly quicker then old 250gb*3 stlye ones)

4870 is overkill for web develpor with photoshop / video editing. Can cut costs there.

Gaming case?

Decent case with very good airflow to be honest!

Well with the newest Photoshop CS4 the GPU is used now and it does have benefits in performance so the 1GB of ram is worthwhile and also the horsepower of a decent graphics card will help more than you think

Just my opinion

 

[b-star]

Decent case with very good airflow to be honest!

Well with the newest Photoshop CS4 the GPU is used now and it does have benefits in performance so the 1GB of ram is worthwhile and also the horsepower of a decent graphics card will help more than you think

agree..

 

[exhumedye]

i7 for media, C2Q for gaming.

 

[EvilOne]

Decent case with very good airflow to be honest!

Well with the newest Photoshop CS4 the GPU is used now and it does have benefits in performance so the 1GB of ram is worthwhile and also the horsepower of a decent graphics card will help more than you think

Just my opinion

1GB 4850 would do the job just as good, IMO .

Agree with the airflow for the 900, shame about the dust storm inside