Desktop for Graphic Design

Locha

Good day everyone,
I would like to take your advice about building a desktop for graphic design purposes and on which specs to focus on and how much money should be spent for it?

Thank you in advance.

AvoK95

What program will you be using? You can build a case for as cheap as $600 to a thousand dollars.

Locha

Flash Animation, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Illustrator and might be used sometimes for Video Editing ... Any specs ?

yasamoka

What is your budget?

AvoK95

I7 16GB RAM SSD Z77 Board, would cost you around 1200 max
You can also get an i5,skip an SSD and get a lower end chipset and it will cost from 500 to 800 dollars.

Gamer

The CS6 versions of Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, SpeedGrade, and Encore require a 64-bit edition of Microsoft Windows 7.

What are the recommended system configurations for video production?
With native 64-bit applications, more RAM means better performance when working with multiple applications on high-resolution projects. For that reason, we recommend you use at least 8GB of RAM, and 16GB, 32GB, or even more for high-performance configurations.

Tested video cards for Photoshop CS6

Adobe tested the following video cards before the release of Photoshop CS6. This document lists the video card by series. The minimum amount of RAM supported on video cards for Photoshop CS6 is 256 MB.

Adobe tested laptop and desktop versions of the following cards. Be sure to download the latest driver for your specific model. (Laptop and desktop versions have slightly different names.)

nVidia GeForce 8000, 9000, 100, 200, 300, 400, 500 series
nVidia Quadro 400, 600, 2000, 4000 (Mac & Win), CX, 5000, 6000
AMD/ATI Radeon 2000, 3000, 4000, 5000, 6000, 7000 series
AMD/ATI FirePro 3800, 4800, 5800, 7800, 8800, 9800, 3900, 4900, 5900, 7900
Intel Intel HD Graphics, Intel HD Graphics P3000, Intel HD Graphics P4000

Note: ATI X1000 series and nVidia 7000 series cards are no longer being tested and are not officially supported in Photoshop CS6. However, some basic GL functionality can be available for both these cards.
Note: Using more than one video adapter does not enhance Photoshop's performance.

Im with Avok95 on the rest specs

Also i was checking nVidia if they have support
and here is a PDF Link dated 2012-06-27

Locha

Thank you guys for your answers.The budget is around 1000$. So, what you are saying that things that matter the most are the RAMs and an updated CPU but what I would like to ask is that which role does a graphic card plays in such applications ?

AvoK95

It helps to take some load off the CPU and help it render faster.

Gamer

Adobe Premiere Pro CS6
Optional: Adobe-certified GPU card for GPU-accelerated performance
Render Times for Example Timeline in Adobe Premiere Pro CS6:
8:16 CPU only (8-core 3.2 GHz Xeon W5580 PC)
1:44 NVIDIA Quadro 2000
1:11 NVIDIA Quadro 4000
0:56 NVIDIA two-card Maximum system* (Quadro 2000 + Tesla C2075)
After Effects CS6
Optional: Adobe-certified GPU card for GPU-accelerated ray-traced 3D renderer*
Render Times for a Suite of Five Compositions with Ray-traced 3D Layers in After Effects CS6:
5:04:30 CPU-only (8-core 3.47 GHz Intel Xeon 5690 PC):
0:51:51 Quadro 2000
0:33:16 Quadro 4000
0:23:06 Quadro 5000
0:16:59 Quadro 6000
0:14:23 Maximus (Quadro 5000 + Tesla C2075)
0:10:56 Maximus (Quadro 6000 + Tesla C2075)

you should read the link i posted above

Locha

So basically, when it comes to a graphic card, it helps in rendering videos. So for example, if I want to build a computer from PcandParts, what are the parts that you suggest to purchase?

Thank you again ...

Gamer

http://www.nvidia.com/object/workstation-solutions.html
PNY Quadro 6000 6GB DDR5 w/TV Email PX-100
PNY Quadro 5000 2.5GB DDR5 w/TV Email PX-101
PNY Quadro 4000 2GB DDR5 w/TV Email PX-102
PNY Quadro 2000 1GB DDR5 w/TV $559.00 PX-103
PNY Quadro 600 1GB DDR3 w/TV $235.00 PX-104

Based on your budget you have to go entry level

yasamoka

With that budget, a high-end consumer graphics card (GeForce / Radeon) might be a better idea than an entry-level workstation card. Depends on workload and numbers.