Hi All,
My first post, been browsing the site for a week or so, and see there are lots of imformative posts. I am a complete newbie to building PC's but my friend has offered to help me build my own(he has been doing it over 10 years). Basically he said that i buy the components and he will help me fit them.
I know my way around a PC, sorting problems out, and have upgraded my last PC with a new HDD and RAM, but thats as far as my "skills" in this area extend.
I have around £700.00 to spend and my main things i want from the new build are as follows:
I have seen a few posts where people have only spent around £400.00 on systems, so i dont have to spends all the money.
I didnt know whether to go for one of the shuttles (Shuttle XPC SG33G5M Deluxe Aluminium Barebones System) barebones system or to start from scratch, any suggestions around that? Upon reading the spec, i beleieve it comes with Intel GMA 3100 graphics engine, does this mean that i dont need a graphics card? Or can i add one?
EDIT: just realised this onlys supports max 4GB RAM.
Whats peoples thoughts on the Quad core? I thought that this maybe a good idea? Any suggestions on that? It seems from what i have read that this will replace the core duo? I also read that a lot of software wasnt written for quad core so may not benefit from it yet? Not sure hwo long ago these reviews were done.
I am looking at around 4GB of memory, but a motherboard that can have further RAM upgrades in future. Also, a motherboard that can easily have upgrades to certain components.
Now me being a complete newbie, i have no idea what to get, been looking at Overclockers and browsing but its all like a foreign language, lol.
Would any one care to recommend a spec for my new PC? I would appreciate that.
I should add that i am looking at an Intel based system (or perhaps recommend me something better), with Vista OS.
Apologies if not in the correct part of the forum.
Thanks for your time.
Si
My first post, been browsing the site for a week or so, and see there are lots of imformative posts. I am a complete newbie to building PC's but my friend has offered to help me build my own(he has been doing it over 10 years). Basically he said that i buy the components and he will help me fit them.
I know my way around a PC, sorting problems out, and have upgraded my last PC with a new HDD and RAM, but thats as far as my "skills" in this area extend.
I have around £700.00 to spend and my main things i want from the new build are as follows:
- Future proof (to what it can be)
- Occasional gaming - new games
- lots of storage for films
- To be fast
- Might overclock - some potential there to do that.
I have seen a few posts where people have only spent around £400.00 on systems, so i dont have to spends all the money.
I didnt know whether to go for one of the shuttles (Shuttle XPC SG33G5M Deluxe Aluminium Barebones System) barebones system or to start from scratch, any suggestions around that? Upon reading the spec, i beleieve it comes with Intel GMA 3100 graphics engine, does this mean that i dont need a graphics card? Or can i add one?
EDIT: just realised this onlys supports max 4GB RAM.
Whats peoples thoughts on the Quad core? I thought that this maybe a good idea? Any suggestions on that? It seems from what i have read that this will replace the core duo? I also read that a lot of software wasnt written for quad core so may not benefit from it yet? Not sure hwo long ago these reviews were done.
I am looking at around 4GB of memory, but a motherboard that can have further RAM upgrades in future. Also, a motherboard that can easily have upgrades to certain components.
Now me being a complete newbie, i have no idea what to get, been looking at Overclockers and browsing but its all like a foreign language, lol.
Would any one care to recommend a spec for my new PC? I would appreciate that.
I should add that i am looking at an Intel based system (or perhaps recommend me something better), with Vista OS.
Apologies if not in the correct part of the forum.
Thanks for your time.
Si
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