Hi guys,
I am new to building PC's and have decided to do so more for the learning experience than cost saving, even though that would be a nice bonus! I am a final year university student and have had a laptop for my first two years and had the JBL creature speakers (2 years old now) for my small room at uni! My laptop overheated or something and now the motherboard is gone...therefore meaning I might as well get a new system rather than paying stupid amounts to fix an old laptop.
Now I am at home and I need a nice build! And some advice from you enthusiasts and beautiful people....
What do I need? Here are some details:
-Budget is around £650 (can be a bit over if you think my budget is not enough).
-I am not a PC gamer at all.
-I run a few websites and make a bit of music on my computer. I use photoshop quite a lot and generally multi-task a lot when on the computer. I use my computer all the time so I don't want it overheating again like last time.
-I am a HUGE music fan, with about 20,000 stored music files that slowed down my old laptop! Perhaps this is something you may think is a valid point when referring to how my hardrive should work.
-I want my PC monitor to double up as my TV, to plug in the old PS2 (if possible) and watch films etc. A TV card (for freeview) could be added but where I go to uni these do not work because of reception issues (in the middle of nowhere) or whatever. But at home it should work, this may be an option for me.
-Have thought about getting a decent sound card, even though my speakers aren't crazy, I may upgrade these in about a years time, or even now if there is something really worth buying. Advice would be appreciated. Was thinking of a 5.1 system.
-My TV does not have to be that big at all, but a decent size to fit on a small-ish table.
-My household has wireless internet because we all had laptops, but now my desktop PC should be able to connect wirelessly.
-Remote control would be nice to control music playing from the computer.
-I don’t mind paying for a very quick processor, I had dual core on my laptop which is two years old now, so either a very nice dual core again or even the quad core. Would prefer to upgrade to quad to be hoenst.
-Should be major ventilation in the case and not too loud.
I hope to hear from you all soon with some great recommendations, what I should consider, examples and please could you just write a quick note as to WHY I should choose the ones you recommend. Thank you all!
I appreciate the help.
Bilz
I am new to building PC's and have decided to do so more for the learning experience than cost saving, even though that would be a nice bonus! I am a final year university student and have had a laptop for my first two years and had the JBL creature speakers (2 years old now) for my small room at uni! My laptop overheated or something and now the motherboard is gone...therefore meaning I might as well get a new system rather than paying stupid amounts to fix an old laptop.
Now I am at home and I need a nice build! And some advice from you enthusiasts and beautiful people....
What do I need? Here are some details:
-Budget is around £650 (can be a bit over if you think my budget is not enough).
-I am not a PC gamer at all.
-I run a few websites and make a bit of music on my computer. I use photoshop quite a lot and generally multi-task a lot when on the computer. I use my computer all the time so I don't want it overheating again like last time.
-I am a HUGE music fan, with about 20,000 stored music files that slowed down my old laptop! Perhaps this is something you may think is a valid point when referring to how my hardrive should work.
-I want my PC monitor to double up as my TV, to plug in the old PS2 (if possible) and watch films etc. A TV card (for freeview) could be added but where I go to uni these do not work because of reception issues (in the middle of nowhere) or whatever. But at home it should work, this may be an option for me.
-Have thought about getting a decent sound card, even though my speakers aren't crazy, I may upgrade these in about a years time, or even now if there is something really worth buying. Advice would be appreciated. Was thinking of a 5.1 system.
-My TV does not have to be that big at all, but a decent size to fit on a small-ish table.
-My household has wireless internet because we all had laptops, but now my desktop PC should be able to connect wirelessly.
-Remote control would be nice to control music playing from the computer.
-I don’t mind paying for a very quick processor, I had dual core on my laptop which is two years old now, so either a very nice dual core again or even the quad core. Would prefer to upgrade to quad to be hoenst.
-Should be major ventilation in the case and not too loud.
I hope to hear from you all soon with some great recommendations, what I should consider, examples and please could you just write a quick note as to WHY I should choose the ones you recommend. Thank you all!
I appreciate the help.
Bilz
