Building a PC

Ok, so I'm building a pc, what graphics card would you recommend, I'm going to with two Q6600's, and this lush case.

Also what motherboard do you recommend, I'd need about 2 PCIe slots, and one PCI 2.0 slot.

This is in addition to my Mac Pro, as a legacy/gaming machine.

Monitor-wise:

I'm thinking about getting 1x 30", 2x 22" for my mac pro and 1x 24" for the pc eg

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Mac Pro

Sideways 22" 30" Sideways 22"

PC
24"



Then theres my iMac, laptop & other pc, and 22" and 19", The iMac will be used for something, and the pc will power something, probably some power heavy app.


Thanks, I'm looking forward to your answers!

Only thing I can reccomend is not to buy 2 Quadcores, which I think is what you're doing. There's no point, hardly any games use all 4 cores anyway nevermind 8.

I'd ebay a good graphics card tbh, I don't know much about GFX cards but go on Ebay and find one, they're usually dirt cheap and overclocked.

Ah ok, also, 32 bit or 64 bit..Vista..XP..Ubuntu?

If you wanna play games, I say 32-bit. Vista is good since you can play games which would work on XP too, just don't go for 64 bit... It's really not worth it.

#1, why the hell would you even get two quad cores?
#2, quit bragging that you have an iMac and Mac Pro, no one asked.

#3, if you are building one, you are going to need a hell of a lot more then a case, motherboard, and processor. Heatsink? Fans? Power supply? Sound card?

#4, You don't need an x64 system, all you will do is whine that some of your stuff won' work. Get an x32 and 2GB of ram, as x32 OS's can only access 3GB.

Don't get Ubuntu on a computer you are going to use alot, most of your applications won't work, and you will have to get open source applications to do what you want to do.

The learning curve is going to be too big for you to enjoy it, so stick with Windows for now.

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Originally Posted by Dentafrice

#1, why the hell would you even get two quad cores?
#2, quit bragging that you have an iMac and Mac Pro, no one asked.

#3, if you are building one, you are going to need a hell of a lot more then a case, motherboard, and processor. Heatsink? Fans? Power supply? Sound card?

#4, You don't need an x64 system, all you will do is whine that some of your stuff won' work. Get an x32 and 2GB of ram, as x32 OS's can only access 3GB.

Don't get Ubuntu on a computer you are going to use alot, most of your applications won't work, and you will have to get open source applications to do what you want to do.

The learning curve is going to be too big for you to enjoy it, so stick with Windows for now.

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Bit harsh but you're spot on as always. :P Best to buy a futureproof motherboard, so it'll cost you a few bob. Since you live in america you'll need a good cooling system since in the summer it's going to overheat alot more than it should. Uhh, PSU I'd reccomend as 650W and that should be around 20 quid.... 40 dollars or summint, idk. Go onto Ebuyer, create an account and start building a wishlist so you get an idea of how much this is going to cost you lol.

E-Buyers is only UK noob :P

650W sounds good, but it doesn't overheat here muc if you have the A/C running.

Is it? Aw sucks to be you guys haha. I think Amazon would be your next best bet then? Or Ebay, lovely lovely Ebay. <3 I don't have AC in my room sadly, but I guess knocking out the front of my house would be a good substitute.

We have central cooling... those are obvious things... other than a sound board, why the heck would I need that? Its not a recording studio and modern motherboards have a good enough built in sound card for even the hardcorest rockers.


I definitely wasn't bragging, I was trying to tell you my future setup.

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The learning curve is going to be too big for you

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Why are you such an ________? Do you have anything else to do?

Do you know anything about what I already know? No? Ok then.

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Originally Posted by Hypertext

We have central cooling... those are obvious things... other than a sound board, why the heck would I need that? Its not a recording studio and modern motherboards have a good enough built in sound card for even the hardcorest rockers.


I definitely wasn't bragging, I was trying to tell you my future setup.


Why are you such an ________? Do you have anything else to do?

Do you know anything about what I already know? No? Ok then.

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LOL It's better to have a good soundcard tbh... Some motherboards actually come with highly enabled soundcards depending on what motherboard you buy. You didn't mention you had central cooling, which is why he suggested it, we're only trying to help lol.

You were asking for help by the sounds of it tbh, not showing off your future setup.