I'm in the market for a new PC at the moment and I'm fairly clueless about what's good at the moment. I'm still using the Core 2 Quad Q6600 that I got in 2008 and, other than a RAM increase and some extra HD space, it's still the same spec as when I bought it!
I'm a software developer and want something that I can use for that as well as other general use.
I want large amounts of RAM so I can run local databases and spin up multiple VMs and not have to think too much about it.
I figured I'd go for a reasonably high end CPU too and a graphics card that should do me for a while.
I'm not a massive gamer, but do a bit occasionally and want a graphics card that will support that, as well as being able to try out some GPGPU programming with it.
As is probably evidenced by my current PC being nearly 6 years old I'm not planning on swapping things about in 6 months time so I'm looking for something with a bit of longevity.
I've 4TB of hard disks and a DVD drive in my current PC that will be re-purposed for use in the new one so no additional drives needed there. I've already got an SSD too, but want a second so I can dual boot Windows 7 and 8 on separate drives as I do some stuff that needs Win 7 still.
Anyway, my spec list is below, and some critique on things would be good.
Am I along the right lines with CPU, motherboard and graphics?
One thing that's missing from the list is a CPU cooler.
Any good recommendations about something suitable that will be fairly quiet?
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £249.95
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 270X Boost OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Card £161.99
2 x Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML16GX3M2A1600C10) £139.99 (£279.98)
1 x Gigabyte G1.Sniper Z87 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £119.99
1 x Corsair Neutron GTX Series 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CSSD-N120GBGTXB-BK) £114.95
1 x Be Quiet Power Zone 750W '80 Plus Bronze' Fully Modular Power Supply £99.95
1 x Antec P100 Mid Tower Silenced Computing Case £74.99
Total : £1,101.79 (includes shipping : FREE).
I'm a software developer and want something that I can use for that as well as other general use.
I want large amounts of RAM so I can run local databases and spin up multiple VMs and not have to think too much about it.
I figured I'd go for a reasonably high end CPU too and a graphics card that should do me for a while.
I'm not a massive gamer, but do a bit occasionally and want a graphics card that will support that, as well as being able to try out some GPGPU programming with it.
As is probably evidenced by my current PC being nearly 6 years old I'm not planning on swapping things about in 6 months time so I'm looking for something with a bit of longevity.
I've 4TB of hard disks and a DVD drive in my current PC that will be re-purposed for use in the new one so no additional drives needed there. I've already got an SSD too, but want a second so I can dual boot Windows 7 and 8 on separate drives as I do some stuff that needs Win 7 still.
Anyway, my spec list is below, and some critique on things would be good.
Am I along the right lines with CPU, motherboard and graphics?
One thing that's missing from the list is a CPU cooler.
Any good recommendations about something suitable that will be fairly quiet?
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £249.95
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 270X Boost OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Card £161.99
2 x Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML16GX3M2A1600C10) £139.99 (£279.98)
1 x Gigabyte G1.Sniper Z87 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £119.99
1 x Corsair Neutron GTX Series 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CSSD-N120GBGTXB-BK) £114.95
1 x Be Quiet Power Zone 750W '80 Plus Bronze' Fully Modular Power Supply £99.95
1 x Antec P100 Mid Tower Silenced Computing Case £74.99
Total : £1,101.79 (includes shipping : FREE).
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very easy to do, plenty online to show you how to
