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1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
It will be used as a general PC for work as well as internet browsing. The games I currently play are WoW and Eve(dual client) although I am looking at Civ5 plus Diablo3 when it comes out. I also encode videos and would be looking at encoding bluerays as well to store on my WHS.
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
About £500 including shipping and taxes but can go a bit higher if needed.
3) Where do you live?
England
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.
I need a new CPU, Graphics card, Mainboard, Memory and Hard disk.
5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model.
I would like to reuse my case which is an Antec PC Performance Case (like this one http://ii.alatest.com/product/600x4...1040-10-Bay-400W-SOHO-Server-Case-Beige-0.jpg) i know its old but it works well. Also the PSU which is a HIGHPOWER 500W ATX Power Supply Unit. I am open to replacing these parts if necessary but would prefer not to if possible so I can spend the money elsewhere.
6) Will you be overclocking?
I deffinately want to overclock but not necessarily straight away.
7) What size monitor do you have and/or plan to have?
Currently have a HP ZR24w as my main monitor and a second 19" monitor that i would like to continue to use.
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
Within 3-6 weeks
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? USB 3.0? SATA 6Gb/s? etc.
Fast disk access is a must as is the option to add a few hard disks. I would rather not get stuck with just two HDs. I dont need crossfire or SLI as i aim to stick with a single graphics card. I would like one of the Sandybridge boards though. I would deffinately like to have an SSD as my boot disk to improve performance.
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license? If so, what OS? Is it 32bit or 64bit?
I would like to get a windows 7 64bit license (preferably ultimate) and am looking to see what deals there are available. I am a parent so I was wondering if there was any student offers available for this that arent just upgrades. This is separate to the budget above.
My current PC is as follows and its getting a bit long in the tooth now.
Intel E6400 (2.13ghz)
4GB OCZ 6400 RAM
Gigabyte 965-DS3 Mainboard
EVGA Nvidia Geforce 8800 GTS 640MB Superclocked
HIGHPOWER 500W ATX Power Supply Unit
Antec PC Performance Case
The reason I am looking for an upgrade is that Wow is noticably slower since Cataclysm was released and rippting DVDs to my NAS is taking a very long time. Also the current system is four years old and i think its time for some new toys.
I am currently thinking of the following as a starting point.
Hard Disk - 60GB Corsair Force Series 3, SATA III SSD
CPU - Intel Core i5 2500K 3.3GHz Socket 1155 6MB Cache Retail Boxed Processor
Graphics - AMD 6870 or 6950 not sure which.
Mainboard - Asus P8Z68-V LX
Memory - Corsair 8GB (2X4GB) DDR3 1600Mhz Red Vengeance Memory Kit CL9 (9-9-9-24) 1.5V
I will admit that my knowledge of PC technology is several years out of date. The last time I looked at any of this was when i brought my last PC four years ago when Core2Duos and Nvidia 8800s were the latest thing. I am doing alot of reading to get my head around the new stuff thats available.
The SSD will be for booting from and I wanted to see if i could use a chunk of it for caching or if it would be better to just use it all as read cache. I have other HDD that can be used as general storage.
I think a z68 board is what i need and the Asus P8Z68-V LX did everything i need it to. I dont need SLI so didnt want the extra expense of a higher spec board.
I am keen to take advantage of Intels QuickSync technology but I dont know if this can be done with a separate graphics card.
I am currently an NVidia user and happy with them but from what i understand the 6000 series from AMD is very good and i dont know what the Nvidia equivalent is at the moment. I dont know which would be better between a 6870 and a 6950 for my needs.
Cheers
Simon
It will be used as a general PC for work as well as internet browsing. The games I currently play are WoW and Eve(dual client) although I am looking at Civ5 plus Diablo3 when it comes out. I also encode videos and would be looking at encoding bluerays as well to store on my WHS.
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
About £500 including shipping and taxes but can go a bit higher if needed.
3) Where do you live?
England
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.
I need a new CPU, Graphics card, Mainboard, Memory and Hard disk.
5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model.
I would like to reuse my case which is an Antec PC Performance Case (like this one http://ii.alatest.com/product/600x4...1040-10-Bay-400W-SOHO-Server-Case-Beige-0.jpg) i know its old but it works well. Also the PSU which is a HIGHPOWER 500W ATX Power Supply Unit. I am open to replacing these parts if necessary but would prefer not to if possible so I can spend the money elsewhere.
6) Will you be overclocking?
I deffinately want to overclock but not necessarily straight away.
7) What size monitor do you have and/or plan to have?
Currently have a HP ZR24w as my main monitor and a second 19" monitor that i would like to continue to use.
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
Within 3-6 weeks
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? USB 3.0? SATA 6Gb/s? etc.
Fast disk access is a must as is the option to add a few hard disks. I would rather not get stuck with just two HDs. I dont need crossfire or SLI as i aim to stick with a single graphics card. I would like one of the Sandybridge boards though. I would deffinately like to have an SSD as my boot disk to improve performance.
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license? If so, what OS? Is it 32bit or 64bit?
I would like to get a windows 7 64bit license (preferably ultimate) and am looking to see what deals there are available. I am a parent so I was wondering if there was any student offers available for this that arent just upgrades. This is separate to the budget above.
My current PC is as follows and its getting a bit long in the tooth now.
Intel E6400 (2.13ghz)
4GB OCZ 6400 RAM
Gigabyte 965-DS3 Mainboard
EVGA Nvidia Geforce 8800 GTS 640MB Superclocked
HIGHPOWER 500W ATX Power Supply Unit
Antec PC Performance Case
The reason I am looking for an upgrade is that Wow is noticably slower since Cataclysm was released and rippting DVDs to my NAS is taking a very long time. Also the current system is four years old and i think its time for some new toys.
I am currently thinking of the following as a starting point.
Hard Disk - 60GB Corsair Force Series 3, SATA III SSD
CPU - Intel Core i5 2500K 3.3GHz Socket 1155 6MB Cache Retail Boxed Processor
Graphics - AMD 6870 or 6950 not sure which.
Mainboard - Asus P8Z68-V LX
Memory - Corsair 8GB (2X4GB) DDR3 1600Mhz Red Vengeance Memory Kit CL9 (9-9-9-24) 1.5V
I will admit that my knowledge of PC technology is several years out of date. The last time I looked at any of this was when i brought my last PC four years ago when Core2Duos and Nvidia 8800s were the latest thing. I am doing alot of reading to get my head around the new stuff thats available.
The SSD will be for booting from and I wanted to see if i could use a chunk of it for caching or if it would be better to just use it all as read cache. I have other HDD that can be used as general storage.
I think a z68 board is what i need and the Asus P8Z68-V LX did everything i need it to. I dont need SLI so didnt want the extra expense of a higher spec board.
I am keen to take advantage of Intels QuickSync technology but I dont know if this can be done with a separate graphics card.
I am currently an NVidia user and happy with them but from what i understand the 6000 series from AMD is very good and i dont know what the Nvidia equivalent is at the moment. I dont know which would be better between a 6870 and a 6950 for my needs.
Cheers
Simon
