I agree with the others. Build it. Do some (or a lot of) research on
components, buy them from Newegg or Amazon (Amazon's return policies can't
be beat), and assemble it. I also agree with the SSD recommendation for
the OS and applications. You don't need anything very large - 80 or 120 GB
will be more than enough.
Is this system also going to be used as an HTPC? If you just want to watch
movies and TV in your office then noise may not be a huge factor, but if
it's going to be in your living room then I'd spend a lot of effort making
the system as quiet as possible. Large diameter, low RPM fans, aftermarket
CPU heatsink, passive cooling wherever possible, maybe reconsider the 7200
RPM drive for a cooler, quieter 5400 RPM drive.
----- Original Message -----
From: Stefan Jafs
To: NT System Admin Issues
Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2011 2:31 PM
Subject: OT New home PC
Ok, it’s finally time to upgrade my aging home PC. I figured I could just
go
to Tigerdirect or BestBuy and pick up a good performing system but it does
not seem like the case, if I want low to medium performance no problem but
I
want:
Intel I7, 8Gb RAM DDR3, HD 1 – 2Tb 7,200 rpm, AMD HD 5670 or better,
BlueRay
player, TV Tuner in a PCI x16 slot. Windows 7 64 bit Home. Is that too
much
to ask for? I did not think so but does now one else purchase high
performance PCs?
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