Need help Building my sister a graphic design PC

EiSFX · Aug 13, 2010

Hello techy's my Sister just finished her graphic design course in school and she wants me to build her a comp and i don't really know anything about building that kind of PC i'm wondering if you guys can help me out i live in canada i need advice on what kind of parts i need for a graphic design PC i'm totaly in the dark when it comes to this kind of PC

ERazer · Aug 13, 2010

budget?

blkhogan · Aug 13, 2010

ERazer said:
budget?

+1. Also what kinda programs will be ran? Are they CPU or GFX killers?

CJCerny · Aug 13, 2010

You probably don't need anything too fancy/expensive for graphics design. The most important part would be to have a nice big color calibrated monitor and color calibrated printer. Find out from her exactly which apps she plans to use and then look up their minimum and recommend requirements and meet them.

mlee49 · Aug 13, 2010

EiSFX said:
Hello techy's my Sister just finished her graphic design course in school and she wants me to build her a comp and i don't really know anything about building that kind of PC i'm wondering if you guys can help me out i live in canada i need advice on what kind of parts i need for a graphic design PC i'm totaly in the dark when it comes to this kind of PC

Then you probably shouldn't build her one. Take the time to learn prior to just slapping one together for her.

A graphic design computer will need a fast processor, multiple cores will help ONLY for multithreaded rendering software. A quality power supply is necessary as it will need to be stable to all the components, and likely in the 600W range. A CUDA enabled gpu like the GTX 260 will help with rendering and giving graphical manipulation.

And as ERazer said, your budget will need to be over $1000 for a quality setup.

TheLaughingMan · Aug 13, 2010

I am not so sure about the GPU. It can help with Cuda enabled software, but if she is not using any of those, then it helps not. One thing you will need is 8 GB of RAM and up. Graphics programs with large images with several dozen layers eats RAM for breakfast and she will need a lot of it.

EiSFX · Aug 13, 2010

well theres in no real budget but still something feseable and for now she will be useing paintshop pro and photoshop but will most likely be useing Adobe Illustrator CS5 too She uses alot of layers on the stuff she works on and also she does plan on trying 3D models too

mdsx1950 · Aug 13, 2010

EiSFX said:
well theres in no real budget but still something feseable and for now she will be useing paintshop pro and photoshop but will most likely be useing Adobe Illustrator CS5 too She uses alot of layers on the stuff she works on and also she does plan on trying 3D models too

If there is no budget just build her the PC in my system specs.

On a serious note- You have to have a budget. Then we can build the best graphic designing PC money can buy within the budget. :cool:

System Name	Custom FX
Processor	AMD Ryzen 5 1600X @ 4Ghz
Motherboard	MSI B350 Tomahawk
Cooling	EK A240 Kit
Memory	G.SKILL G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series DDR4 3200 8GB
Video Card(s)	EVGA GeForce RTX 2070 FTW3 Ultra
Storage	SAMSUNG 960 EVO M.2 250GB NVMe OS Drive/Seagate Hybrid SSHD ST1000LM014 1TB MLC/8GB 64MB Cache
Display(s)	ASUS VE228H 21.5 inch
Case	Raijintek Thetis
Audio Device(s)	Realtek ALC892
Power Supply	Silverstone Strider 750 Plus 750W Modular
Mouse	Red Dragon M715 Dagger
Keyboard	Corsair Strafe
Software	Windows 10 Pro

Processor	R9 5950x
Motherboard	Asus x570 Crosshair VIII Formula
Cooling	EK 360mm AIO D-RGB
Memory	G.Skill Trident Z Neo 2x16gb (CL16@3800MHz)
Video Card(s)	PNY GeForce RTX 3090 24GB
Storage	Samsung 970 EVO Plus 1TB NVMe \| Intel 660p 2TB NVMe
Display(s)	Acer Predator XB323QK 4K 144Hz
Case	Corsair 5000D Airflow
Audio Device(s)	Objective2 Amp/DAC \| GoXLR \| AKG K612PRO \| Beyerdynamic DT880\| Rode Pod Mic
Power Supply	Corsair AX 850w
Mouse	Razer DeathAdder Elite V2
Keyboard	Corsair K95 Platinum RGB "Cherry MX Brown"
VR HMD	Oculus Rift
Software	Window 11 Pro

System Name	Hogan's Crap
Processor	Intel i3-2120 Crap!
Motherboard	Dell POS Crap!
Cooling	Stock Crap!
Memory	4 GB Kingston DDR3 10600 Crap!
Video Card(s)	Stock Crap!
Storage	500 GB 5400 rpm Crap!
Software	Windows 10 64bit

System Name	Main Rig
Processor	Athlon 5350
Motherboard	AsRock mITX
Memory	4gb
Storage	120gb Kingston HyperX SSD
Display(s)	Samsung Syncmaster 740N
Power Supply	Corsair 430 watt

System Name	The Dove Box Rev 3.0
Processor	i7 8700k @ 4.7GHz
Motherboard	Asus Maximus X APEX
Cooling	Custom water loop
Memory	16GB 3600 MHz DDR4
Video Card(s)	2x MSI 780 Ti's in SLI
Storage	500GB Samsung 850 PCIe SSD, 4TB
Display(s)	27" Asus 144Hz
Case	Enermax Fulmo GT
Audio Device(s)	ON BOARD FTW
Power Supply	Corsair 1200W
Keyboard	Logitech G510
Software	Win 10 64x

System Name	ODIN
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
Motherboard	Gigabyte B550 Aorus Elite AX V2
Cooling	Dark Rock 4
Memory	G Skill RipjawsV F4 3600 Mhz C16
Video Card(s)	MSI GeForce RTX 3080 Ventus 3X OC LHR
Storage	Crucial 2 TB M.2 SSD :: WD Blue M.2 1TB SSD :: 1 TB WD Black VelociRaptor
Display(s)	Dell S2716DG 27" 144 Hz G-SYNC
Case	Fractal Meshify C
Audio Device(s)	Onboard Audio
Power Supply	Antec HCP 850 80+ Gold
Mouse	Corsair M65
Keyboard	Corsair K70 RGB Lux
Software	Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
Benchmark Scores	I don't benchmark.

System Name	Knight-X
Processor	Intel Core i7-980X [4.2Ghz]
Motherboard	ASUS P6T7 WS
Cooling	CORSAIR Hydro H70 + 2x CM 2000RPM 120mm LED Fans
Memory	Corsair DOMINATOR-GT 12GB (6 x 2GB) DDR3 2000MHz
Video Card(s)	AMD Radeon HD6970 2GB CrossFire [PhysX - EVGA GTX260(216SP) 896MB]
Storage	2x Corsair Perf. 512GB \| OCZ Colossus 1TB \| 2xOCZ Agilities 120GB SSDs
Display(s)	Dell UltraSharp™ 3008WFP [2560x1600]
Case	Cooler Master HAF-X + NZXT Temp LCD
Audio Device(s)	ASUS Xonar D2X \| ONKYO HTS9100THX 7.1
Power Supply	Silverstone ST1500 1500W [80 PLUS Silver]
Software	Windows 7 Ultimate X64 (Build 7600)
Benchmark Scores	Heaven 2.0 with Extreme Tessellation at 1080p - 96FPS

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