Hi all. Well it's been almost 3 years since I built my current PC and I figure I'm due for an upgrade. Also I could use a 2nd PC and with my income return coming in.. this is what I'm going for.
Your thoughts are always welcome.. maybe I missed something.
A few notes before I post my small list. I haven't included any video card, I'm going to keep my x1900xtx for now and will wait for the next generation before upgrading my GPU.
I picked a slow 1TB hard drive, that's because I will also be keeping my 74GB Raptor for my OS partition.
I intend to use Vista 64, hence why I am going with 8GB of ram. I do a lot of graphic design and use Adobe CS3 almost daily so after a bit of reading, it seems obvious that 8GB in Vista 64 using CS3 is extremely useful.
Lastly, I picked this particular motherboard because a) I absolutely needed 6xSata (2xeSata), and b) I want to have the possibility of using 2x ATI cards in Crossfire. I like that this mobo is PCI-E 2.0 compliant too. Otherwise.. I've never owned an Abit before.. I hope they're good.
Here are my specs :
Motherboard : Abit IX38 QuadGT
Ram : 2 X Mushkin EM PC2-6400 4GB 2X2GB DDR2-800
Case : Coolermaster CM 690
PSU : Silverstone Strider ST60F 600W
HD : Western Digital Caviar GP 1TB
CPU : Intel Core 2 Duo E8400
CPU HSF : Noctua NH-U12P
Please let me know if you see anything wrong with this.
I'm getting the above for ~1150$ CDN shipped and tax included.
Thanks!!
Your thoughts are always welcome.. maybe I missed something.
A few notes before I post my small list. I haven't included any video card, I'm going to keep my x1900xtx for now and will wait for the next generation before upgrading my GPU.
I picked a slow 1TB hard drive, that's because I will also be keeping my 74GB Raptor for my OS partition.
I intend to use Vista 64, hence why I am going with 8GB of ram. I do a lot of graphic design and use Adobe CS3 almost daily so after a bit of reading, it seems obvious that 8GB in Vista 64 using CS3 is extremely useful.
Lastly, I picked this particular motherboard because a) I absolutely needed 6xSata (2xeSata), and b) I want to have the possibility of using 2x ATI cards in Crossfire. I like that this mobo is PCI-E 2.0 compliant too. Otherwise.. I've never owned an Abit before.. I hope they're good.
Here are my specs :
Motherboard : Abit IX38 QuadGT
Ram : 2 X Mushkin EM PC2-6400 4GB 2X2GB DDR2-800
Case : Coolermaster CM 690
PSU : Silverstone Strider ST60F 600W
HD : Western Digital Caviar GP 1TB
CPU : Intel Core 2 Duo E8400
CPU HSF : Noctua NH-U12P
Please let me know if you see anything wrong with this.
I'm getting the above for ~1150$ CDN shipped and tax included.
Thanks!!