New desktop PC

clubfoot · Post by **clubfoot** » Thu Aug 26, 2010 5:10 pm

Just about to take the plunge and get a new desktop PC. Long overdue and a rather large undertaking for the wallet. Any opinions or comments on this setup before I go for it? Am I making good choices or wasting money anywhere? Quite a beast i reckon:

PROCESSOR: Intel Core i7-860
COOLER: Arctic Cooling Freezer Xtreme (rev. 2)
MOTHERBOARD: Asus P7H55 - Intel H55
HARDDRIVE: Samsung SpinPoint F3 - 1TB
RAM: 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 1066
GRAPHICS CARD: EVGA GeForce GTX 480 1.53GB, PCI-E
OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit OEM

I'll be using my MOTU Traveler soundcard with it.
Planning to use it for music making and general home/office use.

Cheers, much appreciated.

Brian Ffar · Post by **Brian Ffar** » Thu Aug 26, 2010 8:33 pm

Looks good to me.

Daemonix · Post by **Daemonix** » Thu Aug 26, 2010 8:55 pm

very good! (apart from the Win7 thing

you can run HackedOSX on it

)

patrick bateman · Post by **patrick bateman** » Thu Aug 26, 2010 11:09 pm

Maybe think about putting in a 128/256GB solid state system drive for extra boost..

) Besides that it looks very good.

::BLM:: · Post by **::BLM::** » Fri Aug 27, 2010 2:40 am

I need a new pc monitor. I have no idea what to buy! I don't have a HD graphics card, so just want a basic monitor. What's good?

squonqdm · Post by **squonqdm** » Fri Aug 27, 2010 2:51 am

Samsung/LG/Asus are good quality and good Value, Dell also..

Sony are good quality, nicely designed, 4 times the price of the above

If i were replacing my old hand me down Dell CRT's today i'd go get a couple of Samung 23" widescreen,

right now 22"/23" are good price/performance ratio..

3 year warranty is standard,

Cheers! SDM

::BLM:: · Post by **::BLM::** » Fri Aug 27, 2010 2:56 am

I was thinking of getting one of these: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Acer-P225HQ-21- ... 692&sr=1-1

Those Samsungs look good though. I have a 42" Samsung TV which is great.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-B2330H- ... =8-2-spell

this one?

squonqdm · Post by **squonqdm** » Fri Aug 27, 2010 3:06 am

Hi Clubfoot, Spec seems kewl! Power Extreme

I would say replace the cooler of choice with something quiet and add a fan controller.... so you can adjust the speed of the fans to low level noise mode !

here's a list of best rated by "cooling ability" list on Silentpc

http://www.silentpcreview.com/Recommended_Heatsinks (bottom of the page is the list)

and speaking a fans, make sure you get a case with a 120mm fan duct in the back for good cooling again run on an adjustable fan control (IE Zalman Fanmate or similar)

i scoped your GPU nice, NO FAN!

All the info you might need can be found in the tested/recommended section over on silentpcreview.. !

http://www.silentpcreview.com/section5.html

Check their stuff and you'll have yourself a quiet as well as powerful unit !

Best, SDM