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So here's the deal, won't order anything tell about the middle of April, but once I do I have to order everything. Early May I get home and I'm there for 30 days before I leave again. I plan to build the computer when I'm home so I can ship it to me next location. But enough of that, on to the stuff.
I already have a monitor (22 inch), keyboard, mouse, 5.1 surround. I just have an old computer, AMD 3500+, 1 Gig of ram, Geforce 7900 (that's only there cause I upgraded it). So the computer will be a complete rebuild. Technically I don't have a budget, but I'm trying not to go much above 2,000 US dollars if I can.
Through much deliberation, and I mean MUCH (literally well over a week at work looking at reviews and such) I decided to go with the Cosmos S for the case. What can I say, I'm a sucker for pretty things.
Going with the Core i7 920 for the CPU. From everything I've read, the 940 is not worth it.
For GPU I'm going NVIDIA, the only question is which one. The GTX 295 looks really nice, but its also the most exspensive. I want to stick with one card right now, but leave myself open to SLI. So unless the performance difference gained by the 295 isn't worth it, that's what I'm leaning towards. But I'm obviously open to ideas, hence why I'm posting here.
I've already got a WD 7,200 RPM 500G hard drive that I'll be transfering over with data and some programs, but no OS. I'm planning on buying a 300G Velociraptor to go with that. I don't think I'll need more space for now (have some externals) and I figure I can always buy a TB drive later if need be.
Motherboard I'm not to sure on. Ran into a few good ones, but most of them seem aimed at 3x or 4x graphics cards, and I don't think I'd ever go over 2. Really, it wouldn't be an issue except that the extra PCIe slots might keep me from having enough normal PCI slots open. I'd like to have at least 2 PCI slots free with 2x SLI if there's anything out there that does that. Aside from that I'm just looking for whatever is best (without spending TOO much money).
From what I've seen for RAM there's a few good options (going for 6Gigs) and it just depends on the prices when you order. So I haven't spent to much time looking at that yet. I have seen a few people talking about compatibility issues with the i7, but it seems that its a pretty easy fix. (Again, if I'm being a complete noob here, just let me know
).
I'm not good with PSU's yet, I've done some research but haven't made any choices yet.
I've been looking at Blu-ray for an optical drive, but I'm not sure if its really worth it. This build isn't just for now, I am building for the future too. But basically aside from movies (which I know I'd need a new monitor to really tell the difference) would there be any reason to get a blu-ray? Otherwise I'd just grab a normal DVD drive. Probably grab a DVD-RW drive too, but those are usually pretty easy to pick out.
Part of me really wanted to grab a floppy (I'm still old school in a few ways) but I figure I'll up that to a media card reader or something.
Oh ya, CPU cooler. Don't know much in that area. Not planning on overclocking right away, but probably will later. Not crazy, but a little at least.
Lastly, for the case do you think I'd need any additional fans? (It comes with 3 120's plus the side fan). Or replace to fans altogether? And I've looked at fan controlers, but I'm not sure about those. One of the biggest problems I had with my last computer was I basically had no monitoring or control options, so I'd like to fix that this time (I do know lots of stuff is done through software, so that's why I'm not sure about a fan monitor).
Sound card maybe, maybe not. I'm sure I can figure that one out.
I think I covered everything, but if I missed a major thing, let me know. Or if you just think everything I said is dumb and I'm and idiot, feel free to speak your mind. Thanks for the help.
. . . forgot OS. Going with Vista 64bit, probably ultimate.
I already have a monitor (22 inch), keyboard, mouse, 5.1 surround. I just have an old computer, AMD 3500+, 1 Gig of ram, Geforce 7900 (that's only there cause I upgraded it). So the computer will be a complete rebuild. Technically I don't have a budget, but I'm trying not to go much above 2,000 US dollars if I can.
Through much deliberation, and I mean MUCH (literally well over a week at work looking at reviews and such) I decided to go with the Cosmos S for the case. What can I say, I'm a sucker for pretty things.
Going with the Core i7 920 for the CPU. From everything I've read, the 940 is not worth it.
For GPU I'm going NVIDIA, the only question is which one. The GTX 295 looks really nice, but its also the most exspensive. I want to stick with one card right now, but leave myself open to SLI. So unless the performance difference gained by the 295 isn't worth it, that's what I'm leaning towards. But I'm obviously open to ideas, hence why I'm posting here.
I've already got a WD 7,200 RPM 500G hard drive that I'll be transfering over with data and some programs, but no OS. I'm planning on buying a 300G Velociraptor to go with that. I don't think I'll need more space for now (have some externals) and I figure I can always buy a TB drive later if need be.
Motherboard I'm not to sure on. Ran into a few good ones, but most of them seem aimed at 3x or 4x graphics cards, and I don't think I'd ever go over 2. Really, it wouldn't be an issue except that the extra PCIe slots might keep me from having enough normal PCI slots open. I'd like to have at least 2 PCI slots free with 2x SLI if there's anything out there that does that. Aside from that I'm just looking for whatever is best (without spending TOO much money).
From what I've seen for RAM there's a few good options (going for 6Gigs) and it just depends on the prices when you order. So I haven't spent to much time looking at that yet. I have seen a few people talking about compatibility issues with the i7, but it seems that its a pretty easy fix. (Again, if I'm being a complete noob here, just let me know
).I'm not good with PSU's yet, I've done some research but haven't made any choices yet.
I've been looking at Blu-ray for an optical drive, but I'm not sure if its really worth it. This build isn't just for now, I am building for the future too. But basically aside from movies (which I know I'd need a new monitor to really tell the difference) would there be any reason to get a blu-ray? Otherwise I'd just grab a normal DVD drive. Probably grab a DVD-RW drive too, but those are usually pretty easy to pick out.
Part of me really wanted to grab a floppy (I'm still old school in a few ways) but I figure I'll up that to a media card reader or something.
Oh ya, CPU cooler. Don't know much in that area. Not planning on overclocking right away, but probably will later. Not crazy, but a little at least.
Lastly, for the case do you think I'd need any additional fans? (It comes with 3 120's plus the side fan). Or replace to fans altogether? And I've looked at fan controlers, but I'm not sure about those. One of the biggest problems I had with my last computer was I basically had no monitoring or control options, so I'd like to fix that this time (I do know lots of stuff is done through software, so that's why I'm not sure about a fan monitor).
Sound card maybe, maybe not. I'm sure I can figure that one out.
I think I covered everything, but if I missed a major thing, let me know. Or if you just think everything I said is dumb and I'm and idiot, feel free to speak your mind
. Thanks for the help.. . .
forgot OS. Going with Vista 64bit, probably ultimate.
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