I was hoping to put off getting a new system till next year, but at the moment I think my current rig is on the way out, and basically if this computer dies before I know what I'm getting in a new one, then I'm screwed. (Here's what's wrong if anyone's interested)
Anyway, about what I'm looking for, first off I'm not a big PC gamer, I spend most of my time browsing the web and watching BBC iPlayer. Most of the time when gaming at the moment it's WoW, and the majority of the gaming done on the new rig will be WoW with the new expansion, probably the new Star Wars MMO Bioware are working on, and I'd really like to play Dragon Age: Origins on it too.
I'm not really looking to spend more than about £2000 overall, but I really like the idea of a quiet water cooled system as the fans in my current rig are kinda loud, the trouble is that the water cooled system I'm currently looking at puts me over budget by about £400. Anyway, here are the basics of the two systems I'm looking at, one is WC and over budget, the other is air cooled and on budget:
WC
Case: Silverstone TJ10B (Non-windowed version, I really like this case, but I'm open to suggestions)
PSU:650 Corsair HX Series Modular PSU
CPU: Intel i7 920
MoBo: Asus Rampage II Extreme
RAM: 6GB Corsair Dominator, PC3-12800
GPU: 896MB XFX GTX 275
System HDD: 300 GB Western Digital VelociRaptor
OS: Windows 7 (unsure as to which version to go for)
AC
Case: Silverstone TJ10B
PSU:650 Corsair HX Series Modular PSU
CPU: Intel i7 950
MoBo: Asus Rampage II Extreme
RAM: 6GB Corsair Dominator, PC3-12800
GPU: 1GB XFX HD 5850
System HDD: 300 GB Western Digital VelociRaptor
OS: Windows 7
Any suggestions about what GPU, version of Windows 7, etc are most welcome, but basically the question I'm asking is if it's worth going for a less powerful and over budget water cooled rig, or the more powerful air cooled one? I mean are there quiet enough case fans and acoustic padding so that I wouldn't really notice?
Anyway, about what I'm looking for, first off I'm not a big PC gamer, I spend most of my time browsing the web and watching BBC iPlayer. Most of the time when gaming at the moment it's WoW, and the majority of the gaming done on the new rig will be WoW with the new expansion, probably the new Star Wars MMO Bioware are working on, and I'd really like to play Dragon Age: Origins on it too.
I'm not really looking to spend more than about £2000 overall, but I really like the idea of a quiet water cooled system as the fans in my current rig are kinda loud, the trouble is that the water cooled system I'm currently looking at puts me over budget by about £400. Anyway, here are the basics of the two systems I'm looking at, one is WC and over budget, the other is air cooled and on budget:
WC
Case: Silverstone TJ10B (Non-windowed version, I really like this case, but I'm open to suggestions)
PSU:650 Corsair HX Series Modular PSU
CPU: Intel i7 920
MoBo: Asus Rampage II Extreme
RAM: 6GB Corsair Dominator, PC3-12800
GPU: 896MB XFX GTX 275
System HDD: 300 GB Western Digital VelociRaptor
OS: Windows 7 (unsure as to which version to go for)
AC
Case: Silverstone TJ10B
PSU:650 Corsair HX Series Modular PSU
CPU: Intel i7 950
MoBo: Asus Rampage II Extreme
RAM: 6GB Corsair Dominator, PC3-12800
GPU: 1GB XFX HD 5850
System HDD: 300 GB Western Digital VelociRaptor
OS: Windows 7
Any suggestions about what GPU, version of Windows 7, etc are most welcome, but basically the question I'm asking is if it's worth going for a less powerful and over budget water cooled rig, or the more powerful air cooled one? I mean are there quiet enough case fans and acoustic padding so that I wouldn't really notice?
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