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Need a new Desktop.

1Dx · 2014-09-18 23:03:14

I need a new desktop PC and don't know what to buy. I need it to run Lightroom 5 and Photoshop CS6, also do some video editing in the future. I have a monitor picked out, a DELL Ultrasharp 27inch. I was given a little bit of advice from a friend and this is what was suggested... on the pc front, try to get the following >…

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19-09-2014 12:03am

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1Dx

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I need a new desktop PC and don't know what to buy. I need it to run Lightroom 5 and Photoshop CS6, also do some video editing in the future. I have a monitor picked out, a DELL Ultrasharp 27inch.

I was given a little bit of advice from a friend and this is what was suggested...

on the pc front, try to get the following > quad core, 16gb ram, 2gb graphics card and and SSD boot drive.. if you have that then the rest is less important...

Any ideas guys? Thanks in advance

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#2 19-09-2014 12:08am
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16 gigs of RAM is a whopper - should have speed of about 100 miles an hour

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