I'm looking to build a custom system for the first time this summer and have a budget of around $1200 (w/o monitor or speakers, which I already have). Are there any good builds out there you all would suggest?
Currently running a Pentium 1.7M laptop, ATI 9700M, 1GB Corsair RAM.
I do a lot of heavy graphic design and some gaming (think Oblivion). This isn't nearly powerful enough for some of the print designs I'm doing (anything over 8" starts to slow it down exponentially). If it works well, I'll also be putting Windows Media Center on this new thing to hook it up to my 360 and TV.
Here's basically what I'm looking at right now plus a case and whatever else you all suggest.
Check it out.
Currently running a Pentium 1.7M laptop, ATI 9700M, 1GB Corsair RAM.
I do a lot of heavy graphic design and some gaming (think Oblivion). This isn't nearly powerful enough for some of the print designs I'm doing (anything over 8" starts to slow it down exponentially). If it works well, I'll also be putting Windows Media Center on this new thing to hook it up to my 360 and TV.
Here's basically what I'm looking at right now plus a case and whatever else you all suggest.
Check it out.