What goes in…FINAL

These are the components which are going into to the new Windows 7 build.

Processor

 

I went for the 3.2GHz in the end. At this moment in time, the fastest Phenom II processor.

 

Motherboard 

GigaByte GA-890FXA-UD5

Graphics Card

XFX ATI Radeon HD5770 XXX.

I discovered that this board was overclocked at the factory,

I wonder what it will be like when we install it, cannot wait.

Monitor

Acer T230HBM Touch Screen Monitor.

We are using at the moment on our XP system,

Cannot wait to try it on our new system with touch screen.

Keyboard/Mouse

 

Router

 

Buffalo Air Station WZR-HP G300 NH

 

An update  to our current old router but this

one is  802.11n and we can also connect to

internet if our broadband goes down via a

3G modem.

Disc Drives

SeaGate Barracudas ( what else??)

Went with 3 x 1TB, 1 x 1.5TB and 1 x 2TB.

1.5TB split between W7 System and the other

partition strictly for Games software.

1TB for Digital Images, one each for personal

for Sharon and myself.

2TB strictly for backups of these other drives.

Memory

Crucial DDR3  8GB 2 x 4GB.

Went for Crucial because past experience proved

to us that other memory might fail, Crucial has never failed

on us. Also, only went for 8GB as memory is still a bit dear, when price

comes down, will buy another 8GB to take us up to full Compliment

of 16GB of memory.

DVD Drive

 

Went for a Blue Ray drive as we do not have a

Blue Ray player and also the discs can hold up to 50GB of data,

Ideal if we want to hold backups of lots of discs etc.

The Case

  

Coolermaster CM 690 II Advanced.

Apart from looking “Cool” it also has a docking port on top for 1 Sata disc drive. Intend to get more

fans to ensure the system stays cool.

Sound Card

  Creative  X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Professional

Decided to just get the card as could not see us using the front panel

and therefore would be just for show. The reason for choosing this card above

others is the fact that we both have their Zen X-Fi 2 mp3 player and were knocked out

by the quality of the sound.

Operating System

 

Chose Windows 7 as this new system needed a new

operating system to utilise all this new hardware.

Also, chose the 64 bit version (although the pack came

with both 32 and 64 bit versions) because I want to use the full

compliment of 16 GB of memory I intend to use once prices

settle down.

Drive Caddy

 

The reason I chose a disc caddy is because if heaven forbid

one of our drives fail I want to be able quickly to replace it

rather that opening the pc case and replacing the drive, convenience

and laziness I guess. Also, if at some point in time I wish to increase

the disc capacity it will be an easy way to do so.