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After guidance on a new PC build please as I'm totally out of touch on things.
Current PC is one of the original 2.4gig core2duos with a 4870.
Looking to build a new PC for circa £1000 ish (but not rigid on this) for entire PC (excluding monitor and KB/Mouse), as old system will be going as upgrade to parents.
For monitor thinking of treating myself to a Dell 2711 - or is their any better alternatives? Need OS - so probably Win 7 then I believe it gets a cheao Win 8 upgrade next year?
System will be mainly for gaming, with also office use for the missus
Looking to keep it as quiet as possibly, unless that affects performance too much, in which case forget it!
Random spec musings :-
Processor - likely i5 3570k, unless it's worth the extra for i7 for future proofing?
Cooling - is Corsair H100 or equivalent worth it and quieter - or just a fad and cheap decent air is jsut as good?
Motherboard - haven't got a clue! - although Crossfire / SLI good for future proofing again
Memory - assume as it's so cheap now worth going 16gig for future?
Gfx - again out of touch? 670 or 7970 seems to be at the peak before silly prices? Or is it better to go CF 2x 7850 for about the same cost, although this limits future upgrades? This is the one thing I'm not really sure on at all?
HD - SSD for OS + games - decent size so will fit most ones on the go without having to swap. Then a storage drive for stuff
Sound - have sound cards died a death and everyone just uses onboard now?
PSU - Not sure? - looking for recommendations?
Think that just leaves case - so many options now! Are the 'sound reduced' ones worth it, or do they not work? Is it worth replacing fans with quieter ones, or is this again just a fad? - looking for help again!
Sorry, bit of a long winded post - but all the specs I've looked at over the last few days don't consider noise so although there's been a lot of good recommendations (which I've based the above on) I'm not sure where to go
Cheers in advance
Current PC is one of the original 2.4gig core2duos with a 4870.
Looking to build a new PC for circa £1000 ish (but not rigid on this) for entire PC (excluding monitor and KB/Mouse), as old system will be going as upgrade to parents.
For monitor thinking of treating myself to a Dell 2711 - or is their any better alternatives? Need OS - so probably Win 7 then I believe it gets a cheao Win 8 upgrade next year?
System will be mainly for gaming, with also office use for the missus
Looking to keep it as quiet as possibly, unless that affects performance too much, in which case forget it!
Random spec musings :-
Processor - likely i5 3570k, unless it's worth the extra for i7 for future proofing?
Cooling - is Corsair H100 or equivalent worth it and quieter - or just a fad and cheap decent air is jsut as good?
Motherboard - haven't got a clue! - although Crossfire / SLI good for future proofing again
Memory - assume as it's so cheap now worth going 16gig for future?
Gfx - again out of touch? 670 or 7970 seems to be at the peak before silly prices? Or is it better to go CF 2x 7850 for about the same cost, although this limits future upgrades? This is the one thing I'm not really sure on at all?
HD - SSD for OS + games - decent size so will fit most ones on the go without having to swap. Then a storage drive for stuff
Sound - have sound cards died a death and everyone just uses onboard now?
PSU - Not sure? - looking for recommendations?
Think that just leaves case - so many options now! Are the 'sound reduced' ones worth it, or do they not work? Is it worth replacing fans with quieter ones, or is this again just a fad? - looking for help again!
Sorry, bit of a long winded post - but all the specs I've looked at over the last few days don't consider noise so although there's been a lot of good recommendations (which I've based the above on) I'm not sure where to go
Cheers in advance
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