It's been a month or two since I've decided to build a pc, prior to that I've would've never considered it as I've bought pre-built or asked someone else to build a pc for me in the past, but I've developed an interest in taking that step, as it's quite fun learning new things & creating something.
My knowledge of pc components are very out-dated, never knew or bothered to know what 45/65nm, pci-e, or sockets are etc?
I've been doing some research & originally decided tobuild a pc. So far, with help & advice from a friend, this was drawn up.
Windows Vista Premium 64 OEM
Artic Cooling Accelero AC-S1
1gb samsung hd103UJ spinpoint F1 harddisk
4gb corsair domiantor ddr2 pc2-8500 (1066)
650w Be Quiet Dark Power Modular PSU
Asus P5Q-E Motherboard
Antec 1200 Case
512mb Sapphire HD4870
Intel Quad Q9650
Optiarc DVD-RW Lightscribe
But after reading & following a few threads & reports from the Hexus forum/website, the release of i7 or nehalem is coming out, which includes features such as energy efficiency in terms of power consumption, heat & hyperthreading/multitasking, I'm tempted to wait till then or after Christmas when prices/inflation goes down.
My main use of the pc are or will be internet/downloading, digital painting, 3d modelling/animating, light gaming (GTA IV, Mass Effect, Crysis, Dead Space), I fancy something that is energy efficient, upgradable (or accesible to overclocking like the user friendly feature provided on Asus P5Q-e) rather than having to splash out so soon within a year or two. Should I go ahead building one now with above specs or wait till i7/nehalem is released utilising ddr3 & mobos that support the new i7 (as from what I've read current mobos won't be able to use i7 and duos & quads will die out) so I have more options in the future, estimated bugdget is around about £1000-£1500 (without tft monitor for image editing purposes)
Any suggestions on alternative pc components are welcome.
Thanks in advance.


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Also if you aren't a confident building that might be quite tricky to fit at first. Perhaps an Nvidia GTX260 would be better as it is quite quiet and cool with the stock cooler.


