May I please ask for advise regarding the building of my first PC? The Shuttle looks fine, but i do not need a small form factor, i'd like many more "direct" usb ports, excellent versatility desired, rock solid/stable important...
with a Dell 8200 that's 2 yrs old, 2.26GHz, 533 FSB, 1.5GB Rambus (ugh) ram, GeForce4 Ti 4200 video card (1 DVI, 1 VGA), i'm using it with a 21.3" Samsung LCD and a 19" secondary NEC LCD.
Would like to sell the 19" NEC LCD, use the 21.3" Samsung as my secondary LCD, get the new Dell 24" widescreen LCD 1920X1200 as my main LCD, and build my first home-built PC!! Concerned about stability, want minimal "maintenance" issues, don't really like to get into BIOS updates, etc. Would like a BMW rather than a Ferrari. don't game much. Mainly Photoshop CS, email/websurfing, but kindof quality sensitive, so would like a speedy higher end PC.
the Shuttle idea sounds good, but i don't need a smaller form factor, so i think i might be better off going for versatility, like Coolermaster MasterStacker...etc. VERY open to suggestions. Can wait a couple of months if necessary.
Any suggestions/advice/ideas would be most appreciated.
If i must, i can get another Dell. but their inability to be expanded easily has dampened my excitement over them. my current 2 yr old 8200 Dimensions has only a 250-watt power supply, and the only one that will fit it is one from PC power and cooling in california, for $150!! hardly worth it for this machine that i might keep for another 6 more months or maximum another year! Dell's slots/holes/positions/switches are not standard.
BUT, if all else fails and the newer Dells are the best deal going, would consider that as well. So while the priority is to build my first PC, i'm again, very receptive to hear what the options are out there.
many thanks!
with a Dell 8200 that's 2 yrs old, 2.26GHz, 533 FSB, 1.5GB Rambus (ugh) ram, GeForce4 Ti 4200 video card (1 DVI, 1 VGA), i'm using it with a 21.3" Samsung LCD and a 19" secondary NEC LCD.
Would like to sell the 19" NEC LCD, use the 21.3" Samsung as my secondary LCD, get the new Dell 24" widescreen LCD 1920X1200 as my main LCD, and build my first home-built PC!! Concerned about stability, want minimal "maintenance" issues, don't really like to get into BIOS updates, etc. Would like a BMW rather than a Ferrari. don't game much. Mainly Photoshop CS, email/websurfing, but kindof quality sensitive, so would like a speedy higher end PC.
the Shuttle idea sounds good, but i don't need a smaller form factor, so i think i might be better off going for versatility, like Coolermaster MasterStacker...etc. VERY open to suggestions. Can wait a couple of months if necessary.
Any suggestions/advice/ideas would be most appreciated.
If i must, i can get another Dell. but their inability to be expanded easily has dampened my excitement over them. my current 2 yr old 8200 Dimensions has only a 250-watt power supply, and the only one that will fit it is one from PC power and cooling in california, for $150!! hardly worth it for this machine that i might keep for another 6 more months or maximum another year! Dell's slots/holes/positions/switches are not standard.
BUT, if all else fails and the newer Dells are the best deal going, would consider that as well. So while the priority is to build my first PC, i'm again, very receptive to hear what the options are out there.
many thanks!
Still, not a lot of expandability in those Asus boxes either (at least slotwise). The Soyos at the geeks seem to have considerably more potential in terms of expandability, but neither of those boxes is cutting edge (i.e. without checking more in depth, I'm not sure that the S478 system even takes a prescott core and socket A is going out of style). 
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