Hi, it's been years since I last built a system from scratch, so I'm looking for some advice from you fine people. My wife's PC is getting long in the tooth, so I'm going to put something new together (or buy pre-built, if I can get what she needs that way). Budget is £2000, but rather do it for half that if possible!
Here's the requirements:
Hopefully that gives enough to go on! Many thanks in advance for any ideas (even if just individual low-noise components like PSU etc).
Here's the requirements:
- Quiet! (this is the main thing - doesn't have to be totally silent, but she's fed up with the noisy fans on her current PC)
- Zippy (should boot into Windows in seconds, be able to run multiple apps at once without complaining: Internet (Chrome, with loads of tabs open including BBC iPlayer); Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint; Endnote; RevMan; SPSS/Stata/Mplus; SQL; R and R Studio (juggling a very large database, with 500k rows and 200+ columns); Spotify; Photoshop; simple games like Hearthstone, Civilization V, windowed on a 1080p monitor). Not necessarily all at once, but you get the idea
- Future-proof (be good if no upgrades required for 5 years or so)
- Storage - at least 2TB, 500MB of which on an SSD
- Stable. No overclocking needed, unless required for value for money / future headroom. Generally prefer to keep it cool, quiet and no fuss.
Hopefully that gives enough to go on! Many thanks in advance for any ideas (even if just individual low-noise components like PSU etc).