Hi, I am glad to join the forums...
I am going to build my first computer and have been surfing the web learning and becoming familiar with whatI may want and what I may need. I don't really have a budget but am trying tobe cost conscience and pick components that I can live with for a few years.The system needs to be upgradable too.
To start with, I current amusing an HP M8330F desktop pc. It has an AMD Phenom 9500 2.2ghz quad core and4gb of DDR2 RAM. It's WIN7 OS resides on a 7200rpm 320GB HD. Internally, I havea1TB WD Caviar Black and a 750GB removable HP drive. Connected to my pc viaesata is a Mediasonic four bay enclosure that contains one 1TB WD Caviar Blackand two 2TB Samsung Spinpoint drives.
I use my pc for music storage,HDTV and HD movie storage. I convert some to formats recognized for iPads andiPads.
I also will be using the newpc to convert and store 15 years of analog video to a digital format.
I am not a gamer.
Here is what I am looking at purchasing. It is not set in stone except for the monitors which were a killer deal so I have already bought them – 99.98 each at Staples.
Monitors – dual 23†HP 2311x
Case – I know it is large but I like the roominess, cooling and how the hard drives easily install and lot of room for them. I figured that for the future, it would be good to have USB3.0 too.
Either:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119160
or
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119213
CPU
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115072
SSD – I want to run my OS from an SSD but I do not have a specific drive in mind. I want it big enough to hold MS Office and a few other programs. They are expensive but I don't think a64GB would be big enough – your thought and suggestions and why??
Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371016
Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131773
Memory Card Reader
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820223103
RAM – Is any more than 8MB overkill? Wouldn't be much more to double this.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231314
CD/DVD Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106335
Video Card – would like a reasonably(as far under $200 as I can) priced card with two DVI out. Suggestions please and why???
Again, I am not currently a gamer but plan more on photo and video editing/encoding.
Thanks in advance for your thoughts.
I am going to build my first computer and have been surfing the web learning and becoming familiar with whatI may want and what I may need. I don't really have a budget but am trying tobe cost conscience and pick components that I can live with for a few years.The system needs to be upgradable too.
To start with, I current amusing an HP M8330F desktop pc. It has an AMD Phenom 9500 2.2ghz quad core and4gb of DDR2 RAM. It's WIN7 OS resides on a 7200rpm 320GB HD. Internally, I havea1TB WD Caviar Black and a 750GB removable HP drive. Connected to my pc viaesata is a Mediasonic four bay enclosure that contains one 1TB WD Caviar Blackand two 2TB Samsung Spinpoint drives.
I use my pc for music storage,HDTV and HD movie storage. I convert some to formats recognized for iPads andiPads.
I also will be using the newpc to convert and store 15 years of analog video to a digital format.
I am not a gamer.
Here is what I am looking at purchasing. It is not set in stone except for the monitors which were a killer deal so I have already bought them – 99.98 each at Staples.
Monitors – dual 23†HP 2311x
Case – I know it is large but I like the roominess, cooling and how the hard drives easily install and lot of room for them. I figured that for the future, it would be good to have USB3.0 too.
Either:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119160
or
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119213
CPU
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115072
SSD – I want to run my OS from an SSD but I do not have a specific drive in mind. I want it big enough to hold MS Office and a few other programs. They are expensive but I don't think a64GB would be big enough – your thought and suggestions and why??
Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371016
Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131773
Memory Card Reader
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820223103
RAM – Is any more than 8MB overkill? Wouldn't be much more to double this.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231314
CD/DVD Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106335
Video Card – would like a reasonably(as far under $200 as I can) priced card with two DVI out. Suggestions please and why???
Again, I am not currently a gamer but plan more on photo and video editing/encoding.
Thanks in advance for your thoughts.