B>Tech whores & update on my hiatus
These parts were suggested to me from a member of Sleepywood.net. From what I know about computers, it looks pretty fuckin dandy and another member on SW.net even backed him in saying it looked like a pretty nice set up. Anything this list is missing, please suggest something
Mother Board:
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RAM - No. I haven't researched that mobo, but it's chipset is supposed to use DDR3 and I would use that if it does. Also, you should buy larger sized modules and less of them, like 2x2GB
Processor - Great - but it underscores why you need DDR3 RAM to go along with it. If you're not going to get RAM with the faster bus speed you might as well take a step down and get a less-expensive Penryn or something. No point in bottlenecking your processor speed with slow RAM
Case - I assume you're just "going for something to hold your computer's innards" there, so it is utilitarian and perfect for that.
Monitor - No. We're at the end of the line for 5ms monitors and we're starting to see 2ms ones come out, and I can assure you that for gaming it matters.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824112009
One thing I am sceptical (sceptreical?) about is that it says it is 1080p even though it's 1650 lines of resolution - the specification is 1920x1080. Especially considering the price is the same, I would NOT get the Asus.
Hard Drive - For $20 more, I'd get this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152100
Burner - For whatever reason, people are complaining about it. In my experience, I always recommended name-brand drives because of the software and support you get with them. You'd be surprised how temperamental and wonky these can be, and often you're only talking about a few dollars difference between Asus/Lite-On and Pioneer/Sony/etc.
Sound Card - I'd say no. The motherboard has SPDIF on it. It doesn't make sense to go from an 8-channel onboard sound and pay $80 for 7-channel sound with no digital outputs. You have to understand that going analogue out of a computer is guaranteed to sound bad, but at least using a digital/optical connection you're better. My Dell HTPC doesn't have clear sound so I actually stream my audio to my PS3 over the network and it uses HDMI for the sound and is far clearer and the channels are discrete.
Wireless - That's a big "no" for me. 11g does not have the kind of security that wireless-N does and the lag for gaming is noticeable as well. Also, I would not get a no-name brand, either. Networking standards, especially on N are not 100% compatible, and lesser brands are more offencive.
What you want is something like this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833124259&Tpk=expresscard%2bwireless-n
And you need something like this to put it in:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815158075
I have one of those in my HTPC. I could use wireless-N with it, but instead I have an 8GB solid-state card. Vista will automatically detect it and ask you if you want to use it as a swap file. So I get much faster virtual memory because of it. I also have these in my laptops.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820191057
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