builting a new PC

[markyap]

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guyz im planning to built a new PC and i could use some suggestions.

Current setup to be replaced:
BADAXE2 intel board with dual core 6600 4gb ram 256mb geforce7600GS

Requirements:
1)must be fast (a lot faster than the 6600 dual core) and super stable setup...running 24-7 (not a server)
2)more builtin SATA ports for hdd the better (minimum of 4-6)
3)more builtin USB ports the better (minimum of 6)
4)IDE for DVDwriter
5)PCI for expansion (minimum of 2)

builtin firewire/wifi/bluetooth are also welcome
i prefer intel setup
i do not plan to overclock as stability is most important to me

for heavy photoshop use
under windows XP pro (not vista)
NOT FOR GAMING

[carmicael]

2 x Intel QX9775
Intel D5400XS "Skulltrail"

that should give you a lot of horsepower. XD

[harvz86]

^^di ma bang bang ang price sa skulltrail oi, grabe mahal kaayo

kung pang photoshop, get a q6600, then re use all other hardware

[DrE]

do we have a budget cap?

[muzikfreakah]

@mark, tell you bro to call me up or you call me up, ill help you with what you need. He carries Gigabyte boards man ill let you know which models are good

Quad Core - highest your budget permits and if kaya pa, get a two-proc board, so you get 8 Cores!
If you still need IDE, for For P35 chipset or even farther back a little with Intel 965 Chipset.
2x2GB of Dual Channel rams- (Mushkin, Corsair, OCZ, Kinston for reliability) but you will be able to take advantage of this on a Vista system, sa xp 3Gig ra medetect.
Video Card: Get a 3870x2 or 2 4850s on Crossfire or 2 4870s on crossfire or 4870x2
Hard Drives-
Get a Solid State Drive for your OS, Bisan 32GB lang- Super Fast bootup.
Then for your data, get raptors and put them on a raid setup para pas pas gyud.

Case- Since you will have it on 24/7, and you don't want to have problems with heat, get Silverstone Tj09 or Tj10- where the hard drive cage is separate from the system. Airflow Management of this case has a 10/10 score for me.

PSU- Not being biass sine we supply this, but get a Silverstone OP1200 Watts- Google reviews and you will see why I recommend this.

All that being said, it will really depend on you budget


Hope this helps.

[harvz86]

^murag dako2x jud na nga budget

[grss1982]

guyz im planning to built a new PC and i could use some suggestions.

Current setup to be replaced:
BADAXE2 intel board with dual core 6600 4gb ram 256mb geforce7600GS

Requirements:
1)must be fast (a lot faster than the 6600 dual core) and super stable setup...running 24-7 (not a server)
2)more builtin SATA ports for hdd the better (minimum of 4-6)
3)more builtin USB ports the better (minimum of 6)
4)IDE for DVDwriter
5)PCI for expansion (minimum of 2)

builtin firewire/wifi/bluetooth are also welcome
i prefer intel setup
i do not plan to overclock as stability is most important to me

for heavy photoshop use
under windows XP pro (not vista)
NOT FOR GAMING

Just curious your Windows XP is the 64-bit version, right?

I've recently read from threads posted here in istorya.net that there is some problems with Win XP (32-bit Version) and 4GB or more of RAM. Win XP (32-bit Version) can only see something like 3+ GB NOT the whole 4GB.

[gemcadz]

just thought i'd share my setup since this is also running 24/7 for rendering.

HEC Winpower 550W
Core 2 Quad q6600 2.4Ghz
Gigabyte P35C-DS3R - this has 8 SATA ports and 4 USB back ports and 4 USB front headers
Palit 512MB 8800gt sonic - you can still use your 7600GS
2GB Corsair xms2 ddr2 800 - just replace this with 4GB ddr2 800 Kingston Valueram
Silverstone FM123 Fan (front intake)
ESata Bracket - comes with the Gigabyte Mobo and has 2 esata ports
1x 500GB Seagate Sata2
1x 250GB Seagate Sata2
2x 80GB Seagate Sata2
Liteon Lightscribe DVD writer

20" Philips 200WS LCD
17" Samsung 793DF CRT
4x5 Wacom Graphire4
running on windows xp pro 64bit. drawback to the mobo is that it doesn't have built in firewire and bluetooth.

you can use 4Gb of ram as long as you're running a 64bit OS.

@mark hi nya ko tyrone bai. dugay sad mi wala ka kuyog balik.

[vern]

Just a few things ...

2x Quad Core Extreme, if you can afford it.

8GB RAM. 4GB is so 2007. You want stability right?

Vista Ultimate 64 bit. There is no reason not to switch to Vista unless you have applications that specifically require XP. Vista is rock solid. Don't listen to all the haters who don't know what they are talking about trying to run Vista on a 5 year old computer.

Solid state drives. Raptors aren't required since the idea behind SSD is you'll be installing all your apps and running them on it ... while the other drives are for storage. You'll probably be limited by your CPU if you plan on running data intensive apps anyway, not your HD. Size over speed when it comes to secondary drives. 1TB drives aren't too expensive anymore.

If your data is important to you, Raid 1+0 is a must for your storage drives. The next step would be to sign up with an unlimited online backup solution. I personally use Online Backup, Data Backup & Remote Backup Solutions from Mozy.com ? Welcome. But there are others such as Carbonite. Under $5 a month, unlimited storage. I have over 50gigs backed up online.

A quiet case. I use an Antec Sonata. Only problem is that the Antec Sonata is a mid tower and doesn't have much room. That is why I use lots of network storage. If you find a quiet full tower, tell me.

A big screen. At least 24". There was a study a while back claiming that bigger screens = more productivity. I wholeheartedly agree. I use two 24" NECs. Dell sells nice 24" monitors, but the one I wanted from them were almost 700 dollars a piece ... so I went with two NECs for 450 a piece. You aren't gaming anyway, so performance is less of a problem than something that is comfortable to the eyes.

[butitoy]

if money IS NOT A HURDLE...

have a quad..a penryn for a bunch of bucks.

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a c2Q9550 : 2.83 GHz : LGA775 : 1333 MHz FSB : 12ML2 : 45nm

an extreme QX9770 : 3.20 GHz : LGA775 :1600 MHz FSB : 12ML2 : 45nm

or 2 x extreme QX9775 : 3.20 GHz : LGA771 :1600 MHz FSB : 12ML2 : 45nm

or wait for this : Nehalem : 2.93GHz : LGA1366 : 133MHz QPI : 1MBL2 / 8MBL3 : 45nm
coming out according to THG this november


*** 3 x TWIN3X2048-1600C10D DOMINATOR at 2000MHz DDR for a total of 12GB of 2GHz DDR3


*** and have these for ur boot-up

2 x 128GB RAID0 Mtron SSD Pro for OS

2 x 128GB RAID0 Mtron SSD Pro for scrath disk ( Adobe recommends a different disk than OS disk as scrathdisk.. see > edit > preferences>startup...)

these are the fastest SSD-SATA 2.5" with Sustained read 130MB/s, Sustained write 120MB/s speed.

*** and these for ur videocards

2 x AMD ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 in crossfire


for performance...u do the numbers..