http://www.buses.sgforums.com/forums/2250/topics/324777 en-US 60 <blockquote> <div class="quote_from">Originally posted by dibilo:</div> <div class="quote_body"> <p>my old one is dead so i need to get a new one. I am a basic user with occasional video and picture editing. I also do a bit of gaming. normally i will open up to 10 windows and my firefox will have about 10 tabs.</p> <p>thinking of a set up like below</p> <p>Quad core Q9300</p> <p>A motherboard that has lan, pci-e 2.0, VGA, dual channel ddr2 (need expert's recommendation biostar good anot? saw it at bliss)</p> <p>2gb ddr2 667mhz - heard this is the most window xp 32bit can handle?</p> <p>320gb hdd sata</p> <p>a pci-e 256mb gpu... no frills one can le.. no need anything spectacular</p> <p>a PSU that can support 3 hdd and 2 dvd drives</p> <p>All the rest i can transfer from my old set up.</p> <p>How much do you guys think this set up will cost me? I am thinking of quad core for future expansion... i dont wan to have trouble playing diablo 3 in 2 years time lol.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> </div> </blockquote> <p><br /> Hmmm,for now this is quite good set up. But two years later?? hmmm</p> <p>Lets turn the time two years back,where the Nvidia&nbsp;6xxx/7xxx just pop out?</p> <p>Godly,premium and worshipped. And come back to today,where's all the cards??</p> <p>Sold online,thrown away,tortured by extreme voltmods and Overclocking?</p> <p>So,just get a computer you think worth it now.</p> <p>IT products last the most on the top performance for maximum 1 year.</p> <p>Computer performance also do drop after 6 months to 1 year,by 8-25% depending on the run time,overclocked speed,voltage used and other factors.</p> Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:27:48 +0800 www.buses.sgforums.com:2250:324777:8259993 IT-Newbie-Logy http://www.buses.sgforums.com/forums/2250/topics/324777 <p>motherboard i am not so sure, but maybe a p35?</p> <p>RAM dual channel u can get corsair xms2( or others), i will recommend a faster clock speed like 800</p> <p>HDD u can up to 500gb for 190$</p> <p>graphic card wise would u get a ati or nvidia? i heard that ati is good for video.</p> <p>ATI, get a 4850 or 4870</p> <p><a href= "http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showthread.php?t=1093205" rel= "nofollow">http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showthread.php?t=1093205</a></p> <p>go there and reference, and register to post another thread about ur rig configuration</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:40:50 +0800 www.buses.sgforums.com:2250:324777:8256247 MyPillowTalks http://www.buses.sgforums.com/forums/2250/topics/324777 <p>my old one is dead so i need to get a new one. I am a basic user with occasional video and picture editing. I also do a bit of gaming. normally i will open up to 10 windows and my firefox will have about 10 tabs.</p> <p>thinking of a set up like below</p> <p>Quad core Q9300</p> <p>A motherboard that has lan, pci-e 2.0, VGA, dual channel ddr2 (need expert's recommendation biostar good anot? saw it at bliss)</p> <p>2gb ddr2 667mhz - heard this is the most window xp 32bit can handle?</p> <p>320gb hdd sata</p> <p>a pci-e 256mb gpu... no frills one can le.. no need anything spectacular</p> <p>a PSU that can support 3 hdd and 2 dvd drives</p> <p>All the rest i can transfer from my old set up.</p> <p>How much do you guys think this set up will cost me? I am thinking of quad core for future expansion... i dont wan to have trouble playing diablo 3 in 2 years time lol.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:11:43 +0800 www.buses.sgforums.com:2250:324777:8255126 dibilo http://www.buses.sgforums.com/forums/2250/topics/324777