£150 each component! What to get :S

ben_k · 1 Sep 2009 at 22:32

Need a nice blu ray writer and player for movies, sound card for gaming, music and movie playback and a psu to power 4GB Ram, 2x 500Gb HDD, Q6600, 5 case fans and all the above.

I would have looked through all the posts and reviews but im so so so busy, i can link this post to my phone and check it on the move

thanks

95thrifles · 1 Sep 2009 at 22:55

pioneer blu ray drive
re sound card, what medium do you use to listen? headphones? speakers? if so 2.1? 5.1? 7.1?
BeQuiet 750W PSU, you dint list gfx cards, this will run dual cards fine, if only single card you can drop down wattage

ben_k · 1 Sep 2009 at 23:02

sorry, in a bit of a rush now

its a 1GB 4870 ATI Rad., and gaming is through headphones and music/films through speakers so 2.1 i guess

95thrifles · 1 Sep 2009 at 23:05

well if its mainly headphones the asus xonar essence is optimised for them, link, its what I use paired with goldring NS1000s and it sounds awesome

PermaBanned · 1 Sep 2009 at 23:26

Why do you need a Blu-Ray Writer?

PaulyD · 1 Sep 2009 at 23:34

to burn blue rays?

ben_k · 1 Sep 2009 at 23:36

to stick HD video on it from say TV, some films on the media PC or videos i made on my pc

PermaBanned · 1 Sep 2009 at 23:37

Which you need to do why? Blu-ray still isn't mainstream, so you aren't going to be giving discs to anyone. The only reason you would need a blu ray drive at the minute is to watch blu ray movies, or other media. And they're reasonable priced. But the writer is pointless, and completely overpriced. You're not going to need to use it. DVDs are still plenty large enough to use for storage. Either get a reader or wait until the price of writers falls.

ben_k · 1 Sep 2009 at 23:51

clears up the space of the media pc, and the movies i make

well theyre more like effect sequences in HD that can take up 1GB in a very very short amount of time. Once the sequence is done i can dump the finished file on along with the raw data.

Its just a hobby but i like it and it looks AWSOME in HD

PermaBanned · 1 Sep 2009 at 23:53

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=ME-010-TK

ben_k · 1 Sep 2009 at 23:59

nah 1 dvds like 10 seconds of some good visual

PermaBanned · 2 Sep 2009 at 00:03

That's a down right lie. You said yourself they only reach 1GB max, you've got plenty of room to breath. Still, if you want to waste money on something that will be half as expensive and five times as good in a year or two then go ahead.

ben_k · 2 Sep 2009 at 00:18

sorry, didnt put it across good enough. Apologies for the disgusting explanation but if there was an explosion and i was to render each body part, blood, fragments, the street and buildings etc and that explosion was say 20 seconds it could possibly take (depending on how many body parts and bricks fly towards ur screen) up to 20GB for me because i dont have a hollywood budget of millions to shoot on site so its all renderd from scratch.

thanks all for your help ill look into the parts mensioned