snakenobi Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 I am building a new computer,please help me build it. I normally only learn about computer hardware when i am buying or upgrading the hardware and then i lose track.So i might not know a few things though i have mentioned all my queries below. I am trying to build a system that would last and as interconnected and wireless as possible. I will be using it for : Video Games Video Editing Audio Editing Image Editing Display forPC,TV,PS3 Heaphones for TV,PC,PS3,Phone(if Headphone are bluetooth) Router for 2 home PC,1 phone,Media Server,PS3,TV(if Display is internet connected) Dual Shock 3 Connection Virtual OS operations Hackintosh(So only Intel processors) DLNA - Media Server,Android devices,Apple devices Wireless File and Date Transfer to PC - Android with bluetooth to PC Products and Technology : CPUProcessor - 4-6 Cores,Overclock Support Motherboard - PCE-E,USB,SATA,Ethernet,DVI,HDMI 1.4,Display Port,Wi-Fi,Bluetooth,Optical Audio,Integrated Card Support,Overclock Support,multi-GPU support GPUGraphic Card - Memory,Multiple Display Support,3D Displays,Dual GPU,Resolution 1080p or better HDD - 2 -3.5tb RAM - 8+gb Display - 24 -27inch,Resolution 1080p or more,Contrasts,Colors,DVI,Display Ports,HDMI,Wi-fi,USB,Bluetooth,Speakers,Headphones Speakers - More Channels,Wireless Streaming Headphones - Noise Cancellation,Microphone,Blue-tooth,Wireless,More Channels,Bluetooth,Battery Life Router - Gigabit Ethernet,Wireless standard N.Good Wireless bandwidth,NAS,DLNA Heatsinks and Coolers Power Supply Some Question's from my side : CPU : Xeon gaming and normal apps - How is Xeon on Gaming and Normal PC applications? i7 Extreme Sandy Bridge - Is this required for my usage and will it be worth it? Core i7 First Gen Core systems - So Sandy Bridge Extreme Processors are very expensive but 970 and 980 6 core Westmere CPU's cost only $500.Is that a bargain and Is buying 1 year old processors good? i7 2600K - Will this be enought for me? i5 2500K - Will this be enought for me? Core vs thread - so AMD vs Intel,AMD provides more Cores but Intel does threading.Whats the difference? Duration Without Update - How long each of them will be enough to perform the heavy task applications,2-3 years? Motherboard : Sound Card - Is it Required or Motherboard will take care of it Wi-Fi Card - Is it Required or Motherboard will take care of it Blue-tooth Card - Is it Required or Motherboard will take care of it SATA 3 and PCI-E 3 Duration Without Update - How long will this be enough to perform the heavy task applications,2-3 years? RAM : Channels - How many channels is good? Speed - Whats the difference between different 'mhz'? Duratin Without Update - How long will this be enough to perform the heavy task applications,2-3 years? GPU: Cores - I read this when checking out Nvidia Cards,they have 100's of cores.What do they mean? Speed - How much is good as in 'hz'? Bandwidth - How much bandwidth is good? Duration Without Update - How long will latest GPU's be enough to perform the heavy task applications,2-3 years? Display: What Aspect ratio should the Display have as WEB is designed 4:3 and many movies have 21:9 ratio. Do the multidisplays connection to GPU share resolution in output of do they have 2 x resolutions coming out of GPU? Heatsinks and Coolers: Are liquid Coolers really required? Fans vs Liquid Coolers? Are heatsinks required? What all components can and should have heatsinks and cooler?I see them on RAM these days Wireless : Wireless Headphones,Keyboard,Mouse,Router - What does range in 'HZ' mean Will different wireless technologies interfere with each other? Speakers and Headphones - Standard - What do different Standards like dolby,true HD differ? Power Supply - How Many Watts Should my Power Supply be and what all Sockets Should it have? Keyboard - Do i need to my two keyboards? Ergonomic keyboards for typing and SonyApple Wireless keyboard or just one? Mouse - Do i need to my two mouse? Ergonomic mouse for gaming and MicrosoftApple touch mouse or just one? Optical Drive - Should I buy a Blu-ray Drive? Webcam - I Don't Video Chat much and have iphone as a video chat,should it buy one? Printer - I make alot of notes and i like them clean and formatted but should i go far to buy a printer on do it on paper and phone Tablet or netbook or ultrabook - I have an iphone 64gb and will have a good PC.Is there a need for medium screen portable device? Please Help in the following way: Technology - As in what all tech is needed to make it possible like technical information like cores,wi-fi,pci express,aspect ratio,memory,etc Products - Products on the market that will make it all possible like Intel,Nvidia,Evga,Asus,Apple,Cisco,etc and their different product lineup's. Suggestions - Suggest what configurations will be good for my usage like xeon,core i extreme,core i7,12gb ram,etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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