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Posted by Rene de Heer on October 25, 2007 at 5:03 AM
I am looking into upgrading to a new PC, can someone tell me if the enclsoed specs are up to scratch pls?

Dual core 2.4 GHZ
4mb cache 1333 FSB
Space for second processor if required
3 500 GB SATA hard drives
80 GB hard drive for programms
Nvideo Quadro NVS card 128 mb

I will using the machine only for CS3, word processing internet and email.

many thks
Rene de Heer
Posted by Tom_W on October 25, 2007 at 5:17 AM
Wahts Ram and I would get a bigger GF card.
Posted by Rene de Heer on October 25, 2007 at 5:37 AM
It has 4 mb of ram and upgradeable.
Rene de Heer
Posted by Paul Gibbs on October 25, 2007 at 5:49 AM
That will be the CPU cache, how much main system ram IE DDR2/3?

Also "Space for second processor if required"

Is this a XEON or Opteron system? As none of the main stream boards/processors allow multiple physical CPU's


Posted by Nick on October 25, 2007 at 5:50 AM
So long as the graphics card has dvi-a/dvi-d outputs and a high enough resolution for you, then it should be fine. PC's don't make much use of graphics cards unless it's for gaming :rolleyes: - CS3/Web/Office should be fine with what you've got. You might want to change the 80Gb drive for something like a 150Gb WD Raptor 10K drive - will speed things up a little bit :wink:
Posted by Paul Gibbs on October 25, 2007 at 5:50 AM
I have a Dual 3.2 with 4gb of memory and fined that fine for my PS and C1 needs... Tom the NVS is fine for 2D work, our graphic artists use them at work.
Posted by Rene de Heer on October 25, 2007 at 5:56 AM
Its a XEON, actually it is an upgarded Dell precision 960.
Rene de Heer
Posted by Des Ong on October 25, 2007 at 9:05 AM
The graphics card will be fine, it's more critical for 3D stuff. I still don't see the RAM but if it's 4GB (you put 4MB), then that's fine too.
Posted by Paul Gibbs on October 25, 2007 at 9:28 AM
IF it is 4Gb, its fine, but i think the price premium for going Xeon is probably not worth it? Are you likely to need an Oct processor system?
I could probably spec up a mainstream system which will have the same spec and quad core cpu for less.
Posted by Rene de Heer on October 25, 2007 at 9:32 AM
Paul i would be interested, can i get hold of you???????
Rene
Posted by Paul Gibbs on October 25, 2007 at 9:36 AM
The easy way is to email me at h o k u m 1 5 at h o t m a i l d o t c o m