I did forget about the CCD boot drive, good idea, I use the Xbox360 to stream recorded TV to my 52” plasma so the computer noise is not a problem it’s in my home office and the Xbox is networked to the living room. SJ
On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 5:08 PM, Jim McAtee <[email protected]> wrote: > 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? > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > -- Stefan Jafs ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
