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Gentlemenz,
First off I'd just like to say thanks to you d00ds who helped me build my last rig +3 years ago. It has been a faithful beast and served me quite well.
The time has come to start from scratch. This [current] machine will become my server and media-PC.
I must admit it has been a while since I was "in the game". I'm not really positive which hardware is top-dog etc. anymore, and more importantly, what has got the best bang-for-buck and longevity. I am once again humbly request the advice of this community to assist in the decision making process that will ultimately become my next surrogate son.
For starters, the budget is in the realm of 1500$cdn. More or less. The value is the decider. I would preferably like to buy the equipment from NCIX as I can pick it up just blocks away from my appartment and it always makes returns etc. really easy if I can walk it right back over. However I could really care less where it comes from.
I went for an SLI mobo on the last build and never really got around to using it, I also never got around to overclocking the CPU even though I had purchased some good aftermarket cooling products. I guess I'm a little more casual now than I used to be back in Ze Day.
I'd also like a quiet case. I'm tired of listening to my present case whine and scream as it cools its bits. My apartment seems to have some kind of dust problem too and no amount of vacuuming can rid me of this problem and it has killed a videocard once and almost got a second.
Other than that it's the usual... I'd prefer to have two hard drives in this build, one with good storage and the other for the OS and programs.
I'll be using this system for gaming and graphic design.
Thank you all in advance. My last setup was an amazing machine in value and performance. You gentlemen are always on point.
First off I'd just like to say thanks to you d00ds who helped me build my last rig +3 years ago. It has been a faithful beast and served me quite well.
The time has come to start from scratch. This [current] machine will become my server and media-PC.
I must admit it has been a while since I was "in the game". I'm not really positive which hardware is top-dog etc. anymore, and more importantly, what has got the best bang-for-buck and longevity. I am once again humbly request the advice of this community to assist in the decision making process that will ultimately become my next surrogate son.
For starters, the budget is in the realm of 1500$cdn. More or less. The value is the decider. I would preferably like to buy the equipment from NCIX as I can pick it up just blocks away from my appartment and it always makes returns etc. really easy if I can walk it right back over. However I could really care less where it comes from.
I went for an SLI mobo on the last build and never really got around to using it, I also never got around to overclocking the CPU even though I had purchased some good aftermarket cooling products. I guess I'm a little more casual now than I used to be back in Ze Day.
I'd also like a quiet case. I'm tired of listening to my present case whine and scream as it cools its bits. My apartment seems to have some kind of dust problem too and no amount of vacuuming can rid me of this problem and it has killed a videocard once and almost got a second.
Other than that it's the usual... I'd prefer to have two hard drives in this build, one with good storage and the other for the OS and programs.
I'll be using this system for gaming and graphic design.
Thank you all in advance. My last setup was an amazing machine in value and performance. You gentlemen are always on point.
