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Subject: Re: [OM] Computer Quote
From: Scott Gomez <sgomez.baja@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2013 17:52:08 -0700
I'm with Moose on his recommendations in the other thread on this, also. I
don't see any need for a video card if you get built-in either. It's not a
gaming system. The other thread also confirms you could easily match
components on Newegg. Assembly is dead easy for PCs.

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Scott
On Jun 7, 2013 5:41 PM, "Scott Gomez" <sgomez.baja@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I'm agreeing with Moose. Almost impossible to read quote, and worse, from
> this tech guy's standpoint, no way to compare with other systems, as most
> components are not clearly identified, but rather just branded as Dell.
> Have you thought about taking the Australian list and just duplicating the
> components by finding them on a site like Newegg.com?
>
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> Scott
> On Jun 7, 2013 2:02 PM, "Moose" <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>
>> On 6/7/2013 1:02 PM, Tina Manley wrote:
>> > PESO:
>> >
>> > This is the quote I got from Dell.  Does anybody see any problems?
>> >
>> > Thanks in advance to all of you computer gurus!!
>>
>> That is sure hard to read! At least two, slightly different, listings for
>> each component.
>>
>>  From what I have learned in your shortish time here, you get antsy and
>> tend to leap before you look and charge ahead.
>> If the price fits your budget, this will do what you want, but for one
>> thing. With a little more shopping, you could get
>> equivalent performance for PS for what I would guess is much less $.
>>
>> There's a lot of overkill in the system for PS use:
>>
>> As I just pointed out, a GPU-less processor and high end video board is
>> unlikely to provide any noticeable improvement
>> for PS use over an Intel i7 with integrated GPU.
>>
>> I don't know if you plan to burn Blu-Ray disks - certainly not for your
>> primary use.
>>
>> As before, I don't think a third SSD will add anything. If you use it
>> instead of a RAM disk for PS cache, it may
>> actually slow things down. (With 32 GB, PS may never use a cache, but who
>> knows.)
>> ------------------
>> I don't see a regular HD. The Australian site proposes a large HD, in
>> addition to the SSDs. I know I would run into
>> trouble without one. There's just so much 'stuff' beyond what a 256GB
>> boot drive can store. :-)   At the moment, I'm
>> using a 1 TB eSATA drive for that, but want the speed advantage of an
>> internal drive with SATA III.
>>
>> Brain Hurts, Moose
>>
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