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poepdale · 12-20-2006, 04:59 PM

Hi, All. I'm brand new to the forum (as my delightfully low post count will show) but have high expectations. I've read through a bit and this seems to be a sweet place to get info and advice.

I've built a few systems before, but not for a few years and, to be hoenst, I'm way behind the times in what to grab for a PC (I'll talk solaris or hpux all you want). I'm looking for some input or even links/direction to figure out what tech is just behind the bleeding edge curve - ie it was sweet 3 months ago but the new thing is out and the price just dropped on the older one, etc.

I'm looking to build a a machine that servers 2 primary purposes :
1) high end game action
2) a web (ftp,etc) server for (eventually) multiple sites

I'm looking for suggested builds, places to buy stuff, pretty much the whole nine yards. Think I should go water-cooled? 2GB memory enough or 4Gb the way to go? And etc...

Thanks in advance for anyone who is willing to tackle this open-ended n00b post.

12-20-2006, 04:59 PM	#1 (permalink)
poepdale Registered User Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Bostonish Posts: 1	building from scratch Hi, All. I'm brand new to the forum (as my delightfully low post count will show) but have high expectations. I've read through a bit and this seems to be a sweet place to get info and advice. I've built a few systems before, but not for a few years and, to be hoenst, I'm way behind the times in what to grab for a PC (I'll talk solaris or hpux all you want). I'm looking for some input or even links/direction to figure out what tech is just behind the bleeding edge curve - ie it was sweet 3 months ago but the new thing is out and the price just dropped on the older one, etc. I'm looking to build a a machine that servers 2 primary purposes : 1) high end game action 2) a web (ftp,etc) server for (eventually) multiple sites I'm looking for suggested builds, places to buy stuff, pretty much the whole nine yards. Think I should go water-cooled? 2GB memory enough or 4Gb the way to go? And etc... Thanks in advance for anyone who is willing to tackle this open-ended n00b post.