[EPIC] LazerMan [Computer build thread!]

[lazerman]

Hello.

I have roughly around £700 pounds and possibly go up to around £900 maybe £1000 if your really pushing it lol

I will be building it either tho I never built one before

I wish to upgrade it so it must be upgradeable. First thing first is I want a massive case, I want lots and lots of space of hard drives. It must have two disc drives. Possible if it can have one blue ray read and write. (I can buy this later on).

Speed is what I need here, Im looking for a good CPU and lots of RAM.

I also need a graphics card, would be great if it was best for HD watching.

I dunno what else to say, post below and I answer some questions.

[The Professor]

What are you going to be using it for? I understand wanting a fast computer but you can get a computer that's plenty fast enough for ~£500, anything more than that is in bare gaming PC territory

[lazerman]

Encoding movies, watching blue ray movies, school work, gaming such as cod6 and arma.

I looking basically for huge space and will be able to watch HD/blueray movies to perfection.

[The Professor]

Encoding movies, watching blue ray movies, school work, gaming such as cod6 and arma.

I looking basically for huge space and will be able to watch HD/blueray movies to perfection.

You can watch HD movies on netbooks these days, any reasonable discrete graphics card should handle it no problem. Encoding movies is another story however, especially if you want it done quick

Do you need an OS, monitor, keyboard, mouse, USB vibrator?

[Recursion]

You can encode movies quick enough on any quad core nowadays.

Just get a Core i5, 6GBs RAM, x2 BD-RW drives, a couple of 1/2TB (are these out yet?) drives and an ATI 5xxx series card in an Antec 300 case. I recommend Corsair PSUs.

Windows 7 Home Premium or Professional, a nice 24" monitor, Logitech G25 keyboard or whatever the latest is, a Logitech gaming mouse of some kind.

[lazerman]

I want a bigger case than that please.

I don't need OS software, screen or a keyboard and mouse atm lol!

Oh I dont need a USB vibrator either!!!!!

[Obeying]

Why don't you pay someone to build one for you ?

[Kieran]

Go for a specialist company. If you've not built one before, I wouldn't want to break a £900 computer......

[Obeying]

Yeah, saying that though. I built my PC using youtube for tuts LOL.

[Stephen!]

For encoding movies I would recommend skipping the i5 and going i7 since they support hyperthreading which encoding programs love.