Here I am trying to decide what I want for a new PC, quite honestly I dont know what to go for there is so much choice. I do however feel the need to put it together myself to get exactly what I want.
AMD or Intel that is the question, I cant decide. To try and figure it out I am going to cost how much an intel system will cost me and then do the same for the AMD system and see what looks better on paper.
Ill build completely from scratch so I need.
Processor
Motherboard
Memory
Graphics card
These first ones will obviously change depending on whether I want intel or AMD and how much I spend on the chip and so on. But there are going to be some constants to the design. Things that wont change regardless of the chip I choose.
These are the following plus my considerations. Can I get some help choosing the following parts first.
CASE:
Antec 900 £70 - it looks a little ugly tho
Arctic Cooling T2 Pro £70 supposed to be silent but is it a little too plain?
Coolermaster wave £90
NZXT £94
Thermal take Tsunami. £72
Ideally the case I use needs to take ATX boards and have room for all sizes of graphics cards obviously. Of course if someone can find a mini case that fits atx boards and 8800 GTX cards then ill consider it. A quiet case might be nice this time too.
Harddrive/s:
Choice here is do I go for one drive, or go for 2 drives to ensure I have a spare in case one dies one to move to.
So my choice is
150GB WD Raptor £150
or
74GB WD Raptor £104 and a 160GB WD Caviar £43.46
yes its a wierd way round that I wouldnt be considering raiding them, but it gives me a storage drive and a lightning fast drive for games. I have a raptor at the moment only a 32GB but its fantastic.
Power Supply:
no idea here
Optical Drive:
For completeness I was considering a lightscribe DVD-rw say the NEC ND7173 £21.74
Miscellaneous:
Sound proof pack?
cables
Arctic silver £7
fans
Operating System:
Vista home premium (about £80 OEM)
or
Vista Ultimate (about £140 OEM)
Would there be any benefit from the ultimate version over the premium? would I notice?
Once I have figured out what I want for this lot I can get an idea about how much I can spend on the really important bits. My budget is fairly flexible and this wont be a cheap pc. However I am not interested in spending money for moneys sake, like say the fatality case at £300 (why?) or the physx card (can come later if I need). I have a nice X-Fi soundcard that will be migrating to the new pc so I dont need one of those.
AMD or Intel that is the question, I cant decide. To try and figure it out I am going to cost how much an intel system will cost me and then do the same for the AMD system and see what looks better on paper.
Ill build completely from scratch so I need.
Processor
Motherboard
Memory
Graphics card
These first ones will obviously change depending on whether I want intel or AMD and how much I spend on the chip and so on. But there are going to be some constants to the design. Things that wont change regardless of the chip I choose.
These are the following plus my considerations. Can I get some help choosing the following parts first.
CASE:
Antec 900 £70 - it looks a little ugly tho
Arctic Cooling T2 Pro £70 supposed to be silent but is it a little too plain?
Coolermaster wave £90
NZXT £94
Thermal take Tsunami. £72
Ideally the case I use needs to take ATX boards and have room for all sizes of graphics cards obviously. Of course if someone can find a mini case that fits atx boards and 8800 GTX cards then ill consider it. A quiet case might be nice this time too.
Harddrive/s:
Choice here is do I go for one drive, or go for 2 drives to ensure I have a spare in case one dies one to move to.
So my choice is
150GB WD Raptor £150
or
74GB WD Raptor £104 and a 160GB WD Caviar £43.46
yes its a wierd way round that I wouldnt be considering raiding them, but it gives me a storage drive and a lightning fast drive for games. I have a raptor at the moment only a 32GB but its fantastic.
Power Supply:
no idea here
Optical Drive:
For completeness I was considering a lightscribe DVD-rw say the NEC ND7173 £21.74
Miscellaneous:
Sound proof pack?
cables
Arctic silver £7
fans
Operating System:
Vista home premium (about £80 OEM)
or
Vista Ultimate (about £140 OEM)
Would there be any benefit from the ultimate version over the premium? would I notice?
Once I have figured out what I want for this lot I can get an idea about how much I can spend on the really important bits. My budget is fairly flexible and this wont be a cheap pc. However I am not interested in spending money for moneys sake, like say the fatality case at £300 (why?) or the physx card (can come later if I need). I have a nice X-Fi soundcard that will be migrating to the new pc so I dont need one of those.
