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Hi all. It's very nice to be here and thank you for reading my first post here.
I think this Customac idea is a great concept. I am 35 and have been building PCs since the 486 DX/2 was a big deal. This will be probably the 5th PC I try to build, supposing I attempt it.
May last build was in 2004, so I'm a little rusty. Boy, did I spend a LOT of time messing around trying to get everything "just right." Then, after a few months of gaming, I realized I had a lot more than I needed to get by (high wattage, several fans, noisy, overclocked).
This time around I want to get everything right the first time and do not want to be stuck with a HOT power supply and graphics card during the summer. I love it nice and chilly in my room, and don't need a computer that runs like a space heater.
I am looking to put together a low-wattage build with reasonable specs on a mid to upper-mid budget. I want to be able to boot both OSX and Windows 7. If I need to just buy two HDDs and use BIOS to accomplish this, so be it. I would even consider getting two SDDs to do this.
I've looked at the build guides. What do I need to modify to be able to get by with about 380 watts and still have two disks to boot from? Haswell is pretty low power consumption, from my understanding and even has decent onboard graphics, so I'm told.
Graphics capability is somewhat important to me, but I don't need bleeding edge because I'm not a photography pro or "addictive" gamer and can always upgrade later, so again, low wattage, low heat is my bag.
Any help is much appreciated!
I think this Customac idea is a great concept. I am 35 and have been building PCs since the 486 DX/2 was a big deal. This will be probably the 5th PC I try to build, supposing I attempt it.
May last build was in 2004, so I'm a little rusty. Boy, did I spend a LOT of time messing around trying to get everything "just right." Then, after a few months of gaming, I realized I had a lot more than I needed to get by (high wattage, several fans, noisy, overclocked).
This time around I want to get everything right the first time and do not want to be stuck with a HOT power supply and graphics card during the summer. I love it nice and chilly in my room, and don't need a computer that runs like a space heater.
I am looking to put together a low-wattage build with reasonable specs on a mid to upper-mid budget. I want to be able to boot both OSX and Windows 7. If I need to just buy two HDDs and use BIOS to accomplish this, so be it. I would even consider getting two SDDs to do this.
I've looked at the build guides. What do I need to modify to be able to get by with about 380 watts and still have two disks to boot from? Haswell is pretty low power consumption, from my understanding and even has decent onboard graphics, so I'm told.
Graphics capability is somewhat important to me, but I don't need bleeding edge because I'm not a photography pro or "addictive" gamer and can always upgrade later, so again, low wattage, low heat is my bag.
Any help is much appreciated!
