Mrs Cain's New PC

[Cain]

I want to build my wife a new PC...

Priorities...

Stable and Reliable
Very Fast HD
Quiet
Reasonable price, I want to keep everything under $900.00

Suggestions ???

[Apache Warrior]

Is she going to game with it? Become a {CLR}?
Apache

[Cain]

Nnnnnnnooooo...

[Sirex]

aw i want the whole collection for my signature too

I'd say just base it off a retail model, simple, plain, nothing fancy.

[juneau]

Nnnnnnnooooo...

Whyyyyy?

Newegg.com - ASUS P5QLEPU LGA 775 Intel P43 ATX Intel Motherboard - Intel Motherboards
Newegg.com - Intel Core 2 Duo E7400 Wolfdale 2.8GHz 3MB L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor
Newegg.com - CORSAIR 4GB Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TWIN2X4096-6400C5 - Desktop Memory
Newegg.com - ASUS EAH3450256M Radeon HD 3450 256MB 64-bit GDDR2 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready Low Profile Ready Video Card - Desktop Graphics / Video Cards
Newegg.com - Western Digital Caviar Blue WD3200AAKS 320GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb Internal Hard Drive - Internal Hard Drives
Newegg.com - Western Digital Caviar Green WD10EADS 1TB 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb Internal Hard Drive - Internal Hard Drives
Newegg.com - Antec earthwatts EA430 430W Continuous Power ATX12V v2.0 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply - Power Supplies
Newegg.com - SAMSUNG Black 22X DVDRW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA DVD Burner - CD / DVD Burners
Newegg.com - LIAN LI Lancool PC-K7B Black Aluminum SECC ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Computer Cases

Subtotal: $571.91

[Cain]

Newegg.com - Western Digital VelociRaptor WD1500HLFS 150GB 10000 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb - Internal Hard Drives

Newegg.com - GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3P LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard - Intel Motherboards

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819115036

Newegg.com - COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 CAC-T05-UW Black Aluminum Bezel , SECC Chassis ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Computer Cases

[juneau]

Newegg.com - Western Digital VelociRaptor WD1500HLFS 150GB 10000 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb - Internal Hard Drives

Newegg.com - GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3P LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard - Intel Motherboards

Decent motherboard. Don't bother with the raptor. They only have burst speed over other new Sata drives now, like the one i pointed out. If you really want SPEEEEEEEEEEED get a SSD. Which there's plenty of room in the budget with my above spec.

[Cain]

Thx Juneau...

I want her machine to boot up fast, and open files and applications VERY fast...

As we all know a really fast HD makes a machine feel FAST...

With that in mind are these other drives as fast as a Raptor ??

[{CLR}geneSW]

Cain, I have that WD raptor HD.... it's a great HD that I highly doubt you'll regret getting. Heck, I would get 2 and run them in a raid array!

[Cain]

I might get her VISTA...

Which version should I get ???

[juneau]

I might get her VISTA...

Which version should I get ???

Get Win7 while the preorder prices are still low. If you really want speed like you say get a SSD. You won't regret it as they're one of the biggest performance boosting items you can put in your PC now. Not only that, they're also silent.

Like i said before. Raptors have great burst speeds, but the new standard sata drives have better platter densities that have increased read and writes speeds to comparable levels.

Crucial, G.Skill, and OCZ are good, with Intel leading the way. However Intel charge a premium that makes them just not worth it.

[Pumpkin_Jack]

Cain or you can do what I do and go to dell.com or something, im hardware retarted, my computer 2 years ago was 999.99 on sale with hd 22" monitor and a crappy printer(replaced), and this thing runs blu-rays(updated it so it could), in amazing clearity, doesnt take nothing special although junes way is probibly cheaper.

[Cain]

I can order windows 7 now ??

When will it ship ??

[Ghost_Rain]

I can order windows 7 now ??

When will it ship ??

22nd Oct 09

[juneau]

I can order windows 7 now ??

When will it ship ??

Sure can. I picked it up for ?44.99 ($74).

Newegg.com - Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Full - Operating Systems

Woah! $199? Have your special preorder prices ended? Or is it just newegg?