My hard drive is dying, and as my pc is about 6 years old and struggling to keep up with games I don't think its worth upgrading (AMD Sempron 3000 Socket 939, MSI Mobo with built-in ATI Radeon Xpress200 GPU, 1Gb RAM, Barracuda 160Gb IDE HD, Phillips IDE DVD-Drive, crap old PSU) so I'm planning my first build. Taken apart numerous computers and added/changed hardware so have a good idea what I'm doing.
I know a couple of parts that I want but need help/advice on what other parts to use.
CPU - Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
GPU - ATI HD4870 (one at first then once they're cheaper add a second for crossfire)
MOTHERBOARD - I have no idea on good motherboards for Xfire so any help would be appreciated.
RAM - Another thing I have no idea about, want 4Gb though.
HARD DRIVE - At least 500Gb
DVD-DRIVE - Considering a blue-ray/HD-DVD reader, these worth the money?
PSU - No idea how much power I'll need for all this, but want a bit extra for upgrades in the future (extra HD's, 2nd GPU etc)
I already have a case that I'll use.
With regards to price limit, I'm trying to get the best pc I can for under £1000. Won't be buying this for a few months as I need to save up for it.
Any help would be appreciated, thanks.
I know a couple of parts that I want but need help/advice on what other parts to use.
CPU - Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
GPU - ATI HD4870 (one at first then once they're cheaper add a second for crossfire)
MOTHERBOARD - I have no idea on good motherboards for Xfire so any help would be appreciated.
RAM - Another thing I have no idea about, want 4Gb though.
HARD DRIVE - At least 500Gb
DVD-DRIVE - Considering a blue-ray/HD-DVD reader, these worth the money?
PSU - No idea how much power I'll need for all this, but want a bit extra for upgrades in the future (extra HD's, 2nd GPU etc)
I already have a case that I'll use.
With regards to price limit, I'm trying to get the best pc I can for under £1000. Won't be buying this for a few months as I need to save up for it.
Any help would be appreciated, thanks.