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Intel 10400i Configurator - Ultimate Workstation & Gaming System
Top of the range system, can be customized very specifically.
Case- Lian Li PC-P80N Full Tower Case - Black
Most protective case.
Processor- Intel Core i7-3960X 3.30GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor
The fastest running processor as of late.
Cpu cooler- Intel Liquid Cooling Solution CPU Cooler
Fastest cooler available.
Motherboard- Asus Rampage IV Extreme Intel X79 Motherboard
The most advanced motherboard, capable of holding many different components(multiple graphics cards etc.
Memory- Team Xtreem 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 2600MHz C10 Dual/Quad Channel Kit
RAM, the things which allows you to access multiple files at once without the computers efficiency faltering. So lots of ram would suit a designer’s computer.
Graphics card- OcUK Value GeForce GTX 590 3072MB GDDR5
The best graphics cards allow you to have a high frames per second(fps) rating, allowing high quality/smooth graphics when designing websites/animations etc.
Graphics card 2- the same.
Hard drive- Crucial RealSSD M4 512GB SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive
When web designing, the files created will take up a lot of space, and the programmes needed will also take up a lot of space, so a big hard drive is needed.
Hard drive 2- Crucial RealSSD M4 512GB SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive
The same reason.
Raid option- none.
Not needed.
Optical- Pioneer BDR-206MBK 12x BDXL BluRay RW / 16x DVD±RW Drive - Black (OEM)
BluRay player, for high end graphics so you can develop a high quality website/also used for other purposes.
Power supply- Antec High Current Pro 1200W Modular PSU
High quality power, reduces short outs, and also the rate at which it heats up.
This needed as if the power cuts out and your work is lost, you’ll have to start again.
Operating system- Windows 7 Ultimate 64-Bit
Logitech MX Performance Mouse
Graphics tablet- Bamboo Pen Graphics Tablet
Standard keyboard
Output devices- Projector for the image to be displayed on a screen larger than the computer screen. Can’t be easily moved, therefore if you want to show in more than one place multiple projectors would be needed. Also has to be measured to fit the screen the image is being projected on, therefore some of the image might be missing as it’s on the screen.
You could also have a Second/Third monitor for viewing the work(ASUS VE278Q - 27"), not cheap, each monitor costing £238 each, 4 costing just under £1000. A scanner/printer for putting the work onto paper(Epson Stylus SX435W Colour Ink-jet - Fax / copier / printer / scanner) the limitations of this are that if used a lot, the printer will run out of ink very quickly and cost about £15 to replace. And a plotter, which draws the picture on paper via commands from the computer(Canon iPF750 imagePROGRAF A0 Large Format CAD Plotter with Stand BNIB), plotters don’t handle high quality images very well and seem to faulter, the plotter itself is very expensive, costing around £2000, meaning you’d have to have a lot of money left over from buying the system.
External hard-drive(Toshiba PX1624E-1HC2 320GB StorE Alu2 USB 2.0 2.5 Inch External Hard Drive Silver), as it’s an external hard-drive this means it is kept separate from the computer and can therefore be easily lost. A good thing about external hard drives is that they can hold a lot, the higher end gard drive holding up to 500GB of data.
, so work can be transferred between computer, good for working from home etc. also good for transferring editing programmes between systems, so work can be done by more than one person at any one time.
Graphics package; Adobe CS.5 package.