Ok so Im about to begin building my 1st pc!!! I really wanna push the boat out as much as possible without going too far on $
Advice needed for -
CASE
First thing I need is a nice case to put it in! Which manufacturers are any good? Im in the uk so I need ones on sites that do int shipping or ebay etc... Antec seem a decent one but are there any others I should know about?
MOTHERBOARD
I need an agp 8x slot on the mobo for my ATI Radeon HD3650 512MB AGP Graphics Card. Will I find a quad core atx mobo with agp slot???
And obviously I don't want a built in grfx card
Also preferably one that can take 4gb or > ram and sata I or II (think my drives are II but there are cables that can go from 1 to the other)
I need one from a quality manufacturer that wont fail within 5 years
PROCESSOR
Quad core - Intel or AMD??? I've always gone with intel before but performance/price ratio is more important than brand loyalty. I'd like one that's really good but not really expensive. obviously mobo has to be compatible
Everything else I'm good with: 2 x 1tb sata, dvd r+_rw, dvd rom or blu ray, 2 x usb/sata cards, 400w psu, fans, OS, etc..
This is mostly for hd video playback and some work... but Id like to be able to run NEW games reasonably well
Advice needed for -
CASE
First thing I need is a nice case to put it in! Which manufacturers are any good? Im in the uk so I need ones on sites that do int shipping or ebay etc... Antec seem a decent one but are there any others I should know about?
MOTHERBOARD
I need an agp 8x slot on the mobo for my ATI Radeon HD3650 512MB AGP Graphics Card. Will I find a quad core atx mobo with agp slot???
And obviously I don't want a built in grfx card
Also preferably one that can take 4gb or > ram and sata I or II (think my drives are II but there are cables that can go from 1 to the other)
I need one from a quality manufacturer that wont fail within 5 years
PROCESSOR
Quad core - Intel or AMD??? I've always gone with intel before but performance/price ratio is more important than brand loyalty. I'd like one that's really good but not really expensive. obviously mobo has to be compatible
Everything else I'm good with: 2 x 1tb sata, dvd r+_rw, dvd rom or blu ray, 2 x usb/sata cards, 400w psu, fans, OS, etc..
This is mostly for hd video playback and some work... but Id like to be able to run NEW games reasonably well