Hey all,
I'm looking to set up a new system for myself and not spend much more than around 1200, less if I can. It's primary use will be for working out of the house for a call center taking calls for infomercials, although I would like ability to get into some gaming again (I was a huge CS nerd for a while heh).
I prefer to use newegg for buying parts but any links to other sites will be most appreciated.
I can buy parts in sequence over the next month or so and it does not need to be built tomorrow but I'm trying to have it finished in the next month or two. I have already purchased a case and it is on the way.
The most important thing I want to ask is power supply input, what brands are the best to stick with and most importantly the ones to avoid.
I stopped building pc's when I bought a power supply off craigslist(new sealed in the box), an x-power 800w, It was for a whole new system with over $1600 invested, hooked it all up and it turned on for about 2 seconds before it went to sleep forever... I really want to avoid this from happening again.
I'm trying to stick to Intel for CPU, and am not sure if I want to go quad core or not so advice on this is helpful as well. I'd like to stay in 1333mhz FSB and have a decent cache as well.
For motherboards the thing I am looking for help with is the chipsets that dont f**k up as I have bad experience with this in the past. (PT880 anyone?)
I guess this goes with the motherboard but are there any raid controllers to stay away from? I've only ever used silicon valley controllers but havent been in the pc circuit for about 2 years now.
I dont need much help with HD's im looking to set up a stripe with probably around 500gb of space and there isnt much to look at there. The same could be said about video cards, I dont think I will use SLI or XFIRE yet but may in the future if anyone has anything to say about this it would be apprecaiated.
Memory is the same, I know what to look for there but any advice is helpful.
I guess I dont need much else help for the rest of parts, I can find a monitor and all the other accessories.
**On a side note I am A+ certified(if that actually means anything anymore, what a waste of $500 lol), and I am a finance guru(becoming a CFP) so if anyone wants to send me a pm asking for some financial advice in return for helping me with advice for my system I would be glad to do so.
I'm looking to set up a new system for myself and not spend much more than around 1200, less if I can. It's primary use will be for working out of the house for a call center taking calls for infomercials, although I would like ability to get into some gaming again (I was a huge CS nerd for a while heh).
I prefer to use newegg for buying parts but any links to other sites will be most appreciated.
I can buy parts in sequence over the next month or so and it does not need to be built tomorrow but I'm trying to have it finished in the next month or two. I have already purchased a case and it is on the way.
The most important thing I want to ask is power supply input, what brands are the best to stick with and most importantly the ones to avoid.
I stopped building pc's when I bought a power supply off craigslist(new sealed in the box), an x-power 800w, It was for a whole new system with over $1600 invested, hooked it all up and it turned on for about 2 seconds before it went to sleep forever... I really want to avoid this from happening again.
I'm trying to stick to Intel for CPU, and am not sure if I want to go quad core or not so advice on this is helpful as well. I'd like to stay in 1333mhz FSB and have a decent cache as well.
For motherboards the thing I am looking for help with is the chipsets that dont f**k up as I have bad experience with this in the past. (PT880 anyone?)
I guess this goes with the motherboard but are there any raid controllers to stay away from? I've only ever used silicon valley controllers but havent been in the pc circuit for about 2 years now.
I dont need much help with HD's im looking to set up a stripe with probably around 500gb of space and there isnt much to look at there. The same could be said about video cards, I dont think I will use SLI or XFIRE yet but may in the future if anyone has anything to say about this it would be apprecaiated.
Memory is the same, I know what to look for there but any advice is helpful.
I guess I dont need much else help for the rest of parts, I can find a monitor and all the other accessories.
**On a side note I am A+ certified(if that actually means anything anymore, what a waste of $500 lol), and I am a finance guru(becoming a CFP) so if anyone wants to send me a pm asking for some financial advice in return for helping me with advice for my system I would be glad to do so.
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