I'm thinking about building a new pc and need advice

[Yeagermeister]

Originally Posted by Dallas

I will not respond here.

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[Joshmil53]

For what?

You can buy a decent graphics card for $80 or so. I have an i7-2600k and a lot of people say just go with an i5-2500k for the price. I'm not too familiar with mobos. 8GB of ram will suffice for whatever you're doing probably. Get a SSD too, they're amazing for boot speeds and anything else you need to run quick.

My build

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128524 - $80
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130625 - $135
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811322015 - $60
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819115070 - $320

Default sound card. 1.5TB HDD - $80 8GB Ram - $40 or so, 60gb SSD

I bought it from Craigslist for $200 and he put over a $1000 in it. I'd look on there if you have time because sometimes you can find some really good deals and don't have to have the hassle of putting it all together.

[Yeagermeister]

Originally Posted by Joshmil53

For what?

You can buy a decent graphics card for $80 or so. I have an i7-2600k and a lot of people say just go with an i5-2500k for the price. I'm not too familiar with mobos. 8GB of ram will suffice for whatever you're doing probably. Get a SSD too, they're amazing for boot speeds and anything else you need to run quick.

My build

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128524 - $80
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130625 - $135
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811322015 - $60
[View Full Quote]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819115070 - $320

Default sound card. 1.5TB HDD - $80 8GB Ram - $40 or so, 60gb SSD

I bought it from Craigslist for $200 and he put over a $1000 in it. I'd look on there if you have time because sometimes you can find some really good deals and don't have to have the hassle of putting it all together.

I'll use it mainly for just daily surfing and some light gaming nothing extreme. So I know I don't need a tricked out state of the art machine but it would be nice to run anything I want.

[Joshmil53]

Originally Posted by Yeagermeister

I'll use it mainly for just daily surfing and some light gaming nothing extreme. So I know I don't need a tricked out state of the art machine but it would be nice to run anything I want.

an i5-2500k would be perfect then. 8GB ram will be fine, a 550 ti or something along those lines would be okay.

[CowboyMcCoy]

Originally Posted by Dallas

I will not respond here.

No one asked you to, Okie.

[jobberone]

If you aren't doing anything serious like big time gaming, CAD or crunching numbers then either buy the last latest greatest from Best Buy or if you're real adventuresome then from a computer repair store or even Craigslist. You can get ex-gaming computers pretty cheap as those guys are always getting something new. Just be careful as some of those have been driven hard.

I actually haven't had a fast desktop for sometime as I quit gaming. I survive on laptops and iMacs, smartphones and tablets. You can get a nice laptop (generic) for less than $300-400 that will suffice you for a couple of years or more.

I would find a way to have an HDMI port and maybe a SATA port.

Obviously you can build a better desktop for less money than a laptop but you can't carry it around either.

[Dallas]

Originally Posted by CowboyMcCoy

No one asked you to, Okie.

Its kind of an inside thing. Thanks for trying to include yourself, but there is no need for that.

[Joshmil53]

Originally Posted by jobberone

If you aren't doing anything serious like big time gaming, CAD or crunching numbers then either buy the last latest greatest from Best Buy or if you're real adventuresome then from a computer repair store or even Craigslist. You can get ex-gaming computers pretty cheap as those guys are always getting something new. Just be careful as some of those have been driven hard.

I actually haven't had a fast desktop for sometime as I quit gaming. I survive on laptops and iMacs, smartphones and tablets. You can get a nice laptop (generic) for less than $300-400 that will suffice you for a couple of years or more.

I would find a way to have an HDMI port and maybe a SATA port.

Obviously you can build a better desktop for less money than a laptop but you can't carry it around either.

Oh please stay away from Best buy. If you're buying premades Newegg or Microcenter

[Yeagermeister]

I will never buy a computer from Best Buy.

[Sam I Am]

Originally Posted by Yeagermeister

I will never buy a computer from Best Buy.

Shadup and buy your PC at Best Buy!

[Yeagermeister]

Originally Posted by Sam I Am

Shadup and buy your PC at Best Buy!

Ahhhh shadup you

[CowboyMcCoy]

Once you go mac, you never go back. No, yeags?

[theebs]

Just rebuilt my CPU last month.

Everything is so affordable and better than previous generations that no matter what u do u wont go wrong.

Fwiw I always buy gigabyte boards, never ad one fail yet. I would spend the extra money and get 16gb ram.

Windows 8 has been great I love it.

Nvidia 550 cards are right in the middle and will be all u need.

[poost]

www.logicalincrements.com/

That website breaks down parts based on your price range. I used it when I put together my first PC to get a baseline. Then I posted to Toms Hardware to get a review before purchasing. Finally I used PCpartpicker.com to piece it all together. Good luck! Don't forget to include OS, Monitor and peripherals in your range.

[arglebargle]

Sweet spot for power vs price seems to be an i5 CPU right now. Especially since you probably don't really need hyperthreading.

I have had good luck with both Asus and Gigabyte motherboards.

Nvida cards are overpriced right now. ATI video cards have much better price to performance ratios. Nvidia has somewhat faster driver updates, and due to their aid (bribery) to game companies, they sometimes have things tuned better their way. Certain video and rendering software packages can really make use of Nvidia's architecture better, but those are fairly specialized options.

Cases are really a personal decision, get what you like. Just check out reviews to make sure they don't have any hidden gotchas. I like big airy cases, as I replace parts with some frequency and like the working space.

On hard drives, if you can manage it, get an SSD for your OS drive, and a big mechanical WD drive for you main storage. Be sure and check on the hard drive warrenty: Usually the longer the warrenty, the higher the construction quality. A shocker! Probably a WD black HD. I generally prefer SSDs from Samsung or IBM, but others can be good. I would not get an OCZ one.

If you listen to a lot of music on your computer, you might consider getting a sound card, but you can otherwise really get by with motherboard sound now. I have an old Soundblaster still though.

Good luck with it!