New Desktop: What do you guys think about this deal? I've bought from them before. Is this a good system for PP with LR and CS5?

gemlenz Loc: Gilbert Arizona

What do you guys think about this deal? I've bought from them before. Is this a good system for PP with LR and CS5?
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=8219701&csid=_61

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

gemlenz wrote:

What do you guys think about this deal? I've bought from them before. Is this a good system for PP with LR and CS5?
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=8219701&csid=_61

Tigerdirect is good, and my son has had an HP that has been running fine for a couple of years. I'd lean toward a Core i7 and 16GB of memory.

gemlenz Loc: Gilbert Arizona

This guy has a food explanation of differences between i5 and i7 http://youtu.be/mJ3yUin8d9E

The i7 would be better if the programs you have take advantage of the processor. I don't know if LR and CS5 do.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

gemlenz wrote:

This guy has a food explanation of differences between i5 and i7 http://youtu.be/mJ3yUin8d9E

The i7 would be better if the programs you have take advantage of the processor. I don't know if LR and CS5 do.

I took a quick look online to see if any Adobe programs take advantage of hyperthreading. I didn't get a solid answer.

If you don't get good responses to your thread, I'd repost with a different title. These people like to talk about computers.

kaz6756 Loc: Canarsie,Brooklyn, New York

When its time for me to build a new desktop I get all my stuff form Tiger direct.
Never had a problem.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

kaz6756 wrote:

When its time for me to build a new desktop I get all my stuff form Tiger direct.
Never had a problem.

What do you think about the i5 vs the i7 processor?

kaz6756 Loc: Canarsie,Brooklyn, New York

jerryc41 wrote:

What do you think about the i5 vs the i7 processor?

I have the I5 on a Toshiba laptop. I'm not crazy about intel at all, I always use AMD. I needed a computer fast one day cause my desktop went nuts cause of the hard drive. This looked faster then the AMD laptop so i went for it and it was cheaper.
I'm going to get ready soon to build a new desktop, I just really don't like laptops. I just want to research the AMD processors before I buy anything.
For now the i5 is ok. it works. I think its the windows 8 that is not stable at all.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

kaz6756 wrote:

I have the I5 on a Toshiba laptop. I'm not crazy about intel at all, I always use AMD. I needed a computer fast one day cause my desktop went nuts cause of the hard drive. This looked faster then the AMD laptop so i went for it and it was cheaper.
I'm going to get ready soon to build a new desktop, I just really don't like laptops. I just want to research the AMD processors before I buy anything.
For now the i5 is ok. it works. I think its the windows 8 that is not stable at all.

Good luck with it.

kaz6756 Loc: Canarsie,Brooklyn, New York

Thanks jerry

DavidM Loc: New Orleans, LA

gemlenz wrote:

What do you guys think about this deal? I've bought from them before. Is this a good system for PP with LR and CS5?
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=8219701&csid=_61

For the difference in price I would opt for i7 PC, is faster and has more memory, It will probably be a long time before you buy another PC:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=8219702&csid=_61

For a good explanation of CPU differences see:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2404674,00.asp

DavidM Loc: New Orleans, LA

DavidM wrote:

For the difference in price I would opt for i7 PC, is faster and has more memory, It will probably be a long time before you buy another PC:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=8219702&csid=_61

For a good explanation of CPU differences see:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2404674,00.asp

Forgot to mention you would have to add the graphics card!

gemlenz Loc: Gilbert Arizona

The i5 I posted had more capability then the i7. Graphics is included, bluetooth, and a larger hard drive. Right now I have a Core 2, 7gb ram, 750gb HD so this i5 would be a major improvement.

gemlenz Loc: Gilbert Arizona

So I'd have to add about $75 for a 2gb card.

Rabbott Loc: Grass Valley , California

i don't know about that computer, but i have been buying from tiger direct for several years, and have always been pleases with my purchases.

gemlenz wrote:

What do you guys think about this deal? I've bought from them before. Is this a good system for PP with LR and CS5?
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=8219701&csid=_61