I'm going to be building/buying a new PC in the next 1-2 months. First, what I plan to do with the thing/requirements:
I'm not a HUGE gamer, but I do play a fair bit of WoW (what a great time killer it is...lol) and would like to be ABLE to play games. right now I have a netbook so it'd be nice to at least have the option...cuz right now, I don't. (However...the little pocket rocket HP Mini 1020NR plays WoW quite well!) So...a 512mb - 1gig GPU is preferred.
I am a musician and need the thing to be able to run my recording software without issue. Therefore, I want 6-8 gigs of ram at least.
I'd like a TB of space, preferrably with RAID 5.
Then comes the processer...AMD vs Intel...ahhh yes...the ubiquitous "vs" scenario. I'm really torn. This is one of the main things I came here for...a bit of insight on this matter. I know AMD is cheaper and Intel is "better" (for simplicity's sake...just go with it...). This presents a big issue for me. I don't want to skimp on this machine. I'd love the new i7 but I don't know if I really need it. What are everyone's thoughts on this matter?
I'd also like a tv tuner card and it has to have HDMI for goin to my HDTV.
Also, I plan on sifting through the Build Guide when I get a min. Don't have time at the moment so I thought I'd throw this out real fast.
Open to any ideas, insights, thoughts, whatever from all of you!! Thanks!
I'm not a HUGE gamer, but I do play a fair bit of WoW (what a great time killer it is...lol) and would like to be ABLE to play games. right now I have a netbook so it'd be nice to at least have the option...cuz right now, I don't. (However...the little pocket rocket HP Mini 1020NR plays WoW quite well!) So...a 512mb - 1gig GPU is preferred.
I am a musician and need the thing to be able to run my recording software without issue. Therefore, I want 6-8 gigs of ram at least.
I'd like a TB of space, preferrably with RAID 5.
Then comes the processer...AMD vs Intel...ahhh yes...the ubiquitous "vs" scenario. I'm really torn. This is one of the main things I came here for...a bit of insight on this matter. I know AMD is cheaper and Intel is "better" (for simplicity's sake...just go with it...). This presents a big issue for me. I don't want to skimp on this machine. I'd love the new i7 but I don't know if I really need it. What are everyone's thoughts on this matter?
I'd also like a tv tuner card and it has to have HDMI for goin to my HDTV.
Also, I plan on sifting through the Build Guide when I get a min. Don't have time at the moment so I thought I'd throw this out real fast.
Open to any ideas, insights, thoughts, whatever from all of you!! Thanks!