delirium330
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Hey guys (and girls), when I ventured out to build my first PC I found a bunch of antique sites, but was happy to find this one. I've been doing a lot of research and hitting other threads since then, but could use some suggestions for my machine, as 99% of the build threads are geared towards gaming machines. What parts differ greatly between a gaming build and media pc build?
I've done some simple work on my legacy machine from Dell (new sound card, additional HD, 3.5 external card reader, etc.) but I'm looking to build a new one myself.
I don't have a set budget, but am debating on where to go with the budget (e.g. i7 mid-range build vs. high end quad core etc.) My goal is a home theatre, media, multi tasking type PC. Main tasks involve web browsing, amateur photo and video editing using at most Photoshop CS and some simple video editing programs. Listening to music, downloading music, streaming audio and video to my TV, PS3 and storing about 1TB worth of files. I won't play games on it except Age of Empires II maybe I actually like games, but have never crossed from console play to PC.
So what should I do, spend a bunch on an i7 build and upgrade over time? Go with a core 2 duo or quad core and spend a bit more on other parts..video card, sounds card, HDD's, ODD's etc? WHERE IS THE BEST VALUE AND BANG FOR MY BUCK vs. performance?
On a side note I'm coming from a 6 year old Dell P4 that is on it's hands and knees.
Thanks for the input!
I've done some simple work on my legacy machine from Dell (new sound card, additional HD, 3.5 external card reader, etc.) but I'm looking to build a new one myself.
I don't have a set budget, but am debating on where to go with the budget (e.g. i7 mid-range build vs. high end quad core etc.) My goal is a home theatre, media, multi tasking type PC. Main tasks involve web browsing, amateur photo and video editing using at most Photoshop CS and some simple video editing programs. Listening to music, downloading music, streaming audio and video to my TV, PS3 and storing about 1TB worth of files. I won't play games on it except Age of Empires II maybe I actually like games, but have never crossed from console play to PC.
So what should I do, spend a bunch on an i7 build and upgrade over time? Go with a core 2 duo or quad core and spend a bit more on other parts..video card, sounds card, HDD's, ODD's etc? WHERE IS THE BEST VALUE AND BANG FOR MY BUCK vs. performance?
On a side note I'm coming from a 6 year old Dell P4 that is on it's hands and knees.
Thanks for the input!