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So I'm thinking about building a new PC. It's been a while since I have even looked at hardware and I feel a little bit out of the loop and nervous to buy without a lot of opinions. I want to build something with a good bit of staying power, but I also don't want to throw money around like it's nothing. These are some parts I have been looking at and checking out reviews for, what do you guys think?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6813131153

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814130318

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6819115030

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6817182069

I am 100% open to any suggestions, I haven't looked at memory yet as the amount of brand names out there is somewhat overwhelming, again any input is much appreciated.

Just buy a prebuilt system & add a video card.

I'm definitely doing that next time around myself.

The little bit of difference you might notice isn't worth paying 3x the money for the system.

http://www.refurbdepot.com/productdetai ... ct_ID=5763
$400 after shipping
+
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814129100
$260 after shipping

about the worst part of that is the fact that you are getting Vista Home I suppose. You'd be better off with XP Pro.

-Adam

you pretty much can't go wrong with Kingston ram

Tikker wrote:you pretty much can't go wrong with Kingston ram

That made me think for a second back to Mushkin... are they still around and making quality products?

Yes, Mushkin still makes really good RAM.

What kind of specs do you intend you new computer to have? What is your preferred price range and what is your max price your willing to spend?

I suppose I'd like to spend around $1,000.. I want a rig that will play CoD4 Crysis etc and be a stable gaming machine for 4 years or so..

http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/system/Game ... 0_Supreme/

$1017.00
(before all applicable rebates)


CASE: TURBO X-DREAMER CASE 350 WATT W/ WINDOW & LCD Temperature Display (SILVER COLOR)
CoolerMaster Unit 600 Watts eXtreme Power - SLI Supports
CPU: (Sckt775)Intel® Core™ 2 Duo E6550 CPU @ 2.33GHz 1333FSB 4MB L2 Cache 64-bit
MOTHERBOARD: Asus P5N-E nForce 650i SLI Chipset LGA775 FSB1333 DDR2 Mainboard
MEMORY: (Req.DDR2 MainBoard)2GB (2x1GB) PC6400 DDR2/800 Dual Channel Memory (Corsair Value Select or Major Brand)
VIDEO CARD: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 512MB 16X PCI Express (Major Brand Powered by NVIDIA)
VIDEO CARD 2: NONE
VIDEO CARD 3: NONE
LCD Monitor: NONE
HARD DRIVE: Single Hard Drive (320GB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 16MB Cache 7200RPM HDD)
Data Hard Drive: NONE
Optical Drive: (Special Price) 20X DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW DRIVE DUAL LAYER (BLACK COLOR)
Optical Drive 2: 16X DVD ROM (BLACK COLOR)
SOUND: 3D WAVE ON-BOARD 5.1 SOUND CARD

wanted to thank you guys for throwing some legit pc outlets in the thread. i will be getting one around march so this should help.