Hi everybody, I'm planning to build a workhorse rig. I hope all you sifus can give me some advice on the mobo, proc, ram and hdd choices. Thx in advance.

The rig will be used mainly for:
1. downloading movies;
2. recording TV/Astro programs;
3. streaming the said movies to my living room's TV via Wireless Media Player (such as the D-Link DSM320 http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=318) and
4. to do CCTV recording.

Weekends, my 10-year-old son will also use it to play online games. (He just told me he hopes to play CS on it too ).

I already have spare monitor, keyboard, mouse, speakers, DVD burner and a new Enermax Coolergiant 480W PSU lying around. And I dont mind waiting for a DirectX 10 budget gc to be available and use the onboard graphic in the meantime. So I hope I'll not need to spend too much on this rig.

For the hdd, I wonder how big it needs to be that's good for one week's of CCTV recording (with motion-detection on of course)? Also, pls take into consideration that it'll also be used to download Korean series/movies (for the home minister lah)during the day when no one is using the broadband connection at home.

Will I be able to get away with around RM1000 for such a rig (I dont mind chapalang casing)?

TQ!

This post has been edited by jonkerboy: Mar 19 2007, 12:25 PM

I said AROUND RM1000.
If not then how much you think it should be?

Anway, my requirements are not processor intensive (except for my boy's game playing maybe), right?

This post has been edited by jonkerboy: Mar 19 2007, 12:00 PM

Thx for the reply, Liew.
Well, I also wish I were Bill Gate then my budget will be unlimited. Anyway, it's not going to be a fanciful and highly oc LAN party rig. Just a rig to silently download movies and record CCTV in the corner mainly.

What you think of this config I picked up somewhere in this forum then?

CPU: AMD X2 3600+ rm280
MOBO: biostar tforce550 rm300
RAM: 1GB DDR2 667 rm240
GC: Waiting for DX10 budget card rm?
(To use onboard gc first)
HDD: 250GB rm300

I'm not too comfortable with Biostar mobo though cos not sure if I've heard of it.

Thx in advance!

This post has been edited by jonkerboy: Mar 19 2007, 12:27 PM

Thx everyone for all your feedback. Really appreciate.

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Added on March 20, 2007, 3:21 amBut I already have an unused Enermax Coolergaint 480W psu (left over when I aborted building a rig two years ago).
Am hoping to build the new rig around it but am wondering if it can be used with current crop of dual-core mobos,
specifically the connectors.

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Added on March 20, 2007, 3:23 amEven with X2 processor?

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Added on March 20, 2007, 3:24 amNot yet. Why you ask?

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Added on March 20, 2007, 3:28 am1. Plan to use wireless CCTV. As it's still very costly, I'll probably start with two cameras at first, adding more units when the price comes down.
(I have in mind the Panasonic Wireless Network Camera BL-C30(http://panasonic.co.jp/pcc/products/en/netwkcam/lineup/c30a.html) I saw advertised in the papers. Wonder if it's any good. Anyone has experience in using it pls give your opinion. Thx)

2. VCD quality will be good enough cos dont plan to keep them.

3. Monitor

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Added on March 20, 2007, 3:30 amWhat if I dont RAID-0 the hdds will my video streaming and CCTV recording actually suffer? In what way?


Thx to all of you once again.

This post has been edited by jonkerboy: Mar 20 2007, 05:01 PM

Yah, I agree with you that I should forget about dx10 gc. I've genuinely made the mistake of thinking dx10 was some kind of low end gc as I hv not been keeping up with the progress in computer world for the past 2 years. Maybe I'll get a secondhand 7300GT or 7600GS/GT if I can find one.

Wrong section??? To be frank, this is my very first post in this forum. So which section should this post be in?

OIC
Sorrrrryyyyyy...... I didnt notice that there are sub-forums

Thx

Yes Sir!