desktop computers for photography?

Built my Rig from the ground up. im running an I7 920,meaning i can run a Tri Ram system,6gb's of ram. and ive overclocked the cpu from 2.66ghz to 3.8ghz. Gpu's arent all that important,but make sure they have atleast 1gb or ram. coolent was a big deal for me,so i watercooled my rig. but alot of fans would do. im using a version of 64bit win7.

In some occasions,its cheaper to build yourself,then to buy from a store.
 
I'd be more inclined to spend my $$ on a good monitor (or two) and go cheap on a the system.

Just make sure you get a 64 bit operating system and 8 gigs of ram. The rest really doesn't matter much for photo-editing/photoshop work--even the cheap modern cpus and video cards are blisteringly fast compared to what pros were using just a few years ago. Unless you want to play modern games and use 3D apps, most of the horsepower is overkill.
 

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