Hi,
I want to build a new PC to replace my 4 year old system. I have not kept up with the PC hardware market for years and really don't whats out there, so I could really do with some help.
I currently have an XP2800+, Asus A7N8X, 2x80GB in RAID0, 9800 Pro and 1GB ram in a Black Widow case and with a 24" Dell. It's been fine for what I use my PC for, mainly surfing and email etc, but I want to get back into video editing and have loads of camcorder tapes to process. I also use the PC to stream video content to my 360 via Orb. This encodes on the fly, and therefore my current PC really struggles and I hope a new multi core PC will be drastically quicker!
For the moment I am not interested in a great graphics at all as I use my 360 for gaming and haven't played a PC game in years. So no Crysis here, in fact the only types of games I might want to play are Roller Coaster Tycoon, Sim City, Caesar etc - nothing too demanding. Hopefully I can save some decent money here, but would still like something better than the 9800 Pro, yet keeping the option to add something much quicker should a demanding game come along that I want.
My only other requirement is that it is nice and quiet!
I already have monitor, keyboard, mouse, speakers, DVD-RW, and some big HDD drives, so I guess I only need:
Case
Motherboard
CPU & Cooler
Graphics
Memory
Fast HDD for O/S (Is it worth raiding anymore?)
Basic but good soundcard (Audigy 2?)
PSU
I haven't really thought about how much to spend, but under £500 would be good.
Many thanks
I want to build a new PC to replace my 4 year old system. I have not kept up with the PC hardware market for years and really don't whats out there, so I could really do with some help.
I currently have an XP2800+, Asus A7N8X, 2x80GB in RAID0, 9800 Pro and 1GB ram in a Black Widow case and with a 24" Dell. It's been fine for what I use my PC for, mainly surfing and email etc, but I want to get back into video editing and have loads of camcorder tapes to process. I also use the PC to stream video content to my 360 via Orb. This encodes on the fly, and therefore my current PC really struggles and I hope a new multi core PC will be drastically quicker!
For the moment I am not interested in a great graphics at all as I use my 360 for gaming and haven't played a PC game in years. So no Crysis here, in fact the only types of games I might want to play are Roller Coaster Tycoon, Sim City, Caesar etc - nothing too demanding. Hopefully I can save some decent money here, but would still like something better than the 9800 Pro, yet keeping the option to add something much quicker should a demanding game come along that I want.
My only other requirement is that it is nice and quiet!
I already have monitor, keyboard, mouse, speakers, DVD-RW, and some big HDD drives, so I guess I only need:
Case
Motherboard
CPU & Cooler
Graphics
Memory
Fast HDD for O/S (Is it worth raiding anymore?)
Basic but good soundcard (Audigy 2?)
PSU
I haven't really thought about how much to spend, but under £500 would be good.
Many thanks
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