i think you should go for the pre-built system that marine suggested because you seem unsure of components and probably how to put together nicely. better to get it professional built and for that system i would for for the gtx285, windows 7 Pro x64 and then with the budget you stated of £2000 you got over £500 for a…
Ah ok I see thanks for the reply. I just did a quick build on Overclockers and the price for what Clockwork listed in his post came in at around £1500 which is good. I just hope I order the right parts! With regard to the GPU... (and I don't intend to start a war here) ATI or NVidia?
Right! I've done a days worth of shopping around and it seems despite that pre-built on Overclockers being a decent enough price, I can get it as seperates for quite a bit less. I've got a couple people who have built systems before I can get help from so I'm gonna go for the self-build option! Just before I hit the buy…
Onboard sound cards these days are good enough that you dont need a seperate one eating up a slot on the mobo. Ram type depends on the motherboard you go with, but generally anything relativly new is going to be using ddr3 type memory. You also shouldnt need to buy any extra cables seperate unless the tower you pick out…
Components needed: Motherboard CPU RAM PSU - It's important to choose a good power supply, you'd might as well go for some power right away as well, so you don't need a new one when you're buying new parts. If you buy a 500-600W now, it might be just a little bit too weak the next time you're gonna upgrade, but something…
Hey there all, It's about time I bought a new PC... in fact it's way overdue. I've ashamedly been using a couple years old MacBook Pro running BootCamp for all my 3D work over the past year or so. I predominantly did 2D graphics and a lot of music recording when I bought my MacBook, and at the time didn't use 3D apps at…
keep in mind that i7 = triple channel ram, so those who suggest 8/16 gigs with an i7... Not doable. You can do 3, 6, 12, or 24 DDR3 with an i7 CPU. I think 12 is a good number, but 6 would be very usable as well(i have a quad core with 8 gigs, very nice system). A budget of £2000 seems quite high, for that price you should…