Buildig Computer

Type of Computer: Graphic Design Computer

Estimated budget: 2000 USD

Parts:

        Motherboard: Asus P8P67 Pro Rev. 3.0 (Intel P67 ATX) 

Reason: It has high speed with 1600 MHz, have 7 slots and specially for designed.

        CPU: Intel Core i7 2700K (3.5GHz) QUAD CORE 95W 

Reason: All feature intergrated graphic capacibilities, product line is core i7, Intel HD graphic graphic 3000

        RAM: Patriot Viper Xtreme 16GB DDR3-1600 (4x4GB) 

Reason: Making the memory cooling run and also suitable for using to make game is sensitive.

         Video Card: PNY Quadro 2000 1GB 

Reason: This video card is suitable for a workstation like Graphic Designer Computer. And the quad core would make the designing of High-Definition graphic faster and easier.

          Sound Card: Onboard Sound 

Reason: Any sound card is fine. I need to design only the graphic.

        Controllers (Adapter Cards): None

Reason: No need for additional card.

         Networking (Adapter Cards): Bluetooth USB Adapter and 802.11n Wireless USB Adapter 

Reason: I need Bluetooth to connect my designing gadget with my computer. And the Wireless is use for Wifi internet.

         Hard Drive: 2.0TB Western Digital Caviar Green (5400 RPM, SATA III, Quiet) 

Reason: I need a big Hard-Disk to store many High-Definition quality graphics and videos that I designed. And I think 5400 RPM is enough for transferring file to my other designer friend.

          CD / DVD Rom: Asus 24x DVD-RW SATA (black) 

Reason: Only a decent DVD Rom is enough for me. I need it to install designing program that I purchased from the market.

          Removable Drive: None

Reason: I prefer to use an external removable device instead, because it is easier to carry around.

           Case: Cooler Master HAF 932 Advanced Full-Tower

Reason: Every Workstation computer often get hot very fast, because of the intense used on High-Definition quality video editing and grapic editing. So this cooler master will help to cool the CPU faster. The design of the case is very cool as well.

          Power Supply: Antec TruePower 650W 

Reason: The website recommended a 560W power supply, but I think having some spare energy is better than having the one with exactly the same power supply as the recommended one.

           CPU Cooling: Puget Hydro CL3 Liquid Cooling System for 1156 

Reason: With the latest technology of liquid cooling system, this CPU cooling will be helping to cool my workstation computer faster than normal model, because it often get hot very fast.

           Monitor: Asus 21.5inch LCD w/ LED and Speakers (1920x1080) (black) 

Reason: I don’t like to use too big monitor screen, I think it will post a problem to my eye. So a 21.5 inch is not too small and not too big in my opinion. Plus, it support up to 1920x1080 resolution which is very good at seeing the detail of the graphic designed.

           Speakers: None

Reason: My monitor already has a built-in speaker. As I mention earlier, sound doesn’t really matter to a graphic designer like me.

           Keyboard: None

Reason: I already has a very good keyboard/mouse combo at home.

           Mouse: None

Reason: Included in the great combo that I owned.


Costs according to the website: 2570 USD

Conclusion: Computer for graphic design need a high performance, more cooling than other kind of computer, so I need all this component to make my computer machine run fast, high graphic and need a big capacity hardisk to store the data as well. I think this computer is suitable for graphic design.