Hi All,
I've finally decided to build a PC to hook up to my new TV. I've been thinking about it for a long time. I will be using this to play media as well as play current games - (mostly my son will be using it for games). So, comments and opinions are welcome.
Approximate Purchase Date: This week
Budget Range: ~$1000.00 - $1300.00
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Watching local media (NAS attached movies (blu-ray rips included), music, recorded TV, etc), watching and recording live tv. Playing FPS and RPG games.
Parts Not Required: Need everything
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: I Use newegg and amazon, but willing to use any site with good prices.
Country: US
Parts Preferences: Intel and Nvidia
Overclocking: No
SLI or Crossfire: No
Monitor Resolution: 1080p LED TV (LG 55LW6500)
Additional Comments:
Very interested in a Quiet PC. Willing to sacrifice some game grahpics quality for low noise, but would like as high quality as possible. I will be trying out 3D games. I may have gone a little overboard on the chosen parts, but if something costs $10.00 - $20.00 more, and it is a jump up in quality or features, I usually pick the upgrade. If you see things that are obviously overpowered, that would be helpful. I had a hard time with the graphics card - I would like something very quiet, but don't know about the quality tradeoff for that, and I don't know about the noise characteristics of the card I chose.
I will not be upgrading this PC, if I need something better in 3 or 4 years, I'll just start from scratch again.
Parts I've kind of selected so far:
Case:
http://www.amazon.com/Antec-FUSION-REMOTE-MAX-Fusion/dp... - Antec Fusion Remote Max
Motherboard:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168... - ASUS Maximus IV Gene-Z/GEN3
CPU:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168... - Intel Core i3-2120
Memory
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168... - G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) (total 8 GB)
PSU:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168... - SeaSonic X Series X650 Gold
Graphics Card:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168... - GIGABYTE GV-N560UD-1G GeForce GTX 560 Ti
Boot Drive:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168... - Crucial M4 CT064M4SSD2 64GB (SSD)
Data Drive:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168... - Western Digital Caviar Green WD10EARS 1TB 5400 RPM
Optical Drive:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168... ]SAMSUNG Black 12X BD-ROM
TV Tuner:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168... -Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-2250 Dual TV Tuner
Keyboard/ Mouse: - No good idea yet.