Ok my cousin is asking me to make him a "top spec, money no object" PC system.
While i'm certainly capable of the task having built all my own and several other PC's I really don't want to do this particular one - he's the sort of bloke that will be round 3 weeks after I build it complaining that a faster processor is available and why didn't i put it in his pc, or that something else was cheaper and can he have a refund etc... (why doesn't my limewire/bit-torrent/winmx or whatever other crap he's currently running don't work have been his main help requests over the last few months - oh and it was of course my fault when BT had a fault on his line)
So I'm planning on just pointing him in the direction of someone like Mesh for one of their top systems with all the toys and the onsite warranty etc (he's prepared to pay for it and it'll same me a lot of ear-ache )
Anyone got any recommendations for such a system?
Also it's been a while since I built my last system (with AMD64 3500+ CPU) that the CPU market seems very very complicated right now - lots of different models and no real comparison info available.
I'd guess that one of the new dual core AMD chips like the X2-4800+ would be the best option (performance wise)- am I right in this?
He mainly wants it as as his work pc to run office/payrol type applications plus some autocad stuff like Architectural Desktop 2006 etc, but also for a bit of downloading/more general pc use. (he's giving his old pc to the kids to play with to keep them away from his new toy when he gets it)
Any help/advice gratefully received,
Cheers
Northernbloke
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