what about all the other part??? ok bo?
Sorry for the short reply,was busy so didnt have time.
For the Optical Disc Drive,as DVD Drive is very widespread and
common on Personal Computer, it would be of good logic and sense to
go for a DVD-RW Optical Disc Drive.Be sure to look out for the
"-RW" indicator on the DVD Drive as this would means that it is a
geunine DVD Re-writer and not a DVD-ROM/CD-RW combo drive which is
now obsolote and if u are not careful can be cheated by Sim Lim
shops.
It is ok to go for a Quad-Core Processor but do ask yourself if
you need the extra processing power over the Dual Core variant.Quad
Core is best for extreme multimedia and extreme gaming so if you're
not to that, a Wolfdale is fine(unless of course,u have money to
get rid of)
Consider only the Yorkfield Q9 series and not the older
Kentsfield Q6 series as that is the older 65nm model and cannot
compete with the 45nm Wolfdale.
The only difference(at least to me) for the different Wolfdale
varients is that of the different clock speed and the tied
multiplier.Do not consider the E8190 and the E8500 as that is the
"budget" version without Virtualization Technology while the
latter,though top of the line is not worth the costly price
difference for a mere clock speed difference of 133Mhz.
Since you are DIY-ing the PC,the Wolfdale processor would be
then multiplier unlocked so what i advice is to buy a E8300 and
overclock to the clock speed that of the E8400's.It seem the price
of the 82 and 83 is the same so i assume they phased out the E82-
model?
Another thing, there seems to be rumours of heat issue in the
Wolfdale processor so do monitor your Wolfdale's temp and invest in
a good cooling system(or a HSF,whichever up to you) to prevent
overheating.
XP Professional is the way to go, Home is hardly enough for the
IT savvy.For some reason, i noticed that XP contains less Video
Codecs and decoder(maybe not) than Windows Vista which make
DVD-playback in the PC more troublesome.
Yes,you will need HDMI to watch HD content(take note of the
resolution too) since there's no Component for monitors.Im not sure
which brand does have HDMI output for 22" and should u want to
watch HD content in future,u need a Set-Top-Box with HDMI
output(pretty common) to recieve the channel.
Also common in mainstream and high end PC is large HDD sizes
amounting to 500GB-1TB so i advice u get a HDD capacity of that
range.Buy too small a HDD and u may regret in future when ur HDD
get maxed by the number of HD clips,movies,dramas etc etc
inside.
Im afraid you have to approach someone else for the graphic card
as i do not have much knowledge on it.
And obviously with all the juicy and powerful parts in your PC, a
500W or more PSU will definally be required.In fact,just having a
Nvidia 8800GT on a normal PC requires that wattage for safety
reason according to a expert who came to my poly for a speech.
