so my 4890 died so stuck a spare 7800gtx in for now but the rest is not exactly new tech - Q6600, 4gb ddr2, an old 250gb hdd, 23" dell and win 7 ultimate 
gonna order a new set up, budget about £1300 all in. Been out of the loop for ages so clueless as to what is best bang per buck between amd/intel or ATI/nvidia
needs - as a single dad with 3 teens at home this is for my use only, my old (the one I am typing on now) will be kept for them in the spare room as my daughters sims 3 etc is on it lol.
looking to run GNS3 & VMware (a few servers/clients) with possible other stuff for good measure, I work in bband/telecoms so constantly learning new tech etc and currently undergoing IPV6 stuff and trialling hubs etc for work hence the need for VM's etc. Will also be gaming so all the latest and greatest. Moved to XB1 for a while but hate pad for shooters so got rid.
will need monitor, speakers, kb and mouse and o/s (not sure if stick with 7 or 8.1). My Sky HD multiroom would ideally be running via the monitor also so multiple hdmi and poss sound (unless via pc is an option)
thanks in advance
gonna order a new set up, budget about £1300 all in. Been out of the loop for ages so clueless as to what is best bang per buck between amd/intel or ATI/nvidia
needs - as a single dad with 3 teens at home this is for my use only, my old (the one I am typing on now) will be kept for them in the spare room as my daughters sims 3 etc is on it lol.
looking to run GNS3 & VMware (a few servers/clients) with possible other stuff for good measure, I work in bband/telecoms so constantly learning new tech etc and currently undergoing IPV6 stuff and trialling hubs etc for work hence the need for VM's etc. Will also be gaming so all the latest and greatest. Moved to XB1 for a while but hate pad for shooters so got rid.
will need monitor, speakers, kb and mouse and o/s (not sure if stick with 7 or 8.1). My Sky HD multiroom would ideally be running via the monitor also so multiple hdmi and poss sound (unless via pc is an option)
thanks in advance
