Hi all,
I’m looking for an office desktop capable of running a 4-screen setup.
I mainly use Microsoft Office, Adobe, Firefox and some specialist software (which isn’t a massive drain). Because of the way I work, I tend to sit with about 5 programmes and 10+ documents open at once. I do a little photo editing/processing – I want something which allows me to flick through images super fast. I don’t really do any gaming, but it would be nice if it had a little capability in that department.
One big task I do is converting large pdf files from images to editable text using Adobe Pro. On my current laptop this can take more than an hour to process a 1000-page book. I want my new PC to do the same thing in minutes or less – what sort of specs help with that?
I’m not the sort of person who is likely to open the thing up in 3 years to add a new hard drive or graphics card or something. I want a desktop that should last 4-5 years before I need to buy a new one.
For the monitors I don’t need anything fancy. I’ll probably buy 3 cheap 21.5” screens plus one wider screen to go on top (I may need to get a stand). I transcribe old documents so the wide screen is so I can zoom in on the text and still have the whole line on one screen. Any recommendations? Would I be better buying the screens here or elsewhere?
My budget would be something like £500-800, max £1000 all in.
Cheers,
Mavota
I’m looking for an office desktop capable of running a 4-screen setup.
I mainly use Microsoft Office, Adobe, Firefox and some specialist software (which isn’t a massive drain). Because of the way I work, I tend to sit with about 5 programmes and 10+ documents open at once. I do a little photo editing/processing – I want something which allows me to flick through images super fast. I don’t really do any gaming, but it would be nice if it had a little capability in that department.
One big task I do is converting large pdf files from images to editable text using Adobe Pro. On my current laptop this can take more than an hour to process a 1000-page book. I want my new PC to do the same thing in minutes or less – what sort of specs help with that?
I’m not the sort of person who is likely to open the thing up in 3 years to add a new hard drive or graphics card or something. I want a desktop that should last 4-5 years before I need to buy a new one.
For the monitors I don’t need anything fancy. I’ll probably buy 3 cheap 21.5” screens plus one wider screen to go on top (I may need to get a stand). I transcribe old documents so the wide screen is so I can zoom in on the text and still have the whole line on one screen. Any recommendations? Would I be better buying the screens here or elsewhere?
My budget would be something like £500-800, max £1000 all in.
Cheers,
Mavota