For starters, sorry if the information I provide turns out to be a hassle; if dollar prices and links would be more efficient, I'll fix this when I get home later.
So yeah, after being a lazy bum about it over the entire summer, I've finally decided to get down and dirty and get a new PC. Here's what I was thinking so far:
http://img576.imageshack.us/i/components.jpg/
Yes, it's in swedish. The prices are fairly easy to convert to € though, 1€ = 10 kr, and I hope you dollar users can convert euros (otherwise, see the first line =) ). The "component" at the bottom is the price for that site to build the product themselves, stress test it, install drivers etc. Being more or less completely newbie at this, it's a service I want =)
So, first of course, any comment on the components? Am I making a bad choice with any of them? I'm thinking of buying a second graphics card later and running SLI, so concerning that I wonder if you think the PSU is good enough for that. With the OS I'll be around 1100€, and I can afford to add 100€ more to that, at most and if there's a significant boost.
Very much newbie questions here:
I have an external DVD burner, but I'm confused with the readers: the page I'm building on, inet, only have one DVD reader available to buy. That seems awfully little. Several builds I see around on swedish sites where people are using inet also don't even include a reader. But I assume they don't come with the chassis, and I will have to buy one, right?
I'd prefer not to buy the OS here: through student discount I can get Windows 7 Professional for about 100€, instead of the 280€ they want from inet (and better than the 180€ they want for the Home Premium). I presume installing an OS isn't very complicated, but since I've never done it, I still need to ask: If I need to ask, can I still manage it?