My last system was built using an ASUS MB, if I go that route and us an ASUS MB again waht would be your recommendations of model for the MB?
SJ On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 8:50 AM, Guyer, Don <[email protected]> wrote: > Building is generally cheaper, but shop around first. If prices start to > get close to one another (bought vs. built), warranty coverage may sway > your decision to just buy already built. > > I rebuild/replace our home systems every 3-4 years and usually go the > Newegg route. My friend is a hardware geek, always on top of the latest > and greatest that's available. Most times I buy one step below the top > CPU and MB, for example. > > Don Guyer > Windows Systems Engineer > Datasafe Platform > Enterprise Technology Group > Fiserv > [email protected] > Office: 1-800-523-7282 x 1673 > Fax: 610-293-4499 > www.fiserv.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bill Humphries [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2011 10:07 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: OT New home PC > > I would build it, but if you are averse to that, I know people who have > purchased from here: > > http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/ > > Jim McAtee wrote: > > I agree with the others. Build it. Do some (or a lot of) research on > > components, buy them from Newegg or Amazon (Amazon's return policies > > can't be beat), and assemble it. I also agree with the SSD > > recommendation for the OS and applications. You don't need anything > > very large - 80 or 120 GB will be more than enough. > > > > Is this system also going to be used as an HTPC? If you just want to > > watch movies and TV in your office then noise may not be a huge > > factor, but if it's going to be in your living room then I'd spend a > > lot of effort making the system as quiet as possible. Large diameter, > > low RPM fans, aftermarket CPU heatsink, passive cooling wherever > > possible, maybe reconsider the 7200 RPM drive for a cooler, quieter > > 5400 RPM drive. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: Stefan Jafs > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2011 2:31 PM > > Subject: OT New home PC > > > > > > Ok, it's finally time to upgrade my aging home PC. I figured I could > > just go > > to Tigerdirect or BestBuy and pick up a good performing system but it > > does > > not seem like the case, if I want low to medium performance no problem > > > but I > > want: > > > > Intel I7, 8Gb RAM DDR3, HD 1 - 2Tb 7,200 rpm, AMD HD 5670 or better, > > BlueRay > > player, TV Tuner in a PCI x16 slot. Windows 7 64 bit Home. Is that too > > > much > > to ask for? I did not think so but does now one else purchase high > > performance PCs? > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > -- Stefan Jafs ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
