Hello everyone.
Its been a while since i built my own rig. To be exact its been nearly 2 years. In the past year i have not been updated on the developments of the hardware industry so im a little out of touch due to work committments.
Im hoping to build myself a new rig using some parts from my old rig. The parts im hoping to reuse are:-
Akasa Eclipse 62 Case
M-Audio Revolution 5.1 Soundcard
Samsung Spinpoint 40Gb ATA (due to it being very very quiet)
Maxtor 300Gb SATA (due to it being very quiet and a good drive)
My BUDGET IS £1,000
Im hoping for an all round system which is capable of multi-tasking, gaming, good for multimedia use and the general run of the mill stuff.
Also i want a system that is QUIET.
Im hoping to go down the Intel Dual Core Conroe route because from what i've read on this forum is that they dont run too hot and overclock well.
Im hoping to go widescreen and would like a 20" plus (possibly a Dell)
I have been looking at a new Zalman watercooler (their latest one) to cool both the CPU and the GPU to keep noise down (its not cheap - £255).
So what i would like advice/recommendations on is:
What Mobo?
What dual core Conroe?
What WS TFT?
What GPU?
What DDR2?
What Quiet PSU?
What DVD-RW?
I've noticed that most of the mobos that are available only have 1X ATA connection. Would this mean that my ATA100 samsung and my CDRW/DVDRW would be on the same port and would this not slow my system down?
just for info my current rig spec is:
Intel P4 [email protected]
Geil 1Gb DDR500
Zalman Reserator 1
LG 1980 19" TFT
Tagan 400W
Its been a while since i built my own rig. To be exact its been nearly 2 years. In the past year i have not been updated on the developments of the hardware industry so im a little out of touch due to work committments.
Im hoping to build myself a new rig using some parts from my old rig. The parts im hoping to reuse are:-
Akasa Eclipse 62 Case
M-Audio Revolution 5.1 Soundcard
Samsung Spinpoint 40Gb ATA (due to it being very very quiet)
Maxtor 300Gb SATA (due to it being very quiet and a good drive)
My BUDGET IS £1,000
Im hoping for an all round system which is capable of multi-tasking, gaming, good for multimedia use and the general run of the mill stuff.
Also i want a system that is QUIET.
Im hoping to go down the Intel Dual Core Conroe route because from what i've read on this forum is that they dont run too hot and overclock well.
Im hoping to go widescreen and would like a 20" plus (possibly a Dell)
I have been looking at a new Zalman watercooler (their latest one) to cool both the CPU and the GPU to keep noise down (its not cheap - £255).
So what i would like advice/recommendations on is:
What Mobo?
What dual core Conroe?
What WS TFT?
What GPU?
What DDR2?
What Quiet PSU?
What DVD-RW?
I've noticed that most of the mobos that are available only have 1X ATA connection. Would this mean that my ATA100 samsung and my CDRW/DVDRW would be on the same port and would this not slow my system down?
just for info my current rig spec is:
Intel P4 [email protected]
Geil 1Gb DDR500
Zalman Reserator 1
LG 1980 19" TFT
Tagan 400W
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