APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: October 2010.
BUDGET RANGE: $650 - $850.
SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Primarily Home/Office.
PARTS NOT REQUIRED: Windows, Keyboard, Mouse, Monitor.
PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: Any.
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Hong Kong.
PARTS PREFERENCES: Non Ob-board Graphics.
OVERCLOCKING: No.
SLI OR CROSSFIRE: No.
MONITOR RESOLUTION: Higher than 1600x1200.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Quite & Cool PC.
Hi,
I am planning to build a totally new Desktop PC for Home/Office use. I am facing problems with current PC. It takes a while to open excel and PDF files.
In my busy working hours, at max I require to run 20 excel files, 10 pdf files, Word with 5-10 docs, Chrome with 15-20tabs, Firefox with 10-15tabs, Photoshop editing 5-10 big images, Dreamweaver, Running system monitor programs, Accounting software such as Tally, 10-12 File Browsers, Messenger with 10-15 chat windows, with min. 1 having video/audio conference, Anti-virus at background, 7-zip, uploading & downloading utorrents, etc.
My current PC can't support even half the above load, it starts to hang/lag when I reach 40% load. So I need advice on building a new PC. BTW, I am not considering to accept On-board graphics. I do feel that I need better components for LAN, CPU, RAM, HDD. I also wish to get SATA3.0 and USB3.0 support. Audio preferences are not important AT ALL.
Also my current PC gets very hot, maybe because I have only 1 fan on the CPU in my whole system, my PCIe graphic card also don't have a fan, it gets very hot. I would also appreciate for advice on PC cooling.
My current Built is:
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6600 @ 2.40GHz (Stock heatsink & fan)
MB Gigabyte G31M-S2L
A-Data 2GB DDR2 PC2-6400 (400 MHz)
Hitachi HardDisk 320GB 7200RPM
NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS 256 MB DDR
Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP3
Thanks in advance.
Oh Nearly forgot to mention my budget for the hardware components. Its around US$650-850 depending on whether I get some extras. I already have Windows, so I don't need that in my new built. Will accept to higher my budget for better performance.
BUDGET RANGE: $650 - $850.
SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Primarily Home/Office.
PARTS NOT REQUIRED: Windows, Keyboard, Mouse, Monitor.
PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: Any.
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Hong Kong.
PARTS PREFERENCES: Non Ob-board Graphics.
OVERCLOCKING: No.
SLI OR CROSSFIRE: No.
MONITOR RESOLUTION: Higher than 1600x1200.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Quite & Cool PC.
Hi,
I am planning to build a totally new Desktop PC for Home/Office use. I am facing problems with current PC. It takes a while to open excel and PDF files.
In my busy working hours, at max I require to run 20 excel files, 10 pdf files, Word with 5-10 docs, Chrome with 15-20tabs, Firefox with 10-15tabs, Photoshop editing 5-10 big images, Dreamweaver, Running system monitor programs, Accounting software such as Tally, 10-12 File Browsers, Messenger with 10-15 chat windows, with min. 1 having video/audio conference, Anti-virus at background, 7-zip, uploading & downloading utorrents, etc.
My current PC can't support even half the above load, it starts to hang/lag when I reach 40% load. So I need advice on building a new PC. BTW, I am not considering to accept On-board graphics. I do feel that I need better components for LAN, CPU, RAM, HDD. I also wish to get SATA3.0 and USB3.0 support. Audio preferences are not important AT ALL.
Also my current PC gets very hot, maybe because I have only 1 fan on the CPU in my whole system, my PCIe graphic card also don't have a fan, it gets very hot. I would also appreciate for advice on PC cooling.
My current Built is:
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6600 @ 2.40GHz (Stock heatsink & fan)
MB Gigabyte G31M-S2L
A-Data 2GB DDR2 PC2-6400 (400 MHz)
Hitachi HardDisk 320GB 7200RPM
NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS 256 MB DDR
Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP3
Thanks in advance.
Oh Nearly forgot to mention my budget for the hardware components. Its around US$650-850 depending on whether I get some extras. I already have Windows, so I don't need that in my new built. Will accept to higher my budget for better performance.