My friends: my once mighty, 6 year old machine is still running great, but I am starting
aproject that needs more guts. Plus, it's just time.
1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
For the next year or 2, it will be used for software development. Some Web development, but also work on a very processor intensive project (that will probably not be multi-threaded). So high CPU speed is necessary, but many cores won't be too helpful for now.
It needs to be able to support 3 monitors, but they won't be used for games. On-board video with DisplayPort that supports MST would be ideal, I think.
After a year or w it will become a gaming rig. I'll add a GPU or two or 3 and resume wasting my life. I may replace the CPU then, too. I'd like the motherboard to last another 5 years.
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
Flexible. Prefer to stay around $500 but can go up to $800 if it's worth it.
3) Which country do you live in? If the U.S, please tell us the state and city if possible.
Northern Colorado, USA. Best Buy and Office Depot are my only b and m options.
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. The word "Everything" is not a valid answer. Please list out all the parts you'll need.
Motherboard
CPU
Memory
SSD (256-ish would be adequate)
5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model.
Silverstone FT02 case
Power Supply (don't remember the model but it's up to the task)
Radeon 5850 (if I need it, would prefer to not use it)
Many spinning hard drives for storage
DP hub if I need it.
6) Will you be overclocking?
No. No interest in over clocking at all.
7) What is the max resolution of your monitor? What size is it?
3 x 1600 x 1200
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
Soon. Would order parts tonight if I had them picked out.
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? USB 3.0? SATA 6Gb/s? eSATA? Onboard video (as a backup or main GPU)? UEFI? etc.
On board video would be very nice, as long as it supports 3 monitors.
USB 3
Support for M.2 would be good
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license? If yes, what OS? Is it 32bit or 64bit?
It'll be running Linux, so software is already covered
aproject that needs more guts. Plus, it's just time.
1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
For the next year or 2, it will be used for software development. Some Web development, but also work on a very processor intensive project (that will probably not be multi-threaded). So high CPU speed is necessary, but many cores won't be too helpful for now.
It needs to be able to support 3 monitors, but they won't be used for games. On-board video with DisplayPort that supports MST would be ideal, I think.
After a year or w it will become a gaming rig. I'll add a GPU or two or 3 and resume wasting my life. I may replace the CPU then, too. I'd like the motherboard to last another 5 years.
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
Flexible. Prefer to stay around $500 but can go up to $800 if it's worth it.
3) Which country do you live in? If the U.S, please tell us the state and city if possible.
Northern Colorado, USA. Best Buy and Office Depot are my only b and m options.
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. The word "Everything" is not a valid answer. Please list out all the parts you'll need.
Motherboard
CPU
Memory
SSD (256-ish would be adequate)
5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model.
Silverstone FT02 case
Power Supply (don't remember the model but it's up to the task)
Radeon 5850 (if I need it, would prefer to not use it)
Many spinning hard drives for storage
DP hub if I need it.
6) Will you be overclocking?
No. No interest in over clocking at all.
7) What is the max resolution of your monitor? What size is it?
3 x 1600 x 1200
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
Soon. Would order parts tonight if I had them picked out.
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? USB 3.0? SATA 6Gb/s? eSATA? Onboard video (as a backup or main GPU)? UEFI? etc.
On board video would be very nice, as long as it supports 3 monitors.
USB 3
Support for M.2 would be good
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license? If yes, what OS? Is it 32bit or 64bit?
It'll be running Linux, so software is already covered