Guys, I have quit the thought of buying an iMac 27" and instead I have found my desktop from 2008 and installed Windows Vista on it. Anyway, these are the specs:
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 2.5GHz
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro P
DDR3 1066MHz 1024MB PC3-8500 (x4)
Asus P5E3
Samsung 1TB Spinpoint SataII/3
Inno3D GeForce 9600GT I-CHILL
Asus DVD-Burner 20x Sata BLAC
Antec Solo Quiet Mini Tower
Northq 500watt fanless 0DB PSU
As the harddrive is dying I am looking to replace it with a 1TB 2.5" internal HDD. Then I got the thought of upgrading this desktop instead of buying a whole new iMac 27". I just got myself a 24" Acer screen, so I run VGA->HDMI cable I think. My plan is to buy single pieces throughout 2013 as I don't have a specific budget right now but it shouldn't be too expensive.
Having never build a PC before, my question is, what should I start with? Where should I start? I'll use it for setting up databases, programming websites in Dreamweaver, editing photos in Photoshop and I would like to play the latest games, probably with Nvidia 3D at some point.
It doesn't even have a WiFi card built in, so I have just inserted a Netgear WiFi dongle to connect with my WiFi network but I plan to also add a WiFi card inside. I would assume I can just keep my tower and then upgrade the things inside? And what should I look at overall? Sound card? Motherboard? Graphics card? I would also like it to run HDMI>HDMI.
It don't have to be the ultimate gaming machine, just better than what I got and capable of running the latest PC games (shooters, action, strategy etc.)
My Shopping List so far:
Seagate 1TB S-ATA
- 1TB Hard Drive
- 7200 RPM
- 16MB buffer
- 3.5" internal hard drive
- S-ATA
- Silent