Hey guys. My husband and I are at the end of our normal 3 year cycle and are looking to build or purchase a completely new computer. We have a set of criteria that this computer must meet, but have not been that involved in the computer industry to know all of the different brands and best performers.
Our budget is ~$5,000 without the new display, but we are relatively flexible in this regard.
The following is our criteria:
1) The display is the Samsung 244T.
2) Must play games fluidly at 1900x1200, i.e. the default resolution of the 244T. Image quality is extremely important. We will be playing with high AA, AF, and HDR.
Assumption is Crossfire 1950XT, but we're also looking at 7900GTX SLI solution as well.
2) Looking for a relatively quiet solution. Our current computer puts out roughly 50db if I had to guess and we want to get that significantly quieter if possible.
3) We want to get a laptop for web surfing and checking email if one of us is using the primary computer. We would prefer, if possible, to have our files on a shared network computer so that we could access our email, for example, no matter which computer we were at.
Suggestions to build or purchase?
Thanks!
The following is our current computer:
1) P4 3.0Ghz HT
2) Gigabyte GA-8KNXP
3) ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 256MB
4) 1GB DDR Corsair Memory
5) Samsung 32x24x52 CD-RW
6) Samsung DVD
7) 2x120GB SATA HD, 1x250GB SATA HD, 2x36GB Raptor RAID-0
8) Hitachi CM814U SuperScan 21" display
9) Generic Mid-Tower
Our budget is ~$5,000 without the new display, but we are relatively flexible in this regard.
The following is our criteria:
1) The display is the Samsung 244T.
2) Must play games fluidly at 1900x1200, i.e. the default resolution of the 244T. Image quality is extremely important. We will be playing with high AA, AF, and HDR.
Assumption is Crossfire 1950XT, but we're also looking at 7900GTX SLI solution as well.
2) Looking for a relatively quiet solution. Our current computer puts out roughly 50db if I had to guess and we want to get that significantly quieter if possible.
3) We want to get a laptop for web surfing and checking email if one of us is using the primary computer. We would prefer, if possible, to have our files on a shared network computer so that we could access our email, for example, no matter which computer we were at.
Suggestions to build or purchase?
Thanks!
The following is our current computer:
1) P4 3.0Ghz HT
2) Gigabyte GA-8KNXP
3) ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 256MB
4) 1GB DDR Corsair Memory
5) Samsung 32x24x52 CD-RW
6) Samsung DVD
7) 2x120GB SATA HD, 1x250GB SATA HD, 2x36GB Raptor RAID-0
8) Hitachi CM814U SuperScan 21" display
9) Generic Mid-Tower