So after buying a new monitor and videocard, I decided i dont want to upgrade my fairly outdated system with stuff that will be useless when i have to upgrade my mobo/processor. .
So. i decided to upgrade my mobo/processor...
which meant a new heatsink, and powersupply, and ram! (4gb!)... which lead me to get a new case that had a powersupply in it. which lead to returning the agp videocard i bought. and getting a nvidia 8600,
so in the end i went from spending $175 on a videocard to $1000 on a new system minus HD's.
heres what i got.
Case - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16811144133
Video Card - GeForce 8600gt http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16814150229
RAM - Dual Channel 4GB DDR2 800 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16820220227
Mobo - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16813130081
Processor - core2Duo E6700 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16819115002
and last but not least the sweet heatsink! http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16835101002
How do you think i did? I'm pretty satisfied with the results/price ratio. havent ordered it yet, gotta wait for the videocard to come in so i can return it.
I'm anxious to see how many vst's i can get running on Sonar at once without lag.
grand total 1050,
50$ mailin rebate (which i probably will never process. sadly, I'm a lazy son of bitch)
Comments
Well with that case you are stuck with the stock power supply wh
Well with that case you are stuck with the stock power supply which if it keeps it in your budget range is ok but I would prefer to pick my power supply so I could make sure and get a solid stable power supply. Of course I am assuming it has a generic power supply in the case.
I go for QUIET in my computers. My cases are Antec Sonata or An
I go for QUIET in my computers. My cases are Antec Sonata or Antec P180 - very quiet cases with 120mm slow running fans and grommet-mounted hard drives. The PSU can also a big noise maker - and I've been happy with Antec in that department too. Their TruePower PSUs make for nice quiet machines.
I'd also get a graphics card with a silent cooler.
I'm in the process of building up a new DAW myself. I'm going to reuse my Sonata case - the rest is as follows (also a fan of Newegg)
PSU
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371001
Graphics Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125057
Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16813131182
(not yet purchased)
CPU - e6600
(not yet purchased)
Heatsink/Fan
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835186134
RAM
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16820145033
(not yet purchased)
I haven't decided on the exact hard drives yet. I just finished a build on my "Daily Driver" - the computer I'm writing this message on - it's got a WD Caviar SATA 320GB disk that's frickin' silent. I might get more of those.
My Daily Driver is in a new P180 case - VERY NICE CASE if you can deal with the size. 4 5-1/4" drive bays was part of the appeal - I have 3 Plex Premium drives and a Plex DVD drive for running dupes. Lots of internal drive bays is also nice. Since I haul my DAW for location work sometimes the P180 is too big for that one. This one has a PentiumD 805 chip - 2.66 GHz dual core currently running at 3. I think I'll be able to boost the speed more once I can disable the onboard graphics.
Just goes to show how far a lot of these prices have come down.
Just goes to show how far a lot of these prices have come down. I've got 4,000 dollars in to my computer, but it isn't even half the speed of what you're getting ready to buy- I've had it about 5 years now- was the fastest of it's kind way back when. As long as you're good putting these together, you've got yourself a pretty good deal for 1000 bucks. Later