Burning Aces Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 Ok so im going to get a new pc and am building it myself. im a bit of a hardware noob but can put everything together, i was hoping some one could look over the parts i have in there and tell me if there is anything i should/could change.. http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/5446/pcfinal.png is the parts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inked Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 What is going to be the main function of this box? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infiltrator Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 (edited) Are you putting this computer together mainly for gaming or just for general tasks. Edited April 29, 2010 by Infiltrator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burning Aces Posted April 30, 2010 Author Share Posted April 30, 2010 its for gaming and running a few VM's and havent really thought of what else.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infiltrator Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 (edited) its for gaming and running a few VM's and havent really thought of what else.. The specs you've got at the moment looks pretty good to me. Apart from that, I don't know how hardcore gamer you are but if you are just the average gamer, the current graphics card will server you just well. Otherwise you could purchase another similar graphics card and have it set up in a crossfire mode. Furthermore, the current amount of ram looks more than enough to me, but if you will be running more than 2 VMs at once you might want to consider increasing the ram to 8gigs. Edited April 30, 2010 by Infiltrator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKo Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 Double the memory (or if you can't afford to, plan your current purchases with a mind to do so), and consider getting a Dell UltraSharp 2209WA and replacing the HDD's with WD Black Edition models (faster and a 5 year warranty). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burning Aces Posted April 30, 2010 Author Share Posted April 30, 2010 Double the memory (or if you can't afford to, plan your current purchases with a mind to do so), and consider getting a Dell UltraSharp 2209WA and replacing the HDD's with WD Black Edition models (faster and a 5 year warranty). yeah the monitor doesnt matter so much, that isnt actually for me only the tower and all other parts. how much extra are western digitals? and yes in time i planned on upgrading the ram to 8 or 12 gb and getting another hdd or 2. if WD would serve this better i can format and re-install to the WD but it would depend if i could get them in .au and how much they would be Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeypesci Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 Looks good but for VMs def get 8GB. I've got 8GB in my i7 system and VM's are nice and quick but now I want more RAM :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burning Aces Posted April 30, 2010 Author Share Posted April 30, 2010 oh ok what OS are you running? and yeah i will soon ill get another 6gb preferably 2000mhz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKo Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 WD 1TB Black editions run for about 99US$ Also, Intel x25m SSD's are mint, good price/performance ratio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeypesci Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 oh ok what OS are you running? and yeah i will soon ill get another 6gb preferably 2000mhz Windows 7 64bit. Never really liked Linux. Tried again recently to get along with it but it's just so different I get lost so get annoyed :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infiltrator Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 (edited) yeah the monitor doesnt matter so much, that isnt actually for me only the tower and all other parts. how much extra are western digitals? and yes in time i planned on upgrading the ram to 8 or 12 gb and getting another hdd or 2. if WD would serve this better i can format and re-install to the WD but it would depend if i could get them in .au and how much they would be Are you buying these parts from a local computer store or from the internet. Cause If you buy from the internet, shop around because and you could find pats a lot cheaper. That's how I do anyway. Edited April 30, 2010 by Infiltrator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burning Aces Posted May 1, 2010 Author Share Posted May 1, 2010 WD 1TB Black editions run for about 99US$ Also, Intel x25m SSD's are mint, good price/performance ratio. oh ok ill definitely have a look Windows 7 64bit. Never really liked Linux. Tried again recently to get along with it but it's just so different I get lost so get annoyed :) oh ok i run arch linux on my laptop xD Are you buying these parts from a local computer store or from the internet. Cause If you buy from the internet, shop around because and you could find pats a lot cheaper. That's how I do anyway. im buying them all through a store we(my work) are affiliated with but any extra pars i'd get ill do more shopping around Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infiltrator Posted May 1, 2010 Share Posted May 1, 2010 oh ok ill definitely have a look oh ok i run arch linux on my laptop xD im buying them all through a store we(my work) are affiliated with but any extra pars i'd get ill do more shopping around Oh cool, so you should get a good discount then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burning Aces Posted May 1, 2010 Author Share Posted May 1, 2010 yep i am Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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