pauluk83 Posted May 2, 2006 Share Posted May 2, 2006 Hello all, I need some advice on building a new pc, i do alot of video editing, and mp3 mixing. and im on a 8mb adsl.My old xp3200 and A7N8X system is becomging incresingly slow and unreliable ( i have to resotre the ghost image 2 - 3 times a month as this system grounds to a hult., it also overheats alot disbite me chaging the cpu heatsink and fan and the graphics card fan to more powerfull ones. also i currently have a 400w psu,and it runs hot all the time. my avg readings are :cpu temp :53 MB temp: 32+12 v :12.288+5v: 4.477+3.3v : 3.216vcore :1.664basically price isnt an issue, but it needs to be as quiet as possible, and im fed up with cream or beige colours for case, keyboad, drives ecti need the pc to be vista compatible..im thinking 512mb graphicscdrw drivedvd duel layer dvdfloppy dive with built in memory card reader ( for phone ad cam)19 inch tft monitor ( or touchscrean??? )7:1 soundsystemwater or dry ice cooling600w + power supply4 - 8 gb memorywifi and bluetooth pci cardtv card ( prob freeview capible)case ( obviosuly)raptor 150gb hd ( for os and games)500gb hd for storage100mb lan cardmotherbord and processor undecided ( though will prob go for the newest amd ( sorry i like amd), though i could be persuaded to go to intel...a legit copy of xpethernet colour or mono lazer printerscanner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flupke Posted May 2, 2006 Share Posted May 2, 2006 Looks like money is really not an issue! My suggestions:graphics: ATI X1900XTX 512MB (unfortunally I don't have exprience with this but this is just one of the best cards)scanner: Canon LiDE (these are really good, thin and no power supply needed!)os: Windows XP Media Center Edition (to get the most out of your system)cpu: AMD Opteron Dual Core (if you buy it soon; if you wait a little Intel might come with something)monitor: make sure it's not a 1280*1024 but a high resolution widescreensound: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Platinum (for most people the build-in will do)For the rest I wouldn't know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripken204 Posted May 2, 2006 Share Posted May 2, 2006 operon 170x1900xtx or 7900gtxxfi150gig raptors in raid0 or raid5enermax liberty 600w Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitroshift Posted May 2, 2006 Share Posted May 2, 2006 (edited) what about this:mobo: gigabyte ga-g1975xcpu: intel pentium 965 extreme editionram: 4x2048 oczgraphics: 7900 gtxhdd: as ripken204 suggestedsound: as flupken suggestedthe rest is up to you... Edited May 2, 2006 by nitroshift Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pauluk83 Posted May 2, 2006 Author Share Posted May 2, 2006 ok but what about the case, i want a decent looking case wit plenty or room Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3aces Posted May 2, 2006 Share Posted May 2, 2006 well here are my suggestions, together were proberly gonna biuld the ultimate machineCaseZalamn Fan (CPU)Case Fan ( I have one of these amazingly quite)PSU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IcemanND Posted May 2, 2006 Share Posted May 2, 2006 raptor 150gb hd ( for os and games)500gb hd for storageI'd lose the 500gb and get 4+ 150gb raptor drives and put them in a raid 5. Faster data access and better chance of data recovery if a drive fails.Case:well they are not gray, tan or blackhttp://www.clearcomputercase.comThen you could use these raptors:http://www.wdraptorx.com/index.asp?bhcp=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripken204 Posted May 2, 2006 Share Posted May 2, 2006 for the cpu fan get the big typhoon, ninja, or that zalman above. that is a good case but you may also want to look at the cm stacker, both being very nice/large for watercooling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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