I have around 600 dollars (no more than 1000) to spend on a new build. i'd like to spend down the low end of the scale.
It'll primarily be a low-energy-consumption build (denoted desktop 2) which will primarily be used as a fileserver, torrent box, and movie watching machine. It'll be left on 24/7. I'd like to plug it into my widescreen tv downstairs to watch videos! It needs wifi. I'd also like to set up 1tb or so of storage. It also needs a dvd burner. A smallish case would be good, something that doesnt look too much like a pc. IT NEEDS TO BE QUIET and not warm up the room!
I'm currently living off an eeepc after my main pc's (denoted desktop 1) video card broke down and i havent been paid enough to buy a new video card. It's an e6400 with 2gb of ram and a 7900gs. I'd like to think that this new machine im building (desktop 2) would have video quality and speed on par with desktop 1, if not better, but i know its a longshot due to monetary restrictions. Desktop 1 has 250gb, 380gb, and 450gb hdd's, some which i could possibly throw in the new build.
some questions that are going through my mind are: maybe i could throw the e6400 in the new build? whats its power consumption like? should i go with an amd build? onboard graphics or seperate graphics card?
what kind of build should i get, and what kind of parts? be verbose!
It'll primarily be a low-energy-consumption build (denoted desktop 2) which will primarily be used as a fileserver, torrent box, and movie watching machine. It'll be left on 24/7. I'd like to plug it into my widescreen tv downstairs to watch videos! It needs wifi. I'd also like to set up 1tb or so of storage. It also needs a dvd burner. A smallish case would be good, something that doesnt look too much like a pc. IT NEEDS TO BE QUIET and not warm up the room!
I'm currently living off an eeepc after my main pc's (denoted desktop 1) video card broke down and i havent been paid enough to buy a new video card. It's an e6400 with 2gb of ram and a 7900gs. I'd like to think that this new machine im building (desktop 2) would have video quality and speed on par with desktop 1, if not better, but i know its a longshot due to monetary restrictions. Desktop 1 has 250gb, 380gb, and 450gb hdd's, some which i could possibly throw in the new build.
some questions that are going through my mind are: maybe i could throw the e6400 in the new build? whats its power consumption like? should i go with an amd build? onboard graphics or seperate graphics card?
what kind of build should i get, and what kind of parts? be verbose!
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