Hi all, been reading through the posts for a while, had my current pc for about 5 years now and its KAPUT! i've hammered it for 5 years and its served its purpose well, its not the best components and makes etc, and was retail bought -not built so upgrading it isnt an option.
SO FEEL FREE TO BUILD AND QUOTE WHAT I NEED PLEASE!!!
I have had a look over what people are quoting in their spec's and looked over overclockers shop and have an idea of what i *THINK* i want involved in my spec but am not totally clued up why and what other items i need to add-so any constructive critism will be appreciated.
What i do know is that i want something thats going to last me another few years, and will be fully upgradable in the future.
my ideal budget would be a grand but i know i want too much for that (and ive seen a great spec on the dell (sssshhh!) xps 700 which turned up at £1400 delivered-but i dont want a dell (ssshhh!) so if i can beat 1400-great (especially as its still gotta be built too!)
Starting point for build;-
Intel Core 2 DUO E6400 2.13GHz - or the equivalent in the athlon range-BIG QUESTION AND MATTER OF OPINION I KNOW-but i'm not up to date with whats battling between intel and athlon so which brand do i choose??*
Motherboard?? dont have a clue!!! all i know is i want it to have some SATA hdd's off it, but also MUST be able to connect my ide ata 133 hdd caddy to it from one of my drive bays (2 caddies if possible would be great), firewire connection, maybe ready for quad cpus?, usb's, lan, pci express? ddr2 upto 1066mhz? nforce4? firewire?
processor cooler?
2gb branded (good) ram ddr2 800-1066mhz?
power supply 700w?-minimum? be running 2 dvd writers, and 3 or 4 hdd plus mobo etc i want something to power lots!
Case-something to hold a card reader in floppy space, 2 dvd writers, 1 hdd caddy (2 caddies would be great though), at least 2 internal sata hdd's, also be able to put a few fans in for optimum cooling, maybe a usb and firewire port at the front too?-not essential.
2 dvd+/- writers which are good all-round for types of discs and when playing burnt discs in all players etc (been using pioneer 105 for years! so maybe new pioneers?)
good 256mb min graphics card MUST have dvi out to connect pc to my plasma tv with good graphics on the big screen.
Decent sound card-but will be lined out to a surround sound amp system anyway.
card reader to fit in floppy drive space
required cables
Hdd's- sata or sata 2?
good solid c: drive, maybe something like the -Raptor 74gb, 10k rpm, 16mb cache
2nd drive- 16mb cache 300-ish GB good drive maxline 3 maybe?
all other hdd space provided by my many existing ata 133 hdd's via the 2 caddies
and finally, i think because of the connection i want to make with my tv and liking the sound of running my sky through pc for pausing/recording live tv etc i think my best best bet would be Windows media centre, i have run xp for years and if media centre does the same pc stuff and all the household stuff and extra's i'm led to believe -then thats the one for me (with remote!)
Anthing ive missed or anything else to say-PLEASE DO!
Thanks
S.
SO FEEL FREE TO BUILD AND QUOTE WHAT I NEED PLEASE!!!
I have had a look over what people are quoting in their spec's and looked over overclockers shop and have an idea of what i *THINK* i want involved in my spec but am not totally clued up why and what other items i need to add-so any constructive critism will be appreciated.
What i do know is that i want something thats going to last me another few years, and will be fully upgradable in the future.
my ideal budget would be a grand but i know i want too much for that (and ive seen a great spec on the dell (sssshhh!) xps 700 which turned up at £1400 delivered-but i dont want a dell (ssshhh!) so if i can beat 1400-great (especially as its still gotta be built too!)
Starting point for build;-
Intel Core 2 DUO E6400 2.13GHz - or the equivalent in the athlon range-BIG QUESTION AND MATTER OF OPINION I KNOW-but i'm not up to date with whats battling between intel and athlon so which brand do i choose??*
Motherboard?? dont have a clue!!! all i know is i want it to have some SATA hdd's off it, but also MUST be able to connect my ide ata 133 hdd caddy to it from one of my drive bays (2 caddies if possible would be great), firewire connection, maybe ready for quad cpus?, usb's, lan, pci express? ddr2 upto 1066mhz? nforce4? firewire?
processor cooler?
2gb branded (good) ram ddr2 800-1066mhz?
power supply 700w?-minimum? be running 2 dvd writers, and 3 or 4 hdd plus mobo etc i want something to power lots!
Case-something to hold a card reader in floppy space, 2 dvd writers, 1 hdd caddy (2 caddies would be great though), at least 2 internal sata hdd's, also be able to put a few fans in for optimum cooling, maybe a usb and firewire port at the front too?-not essential.
2 dvd+/- writers which are good all-round for types of discs and when playing burnt discs in all players etc (been using pioneer 105 for years! so maybe new pioneers?)
good 256mb min graphics card MUST have dvi out to connect pc to my plasma tv with good graphics on the big screen.
Decent sound card-but will be lined out to a surround sound amp system anyway.
card reader to fit in floppy drive space
required cables
Hdd's- sata or sata 2?
good solid c: drive, maybe something like the -Raptor 74gb, 10k rpm, 16mb cache
2nd drive- 16mb cache 300-ish GB good drive maxline 3 maybe?
all other hdd space provided by my many existing ata 133 hdd's via the 2 caddies
and finally, i think because of the connection i want to make with my tv and liking the sound of running my sky through pc for pausing/recording live tv etc i think my best best bet would be Windows media centre, i have run xp for years and if media centre does the same pc stuff and all the household stuff and extra's i'm led to believe -then thats the one for me (with remote!)
Anthing ive missed or anything else to say-PLEASE DO!
Thanks
S.
