Spec me a system worthy of... (for some reason the dormant geek thought of "Build(!) me an army worthy of Mordor") for the lazy ex-enthusiast.
It's been many years since my last build and my machine has given up the ghost (think single core and a sublime Coolermaster 'black widow' case of old) with little way in effort to replace it after a year of collecting dust and a dead K7 mobo.
Apple aversion and their mad costs dictate I will never buy a system from them. But I am ultra lazy these days so a good build with optimal components, attention to detail and stable at a mid-high range cost is in order.
Here are some requirements of my new build:
Budget...hmm...1500? ish? Cheaper is better of course but I do not want to push the boat out crazily I'm afraid.
Perhaps I've been a little too specific in the above and it requires some time and research. I figured I should see what thoughts come to mind on the overclocker continuum before i invest too much time
Your help, much needed, would be much appreciated and would probably result in me smoking a cigar, or other sort of leaf, to match my age old signature if someone could help! Hehehe - I forgot I made that sig, its so long since I've posted!
Actually - I'll probably just post a cigar in the post to whoever helps me out!
It's been many years since my last build and my machine has given up the ghost (think single core and a sublime Coolermaster 'black widow' case of old) with little way in effort to replace it after a year of collecting dust and a dead K7 mobo.
Apple aversion and their mad costs dictate I will never buy a system from them. But I am ultra lazy these days so a good build with optimal components, attention to detail and stable at a mid-high range cost is in order.
Here are some requirements of my new build:
- No overclocking required - but fast out of the box
- Speedy enough to play new games at a good resolution (1920x1200 min) with ease (not that I play games but I want to have the option of firing up old hobbies )
- Multi-monitor capability. I will do either 2 or 3 monitor setup at the above res
- A blu-ray of sorts
- A fast SSD required. Secondary HHD may be needed but if so it must be ultra quiet.
- i7
- Quiet. This is important. No-fuss quiet heatsinks and fans (e.g. 2x120mm fans or whatever) is required. I don't mind really as long as the solution is quiet
- No monitors to be included (I feel the need to flex my opinionated ways for resolution (1024 vertical resolution is just wrong!) so I will do a little research for a couple of 24inchers or so...)
Budget...hmm...1500? ish? Cheaper is better of course but I do not want to push the boat out crazily I'm afraid.
Perhaps I've been a little too specific in the above and it requires some time and research. I figured I should see what thoughts come to mind on the overclocker continuum before i invest too much time
Your help, much needed, would be much appreciated and would probably result in me smoking a cigar, or other sort of leaf, to match my age old signature if someone could help! Hehehe - I forgot I made that sig, its so long since I've posted!
Actually - I'll probably just post a cigar in the post to whoever helps me out!
Admittedly your situation is different as you want a full on rig not just the bare essentials.
Not sure if you need O/S so left it out
