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Hey guys,
My laptop is currently on its last legs, so looking to move to a full pc system, last one I built was about 3 years ago now, so a lil out of the loops, so looking for some specs from you guys.
Basically the system will be used like this: Will be used for all the normal day to day tasks, including internet and heavy downloading. I will be recording a lot of my own music on it via Cubase, so therefore my harddrives need to be quiet and fast...A lot of people I know using it for recording music use Spinpoints...but im open to opinions...Im not fussed about size recommendations, just which HDD to go for. Ill be doing a lot of photoshop work, as well as quite a bit of mulittasking...so 2gb of RAM is a must. Im not a HUGE game player...especially not FPS, so I wont need a massively cool Graphics Card...But I do want something that will enable to play games decently when I do choose to play them...again mainly not FPS. I will also need something to handle two monitors. Ill be playing a lot of movies/mp3s/videos though it, so a nice soundcard would definately go a long way. Being as it will be on 24/7 too...I need to keep it as quiet as possible. I also have two BenQ 1640s I will most likely use for the burners, unless you can convince me of something else.
So guys here is what I need:
CPU - Leaving it all upto you guys, I've only ever used AMD before...but I think and see that Intel is the only way to go ATM, so you decide for me...As for speed, I dont want bottom, or top...So something in the middle
MOBO - Again guys...all upto you...nothing too pricey...but something that will last
RAM - 2GB, but the rest is upto you
GFX - As above
Soundcard - As Above
PSU - 600w I think is needed...Like the seasonics
CPU Fan - All on you guys, lets just keep it quiet
Case Fans - Same as above
CD/DVD - possibly..if it can beat the 1640s
So guys, there you go...
Lets see what we can get ordered by the end of the weekend...
My laptop is currently on its last legs, so looking to move to a full pc system, last one I built was about 3 years ago now, so a lil out of the loops, so looking for some specs from you guys.
Basically the system will be used like this: Will be used for all the normal day to day tasks, including internet and heavy downloading. I will be recording a lot of my own music on it via Cubase, so therefore my harddrives need to be quiet and fast...A lot of people I know using it for recording music use Spinpoints...but im open to opinions...Im not fussed about size recommendations, just which HDD to go for. Ill be doing a lot of photoshop work, as well as quite a bit of mulittasking...so 2gb of RAM is a must. Im not a HUGE game player...especially not FPS, so I wont need a massively cool Graphics Card...But I do want something that will enable to play games decently when I do choose to play them...again mainly not FPS. I will also need something to handle two monitors. Ill be playing a lot of movies/mp3s/videos though it, so a nice soundcard would definately go a long way. Being as it will be on 24/7 too...I need to keep it as quiet as possible. I also have two BenQ 1640s I will most likely use for the burners, unless you can convince me of something else.
So guys here is what I need:
CPU - Leaving it all upto you guys, I've only ever used AMD before...but I think and see that Intel is the only way to go ATM, so you decide for me...As for speed, I dont want bottom, or top...So something in the middle
MOBO - Again guys...all upto you...nothing too pricey...but something that will last
RAM - 2GB, but the rest is upto you
GFX - As above
Soundcard - As Above
PSU - 600w I think is needed...Like the seasonics
CPU Fan - All on you guys, lets just keep it quiet
Case Fans - Same as above
CD/DVD - possibly..if it can beat the 1640s
So guys, there you go...
Lets see what we can get ordered by the end of the weekend...