Building a New Computer

Starting in on checking out parts and bits in order to build a new system. My current system actually works pretty well but it’s also getting old enough (2008) that the parts I do have will not be easy to replace should something happen; motherboard failure for instance.

So I’ll move this one to the left and set it up as a file server or Virtual server.

In checking out new systems, I was referred to http://falcon-nw.com They have a few very nice, and expensive, systems. But they also show you what parts are something to look at for mid level and higher level systems. A quick run through the parts to compare with http://newegg.com or http://tigerdirect.com and there seems to be a $1,500 to $2,000 extra cost. Probably the warranty with Falcon plus the extra bits. It’d be nice to have a single place to contact should there be a problem but I’m not sure it’s worth $1,500.

Here is the break down for the $8,200 Falcon Mark V I spec’d out for fun. It spec’d out to a touch over $6,000 for the individual parts without the case and a few other bits. The parts marked with an asterisk (*) are part of the default kit if $0.00 or this is an upgrade price over the default if > $0.00. The basic system is $2,939 and noted below with a #.

@ For the tower, I’m considering the ThermalTake Core X9 cube. Since I’m looking at water cooling for the first time, I need to research and see what components I need in order to properly cool the system. The price is for this tower.

Stumbled on to a build it article using the same components I’m considering here with a recommended cooling system.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2838932/behold-the-most-powerful-diy-gaming-pc-you-can-build-today.html