A new computer set up?

    What are users' thoughts on a setup like this?:


    PROCESSOR Intel® Core™ i7-860 w/VT (2.8GHz 8MB L3 Cache) edit
    OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, with Media, 32-bit, English edit
    PRODUCTIVITY SOFTWARE No Pre-installed Productivity Software edit
    HARD DRIVE 500GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache™ edit
    MEMORY 4GB Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM 1333MHz - 2DIMMs edit
    VIDEO CARD 1GB NVIDIA GeForce GTS240® (DVI, DVI, S-video) edit
    OPTICAL DRIVE Single Drive: 16X (DVD+/-RW) Burner Drive edit
    SOUND CARD Integrated 5.1 Channel Audio edit
    FIREWIRE No IEEE 1394a Adapter Selected edit
    MODEM AND WIRELESS No Modem Option edit
    FLOPPY DRIVE & MEDIA READER No Dell 19-in-1 Media Card Reader Selected edit
    KEYBOARD Dell QuietKey Keyboard edit
    MONITOR No Monitor edit
    MOUSE Dell USB Optical Mouse edit
    SPEAKERS No speakers


    Thanks for your feedback.


    Daniel

    Hey Dan,


    I'm not much of a techy, but it sounds like a powerhouse.
    I currently use a 5 yr old laptop with a Pentium M 1.6 Ghz with a 2 M cache and 2 gigs of DDR2 RAM and no fancy video card and just started seeing a slow down as my models have become more complex. I just ordered a new laptop with a duo core processor running at 2.2 Ghz, 2M cache and 4 Gigs of DDR3 RAM with a video card that'll share up to 1.8 G of memory.


    My neighbor who does a lot of CAD rendering, video editing and music production through a very similar setup is quite happy with it.


    I'm not a big fan of Dell but I do check out their website for comparisons. I ordered my computer through TigerDirect.ca because I live way out in the sticks, (not very far from you as the crow flies but an 10 hour drive to Canmore) If I lived in town I would certainly talk to the local shops.


    Happy computing