Hi All,
It's going to be a bit long
thanks for reading though!
I am currently in the process of making my mind up if it will be more beneficial to get separate PC (work/gaming/everything else @home) and a light laptop (travel work) or to get a high spec laptop (instead of a PC) and a small netbook (travel, barely any work).
At the moment I'm on a HP8510p notebook which has served me extremely well, yet it's due for an upgrade as it lacks a bit of power for my current needs.
When at home I have it on my laptop stand and I am working on a external keyboard and monitor.
My general usage is 3d CAD/CAM, rendering, photo editing, bit of programming and day to day stuff. I also game a little, but no hardcore stuff (sadly, lack of time).
At the moment, I think the PC/small laptop config is going to be better and possibly cheaper as work done while travelling is not so resources consuming.
For the PC build I would like to go for something like:
i7, min. 4GB of RAM (8GB possibly), ~100GB SSD, decent gfx to cope with latest games @1680x1050 on full details, possibly with some extra AA and my CAD work. No need for the extra sound card (got a external head amp with built in DAC)
Of course I need all the other bits like case, PSU etc.
I'm sorted for a 'data' hdd and mouse/keyboard.
Can you list me some of your suggestions for this type of a build?
My usage really benefits from multi-core work so I would like to get a good CPU which I could o/c, same goes for gfx.
My previous build, which was loong time ago (when AMD 1700+ CPU's were kings of o/c) is still running ok
my problem is that I have not been updating my PC knowledge that regularly to know ins and outs of what is currently good and worth spending money on.
Any help will be greatly appreciated!!
It's going to be a bit long
thanks for reading though!I am currently in the process of making my mind up if it will be more beneficial to get separate PC (work/gaming/everything else @home) and a light laptop (travel work) or to get a high spec laptop (instead of a PC) and a small netbook (travel, barely any work).
At the moment I'm on a HP8510p notebook which has served me extremely well, yet it's due for an upgrade as it lacks a bit of power for my current needs.
When at home I have it on my laptop stand and I am working on a external keyboard and monitor.
My general usage is 3d CAD/CAM, rendering, photo editing, bit of programming and day to day stuff. I also game a little, but no hardcore stuff (sadly, lack of time).
At the moment, I think the PC/small laptop config is going to be better and possibly cheaper as work done while travelling is not so resources consuming.
For the PC build I would like to go for something like:
i7, min. 4GB of RAM (8GB possibly), ~100GB SSD, decent gfx to cope with latest games @1680x1050 on full details, possibly with some extra AA and my CAD work. No need for the extra sound card (got a external head amp with built in DAC)
Of course I need all the other bits like case, PSU etc.
I'm sorted for a 'data' hdd and mouse/keyboard.
Can you list me some of your suggestions for this type of a build?
My usage really benefits from multi-core work so I would like to get a good CPU which I could o/c, same goes for gfx.
My previous build, which was loong time ago (when AMD 1700+ CPU's were kings of o/c) is still running ok
my problem is that I have not been updating my PC knowledge that regularly to know ins and outs of what is currently good and worth spending money on.Any help will be greatly appreciated!!
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