Hi,
Hope some experts from around here can help.
Right, I have been thinking about getting a new PC... and am now thinking that it would be educational and fun to build one from scratch.
Only prior experience is putting in new Ram/Graphics cards on old pc.
I am a little out of the loop as far as what the latest tech is so could do with a little help on components.
With my current PC i find that overheating is a major problem (even though it has like 5 fans in there...), so for this new build I want to make sure everything is as cold as a cucumber!
Budget: ~£1000 (though it is quite flexible)
I have a 19" Iiyama monitor but am thinking of upgrading that to a 22" widescreen... Also have a sound card which i can use (Creative). Btw current pc is a 2gb ram, amd-fx53, x1950 pro, 80gb hdd. i have logitech 5.1 speakers so don't need to buy new one's.
I play some games... e.g. FM2008/Civ4/Pro Evo Soccer/a little Battlefield. Use the PC for work too (excel mainly)
So I guess that it doesn't have to be TOP spec, as the very top spec components no doubt carry a premium, so I want something which has good value for money too. But it has to be quite future proof, so the spec has to be pretty decent.
I will need to get Vista too.
Thats the story, and to be honest I am a little daunted by the prospect of building it myself, so any helpful comments will be very much appreciated.
So components required I guess are:
Case, Fans, CPU, Mobo, RAM, HDD, PSU, Graphics Card, DVDRW, oh & more Fans/Cooling.
Await your suggestions.
Thanks!
Hope some experts from around here can help.
Right, I have been thinking about getting a new PC... and am now thinking that it would be educational and fun to build one from scratch.
Only prior experience is putting in new Ram/Graphics cards on old pc.
I am a little out of the loop as far as what the latest tech is so could do with a little help on components.
With my current PC i find that overheating is a major problem (even though it has like 5 fans in there...), so for this new build I want to make sure everything is as cold as a cucumber!
Budget: ~£1000 (though it is quite flexible)
I have a 19" Iiyama monitor but am thinking of upgrading that to a 22" widescreen... Also have a sound card which i can use (Creative). Btw current pc is a 2gb ram, amd-fx53, x1950 pro, 80gb hdd. i have logitech 5.1 speakers so don't need to buy new one's.
I play some games... e.g. FM2008/Civ4/Pro Evo Soccer/a little Battlefield. Use the PC for work too (excel mainly)
So I guess that it doesn't have to be TOP spec, as the very top spec components no doubt carry a premium, so I want something which has good value for money too. But it has to be quite future proof, so the spec has to be pretty decent.
I will need to get Vista too.
Thats the story, and to be honest I am a little daunted by the prospect of building it myself, so any helpful comments will be very much appreciated.
So components required I guess are:
Case, Fans, CPU, Mobo, RAM, HDD, PSU, Graphics Card, DVDRW, oh & more Fans/Cooling.
Await your suggestions.
Thanks!
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