Whats the best custom build PC?

[djsynchro]

Thanks macmurphy! They look like powerful systems alright! Have you got one yourself?

He works for Apple his handle is MACmurphy! He wants you to have a bad PC experience so he can win you over to the church of Mac AKA iChurch! Do not trust!!!!

[djsynchro]

I'd rather just pay someone to do it.

That's the attitude which will eventually lead you to OSX, Applecare and cheap Chinese RAM with an Apple sticker for 3 times the price.

[#1thelark]

So this is what I am settling on!

DARC studio

CPU: Intel i7 860 2.8GHz Quad core with 8 threads
COOLING: 120mm CPU cooler and exhaust fan
MAINBOARD: Gigabyte P55
RAM: 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 1333MHz Corsair
HDD1: 320GB OS drive
HDD2: 1TB Audio drive
PSU: 500W Seasonic
GPU: HD3450 ATI dual ouput silent cooling
OPTICAL: DVD R/RW
FIREWIRE: 2x Texas Instrument firewire ports
CASE: 19" Rack case with acoustic insulation
OS: Windows XP Home custom install
OS: Windows 7 Home 64bit custom install

Total = £1262 inc VAT, P&P and Google surcharge

What do you think? Value for money or not?

Check those components on geizhals.at/eu and add them up yourself... seems a bit pricy for me at first glance. Do you build it yourself? I calculated those components on one site and it told me around 930 euros... so either you have forgotten a lot of components in your list or GB is just that expensive...

[ianomurchu]

So this is what I am settling on!

DARC studio

CPU: Intel i7 860 2.8GHz Quad core with 8 threads
COOLING: 120mm CPU cooler and exhaust fan
MAINBOARD: Gigabyte P55
RAM: 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 1333MHz Corsair
HDD1: 320GB OS drive
HDD2: 1TB Audio drive
PSU: 500W Seasonic
GPU: HD3450 ATI dual ouput silent cooling
OPTICAL: DVD R/RW
FIREWIRE: 2x Texas Instrument firewire ports
CASE: 19" Rack case with acoustic insulation
OS: Windows XP Home custom install
OS: Windows 7 Home 64bit custom install

Total = £1262 inc VAT, P&P and Google surcharge

What do you think? Value for money or not?

Check those components on geizhals.at/eu and add them up yourself... seems a bit pricy for me at first glance. Do you build it yourself? I calculated those components on one site and it told me around 930 euros... so either you have forgotten a lot of components in your list or GB is just that expensive...

No its shipped built! 4U rack mount cpu!! The SOS review was really good in terms of noise insulation etc!

[#1thelark]

If you got the money and don't want to build it yourself... go for it.
Building your own pc isn't rocket science, but that's just my personal opinion. Buy a case and add some huge fans that are rotating at very low speeds, isolate those hdds with some tiny rubber pins from the case and you won't hear anything.

[Donnie]

cheap Chinese RAM with an Apple sticker for 3 times the price.

Its funny becasue its true!