Building a new PC…. crowd sourcing help please
Posted on July 2nd, 2009 by Me
So it is finally time to build a new pc here in the Wolfcat household… after 5 years the old one after having most of its internals replaced over the years is about to be made history….
I thought I might as well crowd source what I want… yes I have a budget in mind…. which you can ball park anyway from the stuff below…. yes it has to be a PC not a Mac… and it does have to last me a while… so keeping in budget but getting the best I can….
what would you change from below…
- Intel Core i7-920 2.66GHz
- Gigabyte GA-EP45T-UD3R Intel Mainboard
- GA-EX58-UD4P (decided to go up a model for the extra ram and sata ports)
- Western Digital Caviar Green Power 1.5TB 7200RPM 32MB SATA 3Gbs
- Western Digital Caviar Green Power 1.0TB 7200RPM 32MB SATA 3Gbs (didn’t need the extra expense of the 500meg as I already have a 1tb drive as well… 2tb will be enough to start with :-))
- Pioneer Blu-ray (BDR203) Writer DVD
- Pioneer Blu-Ray BDC-S02 Combo Drive (Opps I really don’t need a blue ray writer… so money saved here goes the on the motherboard upgrade and extra ram)
- Kingston DDR3 6GB PC-8500/1066 (2x2GB) CL7 Value Ram x2
- Kingston DDR3 6GB PC-10600/1333 (3x2GB) x2 (bugger it … going for the 12gig of ram option… read that ddr3 ram likes to be in lots of 3 🙂
- Cooler Master RC-690 – Black ATX Tower Case – Top I/O Ports (460W)
- Thermaltake M9 – Black ATX Midi Tower Case (430W)
- Gigabyte GF9800GT, 1G, DDR3
- Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate (to be replaced with 64bit Windows 7)
- Leadtek WinFast PxDVR3200H PCIEx1 – Hybrid, FM (whilst a tv tuner would be nice… I might be able to get my old one to work.. and if not meh :-))
- Benq 23.6″ G2412HD BLACK LCD – 2MS / WUXGA 1920×1080 / D-SUB / DVI / HDMI
The Old Computer
… what I am upgradign from…Â oh this will be a change…
- Pentium 4 2.4Ghz
- Western Digital 1.0TB 7200RPM 32MB SATA 3Gbs (motherboard only supports 1.5gbps) + 250gb and 320gb Hd’s (1tb and 320gb to be migrated)
- LEG DVD 16x Dvd Burner +Pioneer DVD/CDRW (Burner to be migrated)
- 2 Gig DDr2 Ram
- Creative SB Live Sound Card
- No name 300 Power supply as the last one blew over a year ago.
- No name case which hasn’t had the side on it for many years (see photo)
- Geforce FX 5600
- Windows XP Sp3
- Chimei 22″ LCD (Currently in VGA mode as old video card doesn’t support dvi at panels’ native resolution) (to become second monitor)
Looks like you’ve got it covered, I’d just point you to Computer & Parts Land (CPL), Dudley st West melbourne, one of the cheapest around for components.
hi,
me from Malaysia, not very good in english, so i am sorry if there are many mistake in grammar.
i just bought new D90, and what do i do to improve my self ? i refer to this website –> http://www.flickr.com/photos/wolfcat_aus/sets/72157608753719454/show/
looking for exposure, aperture and ISO. the way you present the picture is different from other in the internet. Thanks for you for the website, i will do exactly like how you do.. will create a blog and share my activity with my D90 with other…
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