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roguecatfish

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So I've been doing research on parts for my new gaming computer setup for a few months and I finally felt I was satisfied with my list (Will link below). I do not have any experience in building computers so I decided that I would take it into a local PC company called PCLand and see how much that they would build it for. My budget is set at a strict $1400 dollars, I don't want to go any higher and they had a $250 hike-up to build the computer, install all the drivers, and warranty the parts for 3 years. So basically I need to make some price cuts to the computer that won't impact the performance in games too much, stuff like the Motherboard and the Case. The parts that are 100% not interchangeable though are the GPU and the CPU, I want to keep those how they are, otherwise, most of the other parts can be changed. Thanks.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/WnXo
 
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DarkSable

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$250 to build that is a ridiculous ripoff. Installing drivers takes all of a few minutes, and the parts ALREADY will have warranties on them individually.

Honestly, even without experience in building computers, it's exceptionally easy. All it takes is a screwdriver, a good youtube video, and a few minutes' time. Most of us here on Tom's started without experience.
 
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97% of the worlds computers are assembled by people who cant read or write and earn less than $30 a month

Do it yourself . Watch a few online tutorials


and use Win 8 64 bit .

Better license , many improvements , a longer life , and you can configure it to look like 7 in about 6 minutes
 
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Are you planning to over-clock it?
If not there are some easy savings to be made by getting an i5-3470 (only 0.2GHz slower) and a H77 motherboard. Could also drop the CPU fan. That would knock off nearly $80 for barely any performance loss.
 
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Well the thing about building it myself is that my parents are going to need a lot of convincing that a 15 year old boy can build a computer. They seem to think that it's some huge complicated process. I'm going to need a lot of proof that any random person can do it easily to allow them to build it for myself (I also think that it would be a ton of fun and very rewarding to be able to know that YOU built it). Also, I've heard some bad things about Windows 8? What is so good about and what are the cons?

 
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Show them a couple youtube videos. Once they see the sort of people who can teach you how to build a computer... :p

But no. Building a computer is NO harder than playing with legos; it only takes a single screwdriver, and everything pops into place. It's seriously designed to be idiot-proof, and you'll have videos to guide you step-by-step. I personally started tinkering with computers when I was 10, and built my own when I was 12.

The bad things about windows 8 are mostly from the UI, but that can be changed in, like outlander said, just a couple minutes.
 
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Advantages
Uses less resources and seems to handle memory better.
Some added/improved features such as task manager and file transfer.
Much improved security.
Newer OS means it will be supported for longer (7 has until 2020 though)
I'm sure it's cheaper?

Disadvantages
OMG where is the start button
Still has a few compatibility issues with software as some software devs are slow at updating.

My Opinion
I by choice have it on my Laptop, Desktop and 2 Work PC's. I think that says enough.
 
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roguecatfish

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Could you link me to some good videos on how to build computers, step by step.

 
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Well I built my first PC about 10 months ago, and I was 14 then so... Yeah. Just try being a little persistent. My parents were the same exact way back then. Just show them some videos of people build PCs. Show that it isn't an over complicated process. Oh and almost forgot about the part with Windows 8. Windows 8 is amazing as far as performance and start speeds go. My PC boots up in >20 seconds and I don't even have an SSD. The downside is the Windows Metro Menu thingy, but there are programs out there that you can get that will bring back a start button etc to Windows 8, with the Metro Menu accessible through a key binding. I personally like it, as long as I get my start button.
 
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