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my new rig!

ElaineElaine Registered Users Posts: 3,532 Major grins
edited February 12, 2008 in Digital Darkroom
My hubby is building me a new 'puter! It will be up and running this evening. We both really wanted to try an iMac, but after getting a new 2nd monitor a few months ago and a new camera plus lenses a couple months ago, going with a home-built PC and getting to use his Intel employee discount for the processor seemed the financially-smarter way to go.

Here's what I got (I asked him to write this up as I really don't know about this stuff...just wanted to share!) :D

3.0 GHz Intel (R) Core 2 Duo Q6850
4 GB DDR2 800MHz RAM
Asus P5E-VM HDMI motherboard
Mirrored (RAID 1) Western Digital 320GB SATA2 drives
80 GB Seagate SATA2 drive (scratch drive)
20x DVD+RW SATA drive w/ LightScribe
Front Panel 7 in 1 card reader (USB 2.0)
Elaine

Comments and constructive critique always welcome!

Elaine Heasley Photography

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    DavidTODavidTO Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 19,160 Major grins
    edited February 9, 2008
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    Van IsleVan Isle Registered Users Posts: 384 Major grins
    edited February 9, 2008
    sounds good! Nothing quite like a custom job, eh? Nice!

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    SloYerRollSloYerRoll Registered Users Posts: 2,788 Major grins
    edited February 9, 2008
    Home grown is great too since you know you can upgrade an part of the machine w/o worrying about it turning to sludge in a year or so.

    Don't forget to post your speed results here!

    Congrats on your new machine! I'm sure it will feel like a banshee!

    Cheers,
    -Jon
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    Art ScottArt Scott Registered Users Posts: 8,959 Major grins
    edited February 9, 2008
    Elaine wrote:
    My hubby is building me a new 'puter! It will be up and running this evening. We both really wanted to try an iMac, but after getting a new 2nd monitor a few months ago and a new camera plus lenses a couple months ago, going with a home-built PC and getting to use his Intel employee discount for the processor seemed the financially-smarter way to go.

    Here's what I got (I asked him to write this up as I really don't know about this stuff...just wanted to share!) :D

    3.0 GHz Intel (R) Core 2 Duo Q6850
    4 GB DDR2 800MHz RAM
    Asus P5E-VM HDMI motherboard
    Mirrored (RAID 1) Western Digital 320GB SATA2 drives
    80 GB Seagate SATA2 drive (scratch drive)
    20x DVD+RW SATA drive w/ LightScribe
    Front Panel 7 in 1 card reader (USB 2.0)


    CONGRATS.....thumb.gifthumbbowdown.gifbow

    What case did all that go into....I am about to start ordering my new hardware for a new PC also........
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    ElaineElaine Registered Users Posts: 3,532 Major grins
    edited February 9, 2008
    Art Scott wrote:
    CONGRATS.....thumb.gifthumbbowdown.gifbow

    What case did all that go into....I am about to start ordering my new hardware for a new PC also........

    Here's the case we got (we bought local, but it was this case):

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811108020
    Elaine

    Comments and constructive critique always welcome!

    Elaine Heasley Photography
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    claudermilkclaudermilk Registered Users Posts: 2,756 Major grins
    edited February 9, 2008
    Very nice setup. It will serve you just as well as any Mac would. :D
    Chris
    http://www.chrislaudermilkphoto.com/
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    dogwooddogwood Registered Users Posts: 2,572 Major grins
    edited February 12, 2008
    Looks like nice specs-- that processor will especially serve you well. Not sure about the HD's though-- I've started buying 750 GB drives and still fill them up rather quickly...

    ... but your mileage may vary.
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