Building A Computer

depends on what you put into it tbh mate an sr2 board with dual xeons is never going to be cheap.

id go for an x79 setup tbh, a lot cheaper than a xeon build but with plenty of power for anything
 
Thanks, At the moment my keyboard and mouse is plugged into a usb 2.0 hub which is from a USB 1 4 Port PCI card and it has speed issues, I'm upgrading from the USB 1 to USB 3.0, that should increase the speed by a lot, right? (The upgrade has backwards compatibility)
 
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CaptAwesomo said:
With two CPU's, would there be any reason to overclock though?
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Depends if you do enough multithread intensive processing - for example, encoding, folding ect.

You would be better off buying a 2k computer and spending the rest over time in upgrades.

Also, where are the intakes in your case? I'm guessing you are taking the Silverstone concept of having intakes on the bottom?
 
The primary use will be keeping records of purchases and having receipt scans and also programming, some gaming, but mostly programming. Also I wanna build one because then I know where all the pieces are from and if there is a problem I can fix it. are you talking about the case I poorly designed?
 
CaptAwesomo said:
The primary use will be keeping records of purchases and having receipt scans and also programming, some gaming, but mostly programming. Also I wanna build one because then I know where all the pieces are from and if there is a problem I can fix it. are you talking about the case I poorly designed?
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1. Sorry, to clarify, 'buying a 2k computer' = buying 2k worth of parts
2. Talking about the case.
 
Dude, spending so much on a programming PC, what are you going to code? The next windows? Just get a good 2k pc like scrlk said, and then upgrade over time. How did this get to HPTX from a £5 build? :D
 
The "upgrades" you could do to that £5 build would have to be compatible.

A £200 GPU would be pointless as the PC is too slow to use it, so a £100 one would suffice.
A £100 GPU taken into the next build would be pointless as it would be the bottleneck of the system.

Hard to explain but think of it like this.

If you got your Nan's Daewoo Matiz 1.0ltr and fitted a performance exhaust, turbo and wheels, it would go faster, but taking them of after a while to move them onto a custom track car would be the limiting factor in the system.

Your only real choice is buy all new parts that are compatible over time, not ones that work in this build and the next, as ultimately if they work on this build, then they would be outdated, and need replacing again before firing up the new build.
 
just use this pc for a bit mate and build a completly separate pc from scratch.

the tech in your current pc means that it isnt really feasible to see good upgrades to later use in another build.
 
yea its nice to upgrade but its much better value to get it in one go. by the time you have upgraded your current pc the tech willl have moved on. a good idea would be an OC ocuk i7 bundle, and pair that with a decent gpu, case and psu and your pretty much sorted bar a hard drive an optical
 
Got a new micro ATX case for free and a new monitor + mouse, What I need now is suggestions for micro ATX case Graphics Cards? any help? I did buy a new microsoft mouse from here, and opticle drive. I'm not using them in this build but I will use them. I'll post pictures of my new case and putting the motherboard in it on sunday.
 
CaptAwesomo said:
Got a new micro ATX case for free and a new monitor + mouse, What I need now is suggestions for micro ATX case Graphics Cards? any help? I did buy a new microsoft mouse from here, and opticle drive. I'm not using them in this build but I will use them. I'll post pictures of my new case and putting the motherboard in it on sunday.
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Please don't waste any more money on that thing.

In all seriousness, go down to a charity shop/tip/dump whatever and you'll find something better

Even better, look on ebay, ask around friends etc and you can build something capable for very little money ...
 
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