It's time to put together another PC to last me for the next 2.5 or 3 years. I'd appreciate if you could give me your thoughts on what would be a good way to spend my money.
1. What YOUR PC will be used for. That means what types of tasks you'll be performing.
Web software development using Visual Studio, Eclipse, NetBeans, SQL Server, IIS, GlassFish. Often together, which means my current 8GB of RAM is usually exhausted. Also, watching streamed videos using Plex and VLC. Occasionally serving/transcoding videos to other devices in the home. Light gaming (usually web based)
2. What YOUR budget is. A price range is acceptable as long as it's not more than a 20% spread
$1,100
3. What country YOU will be buying YOUR parts from.
USA and Canada - I'm Canadian, so Canada if the prices are in line with NewEgg/Amazon/whoever. I have a shipping address in the States, so while convenience of picking up items locally is nice, I'm more driven by price.
4. IF you're buying parts OUTSIDE the US, please post a link to the vendor you'll be buying from.
http://ncix.com/
5. IF YOU have a brand preference.
CPU - Intel, SSD - Samsung
6. If YOU intend on using any of YOUR current parts, and if so, what those parts are.
default - unless the mobo has a one button OC solution for set it and forget it.
8. What resolution, not monitor size, will you be using?
2 monitors, each 1920 X 1200, so 3840 X 1200
9. WHEN do you plan to build it?
Within the next few weeks
X. Do you need to purchase any software to go with the system, such as Windows or Blu Ray playback software?
Nope, MSDN has me covered.
Questions/notes
1. Do I need a new video card? I'm wondering if the on-board graphics on something like a i7-4770 or i5-4670 is enough. If not, I have the GeForce GTX 260.
2. SSD must be at least ~250GB. I have a 120 GB Corsair now, and it's too small for the C:\ drive.
Thanks for your thoughts.
1. What YOUR PC will be used for. That means what types of tasks you'll be performing.
Web software development using Visual Studio, Eclipse, NetBeans, SQL Server, IIS, GlassFish. Often together, which means my current 8GB of RAM is usually exhausted. Also, watching streamed videos using Plex and VLC. Occasionally serving/transcoding videos to other devices in the home. Light gaming (usually web based)
2. What YOUR budget is. A price range is acceptable as long as it's not more than a 20% spread
$1,100
3. What country YOU will be buying YOUR parts from.
USA and Canada - I'm Canadian, so Canada if the prices are in line with NewEgg/Amazon/whoever. I have a shipping address in the States, so while convenience of picking up items locally is nice, I'm more driven by price.
4. IF you're buying parts OUTSIDE the US, please post a link to the vendor you'll be buying from.
http://ncix.com/
5. IF YOU have a brand preference.
CPU - Intel, SSD - Samsung
6. If YOU intend on using any of YOUR current parts, and if so, what those parts are.
- case - Silverstone, model unsure (no USB3 on the front if I do this, but I have no USB3 devices yet)
- Corsair power supply (80+ gold)
- video card (maybe) currently a GeForce GTX 260 (896MB)
- WD Blue 1TB mechanical hard drive for data storage - I have a NAS with lots of space as well.
- LG blu-ray writer
- all current peripherals.
default - unless the mobo has a one button OC solution for set it and forget it.
8. What resolution, not monitor size, will you be using?
2 monitors, each 1920 X 1200, so 3840 X 1200
9. WHEN do you plan to build it?
Within the next few weeks
X. Do you need to purchase any software to go with the system, such as Windows or Blu Ray playback software?
Nope, MSDN has me covered.
Questions/notes
1. Do I need a new video card? I'm wondering if the on-board graphics on something like a i7-4770 or i5-4670 is enough. If not, I have the GeForce GTX 260.
2. SSD must be at least ~250GB. I have a 120 GB Corsair now, and it's too small for the C:\ drive.
Thanks for your thoughts.
