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So my front room is 50% painted, the new HD TV is ordered and will be here by the end of Nov (its meant to be for xmas so i didnt want it in the house too long due to temptation 
). I gots my money stacked up and ready.
PC is for HD media centre viewing on my new TV in the front room. Needs to play games at a reasonable level. needs to be QUIET!
I ran an answer in the "spec me" thread and ive taken that and made a few personal adjustments:
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 LGA775 'Yorkfield' 2.83GHz 12MB-cache (1333FSB) Processor
Powercolor ATI Radeon HD 4870 1024MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express)
Silverstone Grandia GD01B-MXR HTPC Case - Black
Asus P5E-VM HDMI Intel G35 Micro-ATX (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-Bit
Samsung SpinPoint F1 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache
Enermax Modu 82+ 425W EMD425AWT Modular ATX2.3 Silent PSU
Compro VideoMate Vista T500F DVB-T Hybrid Internal PCI TV Tuner
OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400C5 Dual Channel Vista Gold Series DDR2
HP dvd1070i 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer Lightscribe ReWriter (Black)
Noctua NF-R8 80mm Silent Case Fan - x 4
So a few hows, whys and questions:
(1) Quad core vs Dual core: I build a new system once every 3 - 4 years so futureproofing is more important than performance. Also with games using the GPU more and more i figured a good GPU would cover a lot of bases. I have a small concern that adding *** Quad will mean my PSU is not sufficient?
(2) Dropped a 1tb HDD to help cover the quad and GFX, figured meh i can always get another later.
(3) what soundcard with this? I just cant decide. Xonar?
(4) This doesnt really need buying until just before xmas should i buy now or wait?
thanks for taking the time to reply in advance
Squiddy
). I gots my money stacked up and ready.PC is for HD media centre viewing on my new TV in the front room. Needs to play games at a reasonable level. needs to be QUIET!
I ran an answer in the "spec me" thread and ive taken that and made a few personal adjustments:
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 LGA775 'Yorkfield' 2.83GHz 12MB-cache (1333FSB) Processor
Powercolor ATI Radeon HD 4870 1024MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express)
Silverstone Grandia GD01B-MXR HTPC Case - Black
Asus P5E-VM HDMI Intel G35 Micro-ATX (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-Bit
Samsung SpinPoint F1 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache
Enermax Modu 82+ 425W EMD425AWT Modular ATX2.3 Silent PSU
Compro VideoMate Vista T500F DVB-T Hybrid Internal PCI TV Tuner
OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400C5 Dual Channel Vista Gold Series DDR2
HP dvd1070i 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer Lightscribe ReWriter (Black)
Noctua NF-R8 80mm Silent Case Fan - x 4
So a few hows, whys and questions:
(1) Quad core vs Dual core: I build a new system once every 3 - 4 years so futureproofing is more important than performance. Also with games using the GPU more and more i figured a good GPU would cover a lot of bases. I have a small concern that adding *** Quad will mean my PSU is not sufficient?
(2) Dropped a 1tb HDD to help cover the quad and GFX, figured meh i can always get another later.
(3) what soundcard with this? I just cant decide. Xonar?
(4) This doesnt really need buying until just before xmas should i buy now or wait?
thanks for taking the time to reply in advance
Squiddy