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      • Motherboard:
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    Need another new pc! Yet again :)

    This time it's for work, it'll be used just for graphic design, web development and will be host to a local testing web server (apache).

    I went for a Q6600 for my own personal machine and am impressed so far but am open to ideas. The main pre-requisites is it must be quiet, water cooling isn't an option, needs to be in a very sensible case (will be on a desk in an office), and needs to support 3 monitors so will need 2 graphics cards (doesn't need to be SLI as games wont be played on it).

    I usually have the following apps open at all times throughout the day:

    photoshop cs 2
    dreamweaver
    firefox (around 12 tabs open)
    ie 6 (3 instances roughly)
    ftp client
    flash
    outlook
    apache

    So memory will be hogged consistently as i'll be working with 300dpi images over local and networked drives.

    What do you guys reckon? Price isn't much of an issue, and I dont need new monitors and input devices as I already have them.

    Cheers

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      • Motherboard:
      • evga 680i
      • CPU:
      • e6600
      • Memory:
      • geil ultra pc6400
      • Storage:
      • WD 320gb
      • Graphics card(s):
      • leadtek 8800 GTS 640mb
      • PSU:
      • ocz gameXstream 700w
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    Re: Need another new pc! Yet again :)

    I reckon get:

    Q6600 - Why not eh..
    Scythe Ninja HSF (personal preference amoung the large tower coolers due to its price and silent operation)
    4gb of RAM Probably just corsair stuff for reliablilty or crucial ( i would do 4x 1gb to save money)
    2x Gainward 8500gt silent fx or the leadtek passive.
    depending on which way you could fit 2 double width cards (pictures will help you understand that if you dont already)
    Antec P182 case
    Corsair 520w HX

    Abit IP-35 mobo (E version if you don't want raid)
    what ever size you want of the western digital AAKS range
    Samsung DVD writer.

    All of which is avaliable at scan of course and should come to around £800

    That will be basically inauidiable..got almost the exact same pc sat in my study and you cant tell its on..and it looks very subtle.
    Last edited by staffsMike; 14-08-2007 at 03:17 PM.

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    Re: Need another new pc! Yet again :)

    Yes, I have the Corsair 520W + the scythe ninja with all the fans either off or undervolted (well not PSU)
    And it is basically silent.

    Using a suspended samsung spinpoint too.

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    Re: Need another new pc! Yet again :)

    2 head graphics card + integrated graphics on motherboard instead of 2xgraphics cards?

    With that in mind, you could use a high end Shuttle. Anything else is too big to go on a desk

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