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    Posted: 18 September 2006 at 10:16am

So my ancient Dell just died.

As a result, my backburner project of building/buying a new computer just moved to the top of the list.  Unfortunately, I haven't had a chance to catch up on the current component standards, so I hope you guys can help piece something together.

Here are my parameters:

 - Will run Windows XP/Vista

 - Used primarily for web browsing, word processing, picture/video storage (some manipulation and printing), general random computer usage.

 - I do play games when I can, so it needs to not suck in this department, but I don't play enough to justify a hardcore gaming system.

 - I want to get this screen, space permitting.

 - My plan is therefore to get a NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS PCI Express video card, recommended by the screen company.

 - I want some type of SD/MMC/xSD/whatever multi-reader.

 - I am big on modularity - the old Dell was upgraded a bunch of time.  Nothing built-in that can't be removed.

 

So I haven't fully decided whether to build or just buy a Dell without video card.  It will depend on how cool the home-made version would be.

So - hit me.  Case, motherboard, CPU, whatever else.  I'll probably be able to crib some USB and firewire cards from the old Dell, as well as a 200gig IDE hard drive, but that's about it. 

Thanks.
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Meh, forget IDE Harddrives, time to move in to Sata\3gs :-P I've get a 300+ Sata 3 HD, AMD 3800+X2 (Or higher), Nvidia graphic card for sure.. they have better software. Graphic card depends on if you want to go Sli or not.. if you don't, slap in a 7800GTX 512MBDDR PCI-E. To prep up for Vista I'd slap in some of Corsairs top ram, XMS, get about 2GB of that. And... well, that's really all you need, case wise I believe Thermaltake (TT) is one of the best makers out there. Motherboard.. Asus is the key, I tried to get into the second biggest one out their *Abit* and it wasn't a good run....all you need in a mother-board is it's abilty's to support Dual-Cores, Sata Drives (150 or 300), and for sure, PCI-Express inteface for graphic cards.
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More LEDs and lighting than an entire Circuit City. You should be able to see it from orbit.

Liquid cooling. Just because you're a lawyer and can afford it.

Put a rear spoiler on it too. For kicks. The more over the top the better.

Oh, and don't go Dell. I have too much respect for you to allow you to do that. Friends don't let friends buy Dell.


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Racing stripe.

Makes it look like it is going faster.

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Just get cores, as many as you can.
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Originally posted by NotDaveEllis NotDaveEllis wrote:

Just get cores, as many as you can.

Oh look, a dead horse, let's beat it.

 

How long do you plan to keep this system Rambino?  As in, what sort of useful life do you expect out of it?  2 years?  4 years?  More?

Budget?



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*cough* mail me your old one when you're done strippnig it *cough*

Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.
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I certainly hope to have some LEDs and/or racing stripes - part of the motivation for building would be to get a non-boring case.

Useful life - a long time, if possible.  I had the old Dell for more than 6 years.  I would rather do this by gradual upgrade, though, than by buying the uber-leet system right away.  That's why I am big on modularity.  I am guessing I probably want a pretty badass motherboard, though, to accomodate future growth. 

I don't really have a specific budget, but I don't like paying too much, and I don't like paying for things I don't want or need.  So it really depends on what I get for the money.

Mbro - you are welcome to whatever is left of the machine after I'm not, and after I have taken a magnet to the hard drives.

So - hit me with the specifics, guys.
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No time to delve too far in, but I do want to note that if you want it to be able to run Vista (and I mean run all components of vista, not the stripped down version), you will end up with a pretty high end machine. They recommend a 128 meg video card and 1 gig of system ram at the minimum. It isn't going to be gentle with your hardware.
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Originally posted by Tae Kwon Do Tae Kwon Do wrote:

CASE.


Sexy.  Me likey.

And yeah, I haven't looked at the specs, but I hear Vista has got some serious spec requirements.
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Get a Mac. Nah, I'm just kidding, I have very minimal knowledge on computers, but I always love saying "Get a Mac".
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www.ncix.com has a great PC builder you can work with as a base.


Enos and I were formulating a great idea for a case a while ago. Take a case, tie a rope to it, tie the other end to your car. Drag it around for a while, getting it thuroughly dinged up/ scratched.
After you've done that, hit it in a couple non-key places with a hammer or something, but make sure the inside is still functional. Toss some gas on / around it and light it on fire. After it burns out, toss it in the backyard and let it get rained on a couple times to rust it up.

After that, toss your leet componants inside, and voila. You'll have the crappyiest, ugly oldschool, neglected case, with a great new PC inside.



And do you want your harddrives usable after you erase them, or just want to destroy them? If you want the drives unusable/ data unrecoverable, just destroy them. Shatter the disks, etc.

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i like that screen, and water cool it, defiantely, also, gets lots and lots of cores

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Originally posted by FlimFlam FlimFlam wrote:

Originally posted by NotDaveEllis NotDaveEllis wrote:

Just get cores, as many as you can.

Oh look, a dead horse, let's beat it.


6 times?
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Originally posted by Gatyr Gatyr wrote:

Originally posted by FlimFlam FlimFlam wrote:

Originally posted by NotDaveEllis NotDaveEllis wrote:

Just get cores, as many as you can.

Oh look, a dead horse, let's beat it.


6 times?



oooooh good one...

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Thanks for input so far.  Here is a set of suggestions I got from an off-line connection.  Thoughts on this setup?

CPU:

Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 Conroe 2.66GHz 4M sharing L2 Cache LGA 775 Processor

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Intel Pentium D 960 Presler 3.6GHz 2 x 2MB L2 Cache LGA 775 Processor

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HD: everybody agrees that SATA/3gb is the way to go, apparently.  My guy thinks Western Digital may be the best choice.

 

RAM:  Crucial

Motherboard:  Gigabyte - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E168131283 16

Asus board of some kind as other choice.

 

DVD burner - Plextor/NEC/BENQ.  Should I bother with a second drive?  CD of some kind?

 

Case is tricky.  I've gotten a few suggestions - either too plain or too outlandish.  If anybody has got something, let'er rip.

 

Thoughts welcome.  Thanks.
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Go for the core duo.

I like segate for Hard drives but that's just me, and of course go sata with a 16mb buffer for whatever you do decide.

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Originally posted by mbro mbro wrote:

Go for the core duo.



You need atleast 3 of them, so you get 6 cores.

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