APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: SOON
BUDGET RANGE: $2000-3500
SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT:
1.Office use (word documents, spreadsheets, quickbooks accounting, etc), needs to have RAID 1.
2. playing games like Fallout 3 + FPS like BF2
3. watching movies.
PARTS NOT REQUIRED: keyboard, mouse, monitor, speakers, external HD
PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: newegg or something in canada (canada computers, tiger direct)
PARTS PREFERENCES: I dont care if AMD or Intel. I need two hard drives set up as Raid 1--so they should likely be pretty big---at least 500Gig.
OVERCLOCKING: Yes / No / Maybe SLI OR CROSSFIRE: Yes / No / Maybe
MONITOR RESOLUTION: 1920x1080 (on a 24" Benq)
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: it needs to be super cool (temperature lol) because it's near the sun most of the time ---shitty apartment with only minimal options for office. graphics need to be good enough to play Fallout 3 nicely. it would maybe be beneficial to have a third hard drive to store all my non-business stuff (games pictures etc) which would be back-up by an external HD I already own. windows XP.
I don't want water cooling--I'm not that high-tech. i would like maybe 4 gig ram.
Overall I kind of need this thing to play multiple roles... there doesnt seem to be a market for office computers that can also play games well... are there any build companies that would do this for me here in ontario canada or that would ship to here, or should i build it myself with your suggestions?
thanks 1 million
BUDGET RANGE: $2000-3500
SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT:
1.Office use (word documents, spreadsheets, quickbooks accounting, etc), needs to have RAID 1.
2. playing games like Fallout 3 + FPS like BF2
3. watching movies.
PARTS NOT REQUIRED: keyboard, mouse, monitor, speakers, external HD
PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: newegg or something in canada (canada computers, tiger direct)
PARTS PREFERENCES: I dont care if AMD or Intel. I need two hard drives set up as Raid 1--so they should likely be pretty big---at least 500Gig.
OVERCLOCKING: Yes / No / Maybe SLI OR CROSSFIRE: Yes / No / Maybe
MONITOR RESOLUTION: 1920x1080 (on a 24" Benq)
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: it needs to be super cool (temperature lol) because it's near the sun most of the time ---shitty apartment with only minimal options for office. graphics need to be good enough to play Fallout 3 nicely. it would maybe be beneficial to have a third hard drive to store all my non-business stuff (games pictures etc) which would be back-up by an external HD I already own. windows XP.
I don't want water cooling--I'm not that high-tech. i would like maybe 4 gig ram.
Overall I kind of need this thing to play multiple roles... there doesnt seem to be a market for office computers that can also play games well... are there any build companies that would do this for me here in ontario canada or that would ship to here, or should i build it myself with your suggestions?
thanks 1 million