Hi everyone,
After reading many things about the various parts for a new computer I have so far come up with this combination.
As I know very little about the internal workings of a computer any thoughts on this would be much appreciated.
First on the CPU, I have picked the Core i5 one as the Core i7 one is for more serious gamers then me and the other Dual Core processes seem to be on the way out over the next few years. Hopefully this one will get me through the next 5-6 years as my current one has.
CPU
Intel BX80605I5750 CORE i5 750/ 2.66GHz/ 8MB CACHE/ LGA1156
Motherboard- I am not to sure of which one, I have read about them and they both have some really good points.
Gigabyte GA-P55-UD6 P55, 6DDR3, 24VRM, PCIEx16, 3x1394a, 2GbLAN, SLI, DES2, 12SATA
OR
Asus P7P55D-DELUXE P55, 4DDR3, FSB2133 (OC), RAID, 2GBLAN, 3xPCIEx16, 9SATA, 10-CH
RAM- there is at the moment a few RAM’s available for the Core i5 processors so there is not much choice, the other brand in the Kingston.
Corsair CMX4GX3M2A1600C8 4GB (2x XMS3 2GB) PC-12800 (1600MHz) XMS KIT, DDR3 For MB i7 / i5 Core dual channel DDR3 processors
Video/Graphics Card
Gigabyte Geforce GTX 275 PCI-E 2.0 896MB DDR3 512-bit, 633/ 2268MHz, Dual Dual-Link DVI, HDMI
Hard Drive- not to sure about the brands for this. The size though is the main thing for me to think of. Currently my main hard drive is 320GB and that is only 65% full. Something like my 2009 Archive Files are on another drive and even if I had them on my Drive C, I would still be about 55% full. So a 500GB should be plenty, I can not see myself all of a sudden finding new interest is the Internet world or in games. The external drive for backing up my content will cover anything/everything I need. At present I have 3 Drives of different size and anything on them that needs backing up would fit onto any 500GB External Drive without any problems.
-Seagate ST3500320NS 3.5” CUDA ES7200.2 500GB 7200RPM 32MB SATA2 3Gb/ s NCQ 5 YR
And an External Drive
Seagate ST305004EXM101-RK EXTERNAL DESKTOP, 3.5”, 500GB, 7200RPM, USB2.0
Another Choice/Combination may be;
Western Digital WD6401AALS CAVIAR BLACK/ 640GB/ 7200RPM/ SATA 3GB/ s/ 32MB CACHE/ 3.5”
And an External Drive
Western Digital WDE1UBK6400A WD ELEMENTS DESKTOP 3.5” EXTERNAL 640GB USB2.0
CD/DVD Drive- I have no idea about this, so I just picked one out of the air LOL. All I need is one to read CDs and DVD disks plus copying to. This one was mentioned in the last PC User magazine.
LG GH22NS50 22xDVD+-R, 12xDVD-RAM, DL, BLK, SATA, NERO EXPRESS7, REP GH22NS30
Tower Case and Power Supply- Now the Case I have had a read of and from what I have seen the Antec cases are quite good. The Nine Hundred Two has a number of fans and as I can fit another one on the Side that would also help in the cooling process. The power supply though I am not sure of. I have read a number of reports both good and bad about a number of Power Supply units and have just used the Antec one as it’s also their Case LOL
Antec Nine Hundred Two Tower Gaming Case w/ Side Window Black, NO PSU, 9 Drive Bays
Plus additional fan in the side
750W “Antec” TruePower ATX Power Supply, 120mm fan, DUAL PCI-E Graphics Card Connector
The one last thing is software, Window 7 Professional of course LOL, this version has better XP support. Without knowing exactly why a 32 bit version should be suitable. Again this is a thought following reading magazines and the forum.
Thanks for reading and I hope I have not forgotten any parts :hehe: .
Craig
After reading many things about the various parts for a new computer I have so far come up with this combination.
As I know very little about the internal workings of a computer any thoughts on this would be much appreciated.
First on the CPU, I have picked the Core i5 one as the Core i7 one is for more serious gamers then me and the other Dual Core processes seem to be on the way out over the next few years. Hopefully this one will get me through the next 5-6 years as my current one has.
CPU
Intel BX80605I5750 CORE i5 750/ 2.66GHz/ 8MB CACHE/ LGA1156
Motherboard- I am not to sure of which one, I have read about them and they both have some really good points.
Gigabyte GA-P55-UD6 P55, 6DDR3, 24VRM, PCIEx16, 3x1394a, 2GbLAN, SLI, DES2, 12SATA
OR
Asus P7P55D-DELUXE P55, 4DDR3, FSB2133 (OC), RAID, 2GBLAN, 3xPCIEx16, 9SATA, 10-CH
RAM- there is at the moment a few RAM’s available for the Core i5 processors so there is not much choice, the other brand in the Kingston.
Corsair CMX4GX3M2A1600C8 4GB (2x XMS3 2GB) PC-12800 (1600MHz) XMS KIT, DDR3 For MB i7 / i5 Core dual channel DDR3 processors
Video/Graphics Card
Gigabyte Geforce GTX 275 PCI-E 2.0 896MB DDR3 512-bit, 633/ 2268MHz, Dual Dual-Link DVI, HDMI
Hard Drive- not to sure about the brands for this. The size though is the main thing for me to think of. Currently my main hard drive is 320GB and that is only 65% full. Something like my 2009 Archive Files are on another drive and even if I had them on my Drive C, I would still be about 55% full. So a 500GB should be plenty, I can not see myself all of a sudden finding new interest is the Internet world or in games. The external drive for backing up my content will cover anything/everything I need. At present I have 3 Drives of different size and anything on them that needs backing up would fit onto any 500GB External Drive without any problems.
-Seagate ST3500320NS 3.5” CUDA ES7200.2 500GB 7200RPM 32MB SATA2 3Gb/ s NCQ 5 YR
And an External Drive
Seagate ST305004EXM101-RK EXTERNAL DESKTOP, 3.5”, 500GB, 7200RPM, USB2.0
Another Choice/Combination may be;
Western Digital WD6401AALS CAVIAR BLACK/ 640GB/ 7200RPM/ SATA 3GB/ s/ 32MB CACHE/ 3.5”
And an External Drive
Western Digital WDE1UBK6400A WD ELEMENTS DESKTOP 3.5” EXTERNAL 640GB USB2.0
CD/DVD Drive- I have no idea about this, so I just picked one out of the air LOL. All I need is one to read CDs and DVD disks plus copying to. This one was mentioned in the last PC User magazine.
LG GH22NS50 22xDVD+-R, 12xDVD-RAM, DL, BLK, SATA, NERO EXPRESS7, REP GH22NS30
Tower Case and Power Supply- Now the Case I have had a read of and from what I have seen the Antec cases are quite good. The Nine Hundred Two has a number of fans and as I can fit another one on the Side that would also help in the cooling process. The power supply though I am not sure of. I have read a number of reports both good and bad about a number of Power Supply units and have just used the Antec one as it’s also their Case LOL
Antec Nine Hundred Two Tower Gaming Case w/ Side Window Black, NO PSU, 9 Drive Bays
Plus additional fan in the side
750W “Antec” TruePower ATX Power Supply, 120mm fan, DUAL PCI-E Graphics Card Connector
The one last thing is software, Window 7 Professional of course LOL, this version has better XP support. Without knowing exactly why a 32 bit version should be suitable. Again this is a thought following reading magazines and the forum.
Thanks for reading and I hope I have not forgotten any parts :hehe: .
Craig