Hi,
I've been doing a bit of research but still not 100% sure whats better than what. I am after a new system mainly to browse web and do non resource hogging work on, but want to occasionally play games, and also soon hook it up to my hi fi setup (easily done though) a hd tv (not sure what i need to do this) and play blue ray and dvd movies through it. So I need it to be quite quiet too.
I am not sure what CPU to get, so i've left that out. Don't know really what the differences are, apart from the speed as shown on their specs.
You can see the basic system that i've created below. I still need:
A CPU
A quiet heatsink/fan
and some quiet 80mm fans for the case
I have hard drives and FDD already. And I am not sure if i will go with that case. I think i'll get it then the novelty of it being shiny will wear of very quickly. Are there any good and quiet cases?
Is the PSU i've selected - the Antec Phantom 500W Hybrid Fan Silent ATX2.0 PSU actually silent? And is it worth getting?
feel free to tell me that anything i've selected is crap, and offer a replacement that i should go for. I am not sure if i am going to go with that gfx card either, may go with a cheaper one, or a quiet one. The most important thing i am looking for is complete stability (ie, low number of crashes)
thanks!
edit - was looking on a certain other manufacturers website, and for about 400-500 quid i can get a completly new system that won't require setting up etc. while i am more than able to put a computer together, i just want a computer that works. of course, it has no blu ray, but i can always get a new blu ray drive (And plus they'll come down in price in a bit)
see this pic for an example set up. what are your thoughts on this
I've been doing a bit of research but still not 100% sure whats better than what. I am after a new system mainly to browse web and do non resource hogging work on, but want to occasionally play games, and also soon hook it up to my hi fi setup (easily done though) a hd tv (not sure what i need to do this) and play blue ray and dvd movies through it. So I need it to be quite quiet too.
I am not sure what CPU to get, so i've left that out. Don't know really what the differences are, apart from the speed as shown on their specs.
You can see the basic system that i've created below. I still need:
A CPU
A quiet heatsink/fan
and some quiet 80mm fans for the case
I have hard drives and FDD already. And I am not sure if i will go with that case. I think i'll get it then the novelty of it being shiny will wear of very quickly. Are there any good and quiet cases?
Is the PSU i've selected - the Antec Phantom 500W Hybrid Fan Silent ATX2.0 PSU actually silent? And is it worth getting?
feel free to tell me that anything i've selected is crap, and offer a replacement that i should go for. I am not sure if i am going to go with that gfx card either, may go with a cheaper one, or a quiet one. The most important thing i am looking for is complete stability (ie, low number of crashes)
thanks!
edit - was looking on a certain other manufacturers website, and for about 400-500 quid i can get a completly new system that won't require setting up etc. while i am more than able to put a computer together, i just want a computer that works. of course, it has no blu ray, but i can always get a new blu ray drive (And plus they'll come down in price in a bit)
see this pic for an example set up. what are your thoughts on this
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