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Computer price/specs help

May 14, 2015 5:39PM PDT

Hello,

I am looking to buy a computer or make one myself. I had a dell studio 1558 with Intel® Core™ i7 CPU Q 720 @ 1.60GHz but it got busted recently and now i have to make a change.
Since my budget is limited up to 500 euro i started browsing some second hand pc`s because i got sick and tired from the overheating of the laptops. When i got the studio it was 2010 and for photoshop and after effects cs 4 it was perfect and until today it was running almost everything including games like assassins creed or NBA 2014, 2015. Eventually i found a company which is selling workstations for 460 euro around and i got my eye on 2 of them. As i read more and more i discovered that the CPU`s and the GPU`s are actually a bit older so I guess my question is does they worth it or i should look for something better.Also what I am worried about those machines is what is the space to upgrade the CPU because i noticed there is where to grow on GPU. So far I am comparing it with a laptop which was tortured to render crazy hours and having games played at it so any opinions and ideas are welcome. Thank you

1st
Dell Precision T3500

- CPU Intel Xeon W3550 3.06Ghz.
- 12Gb Ram PC3 Reg ECC
- 500 GB Harddisk Sata
- 240 GB SSD Samsung Enterprise + Bracket
- DVD-Rewriter
- Nvidia Quadro FX-1800

2nd
Dell Precision 5500
2x Xeon E5530 2.4 GHz - 16 Threads
- 24Gb Ram PC3 Reg ECC
- 1 Tb Harddisk SATA
- DVD-Rom
- Nvidia Quadro FX-1800
- Gigabit Lan

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Re: PC's
May 14, 2015 6:30PM PDT

These aren't for gaming. It's a workstation.

What are your requirements for your new PC?

Kees

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Work
May 14, 2015 7:41PM PDT

Well mainly i would like to work in PS, AE, Maya etc but i also would like to occasionally play some games, just the standard sport simulators and maybe assassins creed.

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For gaming, very outdated.
May 15, 2015 12:51AM PDT
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Re: free to really cheap
May 15, 2015 12:59AM PDT

The OP wrote "around 460 euro". That's some 510 US dollars. That's not free. I wouldn't even call it really cheap.

Kees

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For what looks like a 6 year old PC.
May 15, 2015 1:46AM PDT

I agree, too high IMO. These are hard to sell here. Folk are not chasing down old iron like this.

Not only old but my bet is there will be repairs to worn bits like fans or more.
Bob