Desktop for a Graphic Designer

I would get a higher quality PSU and case such as XFX for PSU and a Cooler Master case. If you can't afford a case, or can't find anything better, at least get the XFX PSU. Also, if you don't need CUDA, skip the graphics card, use integrated graphics, get an SSD for applications and more RAM.

get an SSD , 2 x 8 GB Ram sticks

Great choice, change the GPU to a 7750, if you need CUDA, go 650Ti. The 7750 is faster and cheaper than the 550Ti and uses much less power.

As for the RAM, get 2x 8GB HyperX Black modules. The RAMs you got are server RAMs, which won't work properly with your PC.


Change board and CPU to Haswell, or at least get a B75 chipset, since you don't need the overclocking capabilities Z77 offers

And if you can, try to squeeze in an SSD, it really helps with performance (at least 40x faster than an HDD)

Seems great!

What are you getting the dedicated GPU for exactly?

Depends on the software being used. Those cards cost a fortune. If it's for the 10-bit (per color channel) output, then you'll also need a 10-bit display.

khofo wrotesorry i didn't read all the posts but this computer is not great for graphic design because the RAM is just below the average U need 16 GB for mid range image rendering and the graphic card is also bad you need a 2 GB VGA (not in crossfire or SLI cz most software won't support it and use 1 card) and also 1 TB hard disk is bad for the simple reason that nowadays all HDD's have approx the same prices so if you replace it with a 4 TB HDD it won't cost a lot more so do it because you need space to store your work I even suggest you to buy another 1 TB HDD (or SSD way faster for operating system) as a scratch disk. there is lot of videos on YouTube explaining what parts you need as a Graphic designer go check out because now your PC is great for amateurs not professionals that will make money with it.
Remember that this PC is your money source so the best it is the more smoothly and effort free you will work and be more productive

You care to explain how components having higher capacity memory will make things go faster? :)

The rig does have 16GB of RAM, which is quite overkill for anything. Even professional work. ( I have clients who are jewelry designers and render a few computers all at once, they never get passed 8gigs) But it depends on what you're rendering ofc, some might need the extra RAM, but very very few people need more than 16GB.
2GB "VGA" (It's not called VGA anymore, it's called a graphics card, VGA was the only interface around back in the 90's so the card's name was a VGA card, but now it's called a graphics card) anyway, the graphics memory doesn't effect things much, it's not like he's rendering anything that needs a lot of memory, the rendering is done by processors and not memory, so the least thing the focus on is memory. If you even have a 2 or 3GB graphics VRAM and a slow GPU, that VRAM will be useless.

Any type of memory or anything that has capacity, does not effect performance, they're just there to store the things that are open. If you have a 3970X with 2GB RAM, and an identical rig with 8GB of RAM, and you only use 1GB on both, then both will have identical performance.

All HDD's have the same prices? Really now..let's see, a 500GB HDD costs $57+VAT, a 1TB costs 90+VAT a 4TB costs 199+VAT, and there are tons of types of hard drives, like performance, regular or green or enterprise level drives. If he gets a 4TB drive (Which is only available in 5900RPM in the Lebanese market and is a green drive) He will face nothing but problems like hang ups,lock ups, slow loading speeds and lots of more issues. The hard drive capacity has absolutely nothing to do with performance. His best bet is to get a WD Black drive, for the best performance. But since he's on a budget, the Seagate drive is the next best thing and is way cheaper.

An SSD is never to be used a scratch disk. If you use an SSD as a scratch disk, it will be a fried potato within a few months. An SSD is only to be used to load software faster, it is never to be used as a drive where lots of data is written and deleted on it. ever The only reason to get an SSD is to load his programs faster.

YouTube and forums are the worse and most unreliable source of information you can possibly get.

His computer is completely perfect. Unless he needs any OpenGL or CUDA, he can use any graphics card he wants.

First of all I was confused between graphic designer and video editor.
For the RAM you are right 16 GB is great for him. and more is only required for servers(minecraft servers, web servers} and video editing because it's the RAM that handles the transfer of the videos from the HDD to the software and the better the RAm the fastest this operation is.
For the graphic card also I was confused because a video editor who is handling and editing for example a TV show taken from 6 different angles needs a big graphic card to edit without lag.

I want to add that I have no knowledge of the Lebanese market because I order most of my parts from Amazon and get them here with Shop and Ship and it's much cheaper for CERTAIN parts (not all everything). So if you go on Amazon Seagate 7200 rpm HDD's have approx the same prices you cited but 7200 rpm and 100$ more for 3 TB is good any ways as I said I was confused because a video editor needs at least 4 TB to work and I said between parentheses that the SSD is for the OS not the scratch

khofo wrote (or SSD way faster for operating system)

and for youtube you are right it's crap but if you PM me I can give some trusted sources.

And for the crossfire and SLI that are not supported it's true for most professional video editing tools like Adobe Premier.

And you are right Avo this computer is completely great for a graphic designer but less for a video editor.
And thank you as always to the accurate arguments you give.

khofo wroteAnd thank you as always to the accurate arguments you give.

This made laugh :D
Yeah man, there are a few reliable resources.
I am very interested on the procedure you ship parts with, I sent you a PM :)

First of all I was confused between graphic designer and video editor.
For the RAM you are right 16 GB is great for him. and more is only required for servers(minecraft servers, web servers} and video editing because it's the RAM that handles the transfer of the videos from the HDD to the software and the better the RAm the fastest this operation is.
For the graphic card also I was confused because a video editor who is handling and editing for example a TV show taken from 6 different angles needs a big graphic card to edit without lag.

I want to add that I have no knowledge of the Lebanese market because I order most of my parts from Amazon and get them here with Shop and Ship and it's much cheaper for CERTAIN parts (not all everything). So if you go on Amazon Seagate 7200 rpm HDD's have approx the same prices you cited but 7200 rpm and 100$ more for 3 TB is good any ways as I said I was confused because a video editor needs at least 4 TB to work and I said between parentheses that the SSD is for the OS not the scratch

khofo wrote (or SSD way faster for operating system)

and for youtube you are right it's crap but if you PM me I can give some trusted sources.

And for the crossfire and SLI that are not supported it's true for most professional video editing tools like Adobe Premier.

And you are right Avo this computer is completely great for a graphic designer but less for a video editor.
And thank you as always to the accurate arguments you give.