I I’ve read a lots of articles and considerations from many of you have built and expressed opinions on the makings of a computer..
After ruminating I ran down to my local Micro Computer store and pulled the plastic out.
Here is what I got. : bought
After in store discounts and requesting better prices and price matching I paid
$1156
The rest of the items DVD,CD, I already have.
Given I have burned 2 mobos on $2700 ( Toshiba Quoisim0) and $2400 (HP multimedia) Lap Tops and all the docking stuff and the externals 3x 1TB drives. I felt it was time to return to a real computer. The last build was asus kr7a and that was in 2002. My have thing changed since then.
I plan on putting this all together next week when no one will be home and I will be left to my own devices.
I have to thank everyone for their reviews and input. I wasn't an easy choice given I had to re-educate myself on what is out there today.
If you see something in my choices that I should reconsider please I welcome your input
I game only UT2004
Lots of movie and graphic editing.
Land survey modeling.
Multi task .. Accounting, estimating Cad, Landscape Design. Hopefully this build should carry me for a while. I have Win7, Vista Ultimate and XP Pro. The Win 7 Pro will be the system. It is a shame because it took me so long to tame Vista Ultimate.
Cosmic
I would recommend reconsidering the GPU and the HDD. Right now, ATI is dominating the video card market with price/performance and if you had the money either the 5750 or the 5770 are some of the best choices as they support Dx11, run quieter, and cooler. If you wont be able to get one of those I would say the 250 would be fine at that price range then. As for the HDD, the Spinpoint F3 is the fastest HDD available. In builds this high, the HDD is always the bottleneck so might as well get the fastest HDD around. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] -_-Product
I would recommend reconsidering the GPU and the HDD. Right now, ATI is dominating the video card market with price/performance and if you had the money either the 5750 or the 5770 are some of the best choices as they support Dx11, run quieter, and cooler. If you wont be able to get one of those I would say the 250 would be fine at that price range then. As for the HDD, the Spinpoint F3 is the fastest HDD available. In builds this high, the HDD is always the bottleneck so might as well get the fastest HDD around. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] -_-Product
I want to avoid ATI At some point SLI is the direction I want to be as opposed to Crossfire.
From what I gleaned SLI is a better direction and if I want to in the future add another GPU I felt that I had to make a call as to what direction to go. I know noise is a factor on my choice and from what I have read noise only become an issue at high Gaming demands and that is not something I do. Heat is an issue too and I felt that @the deal I got ($105 vs $150) It was good bang for the BUCK.
As for the HDD your right and I just grabbed the best deal off the shelf. I will order a new drive tonight and keep the one I have for Data and Back up.
I was trying to keep the whole build under $1000 so there was at the moment a budget to consider. I also don't want to be the only one keeping the economy afloat.
I have a drawer full of old style gpu's and I have no shame of trying and upgrading in the future. As for now I am working off an aspire 1.6 ghz and have to get something up and running before my business grounds to a halt or I go blind on the tiny screen.
Thanks and I will look at the ATI 5750 and the 5770 with serious thought before I open the box.
Today unlike back in the 70's there so many choices I Remember when I the only choice I had to make was a Black and white CRT or Green on green and Pong was the Game of the year. I love the 21st century.
Sonic if I read correctly many of us here not only keep the economy afloat but we are the recovery. So here I am eagerly awaiting my 2009 tax returns to reinvest in 2010's economy. Oh Oh just looked on all my boxes..Made in China. Who's economy are we recovering?
The big issue that I am really facing is the overclocking part. Seems to me that 3.3 is safe enough for the I7 920 and then I wonder if I really want to void the warranty . "The need for speed greatly overrides the need for a warranty " says the little voice in my head.
Message edited by CosmicTwister on 11-08-2009 at 02:35:01 AM