Hello All,
This is my first post after trolling for years. I'm going to be building by 5th or 6th home system as my most recent build is approaching 5 years old. I'm looking to maximize reliability over everything else, as I do only a little gaming (golf and car sims) and don't need cutting edge performance. I'm looking for the best power supplies and stable components possible with dual HDs configured in a RAID arrangement, or whatever is now the most current technology (sorry, I haven't been really following this). I'd also like to use two 24"-26" monitors so the graphics card needs to support this and my budget needs to include the two monitors.
APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: September 2010.
BUDGET RANGE: $1000
SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Photo/Music editing, Browsing, MS applications
PARTS NOT REQUIRED: I'll need everything!
PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: Newegg.com.
PARTS PREFERENCES: I've had good luck with ASUS MBs in the past but I'm not fixing this option.
OVERCLOCKING: Absolutely not!
SLI OR CROSSFIRE: No preference
MONITOR RESOLUTION: Current state-of-the-art
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: I prefer a tower box so I'll have enough room to move my hands around during building. I imagine the more fans, the better. A bunch of USB ports will be helpful too. I have decent battery backup so I won't need that.
Thanks in advance!
This is my first post after trolling for years. I'm going to be building by 5th or 6th home system as my most recent build is approaching 5 years old. I'm looking to maximize reliability over everything else, as I do only a little gaming (golf and car sims) and don't need cutting edge performance. I'm looking for the best power supplies and stable components possible with dual HDs configured in a RAID arrangement, or whatever is now the most current technology (sorry, I haven't been really following this). I'd also like to use two 24"-26" monitors so the graphics card needs to support this and my budget needs to include the two monitors.
APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: September 2010.
BUDGET RANGE: $1000
SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Photo/Music editing, Browsing, MS applications
PARTS NOT REQUIRED: I'll need everything!
PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: Newegg.com.
PARTS PREFERENCES: I've had good luck with ASUS MBs in the past but I'm not fixing this option.
OVERCLOCKING: Absolutely not!
SLI OR CROSSFIRE: No preference
MONITOR RESOLUTION: Current state-of-the-art
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: I prefer a tower box so I'll have enough room to move my hands around during building. I imagine the more fans, the better. A bunch of USB ports will be helpful too. I have decent battery backup so I won't need that.
Thanks in advance!