I am looking into building my first system and am glad that I have found this forum for advice. I currently use an Hp (box store bought) that I slightly upgraded with a vid card, ram, and PSU. (*intel core 2 duo 2.2, 3 gig ram, 600w psu, gt8500 gpu, vista.) I think this time I am wanting to do it all myself for quality parts as well as avoiding bloatware. Thanks ion advance for any advice and help.
budget- $1000 (can go 1100 or 1200 if it makes a huge difference)
Purchase date- within the next few weeks
Use- predominantly as a media center- would like blu ray, streaming netflix, hulu, tv stations websites etc.. (I've pretty much given up on cable except for sports or history and science channels) secondary as an all purpose web surfer, email, and possibly lastly games (I really add in games because Id like to have the better components that entails which would allow for more longevity to the system and upgradeability.
Not Req- Keyboard, mouse, monitor, speakers.
Web- Newegg (I say this just from reading other posts, if there is something better I leave it to your judgement.)
Parts pref- no pref in particular although the turbo mode and hyperthreading of a 900 series intel is attractive, unless AMD has something similar in ability.
OC-no
SLI/Crossfire- No
Monitor- at the moment I use a 55" plasma running dvi to HDMI that is 720 p and am happy with it, but I think eventually as this is my main media outlet I will upgrade to something with 1080p, especially if I get the blu ray.
budget- $1000 (can go 1100 or 1200 if it makes a huge difference)
Purchase date- within the next few weeks
Use- predominantly as a media center- would like blu ray, streaming netflix, hulu, tv stations websites etc.. (I've pretty much given up on cable except for sports or history and science channels) secondary as an all purpose web surfer, email, and possibly lastly games (I really add in games because Id like to have the better components that entails which would allow for more longevity to the system and upgradeability.
Not Req- Keyboard, mouse, monitor, speakers.
Web- Newegg (I say this just from reading other posts, if there is something better I leave it to your judgement.)
Parts pref- no pref in particular although the turbo mode and hyperthreading of a 900 series intel is attractive, unless AMD has something similar in ability.
OC-no
SLI/Crossfire- No
Monitor- at the moment I use a 55" plasma running dvi to HDMI that is 720 p and am happy with it, but I think eventually as this is my main media outlet I will upgrade to something with 1080p, especially if I get the blu ray.