Approximate Purchase Date: 4-7 weeks from now, depending on the final price.
Budget Range: 4-700 total after shipping, rebates, and peripherals.
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Must perform: HD Netflix streaming, League of Legends at 60+ FPS at high settings while Skyping.
Would like to perform: Bioshock Infinite at reasonable settings.
Are you buying a monitor: Not included in the budget. However, this is intended to be used as an input for an HDTV in the living room, so HDMI out would be nice, as would any other recommendations.
Parts to Upgrade: None, wanting to do this from scratch, unless my system usage requirements can be met by upgrading my current system: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009XD181A
http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/products/optix/en/opti_745techspecs.pdf
Do you need to buy OS: Yes, windows 7 please, I hate 8.
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: None preferred, but I do have Amazon prime, so I get free 2-day shipping on certain items.
Location: Sacramento, CA
Parts Preferences: None
Overclocking: Probably not, since my house is usually at a relatively high temp, making it hard to cool
SLI or Crossfire: I don't understand these terms, so it's probably not a good idea to try them out
Your Monitor Resolution: 1920 X 1080 (both on my current monitor and the HDTV I plan on purchasing)
Additional Comments: I would like to upgrade to this PC by my birthday (Late September) and share a monitor between it and my current comp. Then, for Christmas I would like to get an HDTV and move the new comp to the living room, where I can play LoL from a game chair a few feet from the screen with wireless peripherals, and also watch netflix/youtube/avi files/anything I want on the HDTV via the computer. Kind of what Microsoft is trying to do with the new XBOX, but with the versatility of a PC. I have some limited experience with slaving hard drives, installing RAM and things in PCI slots, but have never done a computer from scratch.
And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: I am upgrading for two main reasons. One is that I currently play a lot of LoL and watch a lot of Netflix on my Standard TV, both of which aren't performing as well as I'd like. The other is that my current workload/study schedule with little time for recreation has resulted in mild to severe depression over the last few months. Two of my family members have been hospitalized in the last few years as a result of depression. I just found out today that I'll be working 5 extra hours each week. To prevent myself from being more depressed, I've decided that I will use the goal of a new PC to make the extra work seem more worthwhile, while also improving the time I do have to myself/my family. To unwind I either watch netflix/youtube with my wife, or play LoL with friends online. The idea is this: I work 5 extra hours a week and make $20-30 Mon-Fri. I would use this money to save up for the computer. So a $400 computer would be saved up for in 3-4 weeks, a $700 computer would be saved up for in 6-7 weeks.
I greatly appreciate anyone who takes the time to look through this and give me suggestions, a friend recommended this website to me, and from what I can see you all perform a great service to a lot of people.
Budget Range: 4-700 total after shipping, rebates, and peripherals.
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Must perform: HD Netflix streaming, League of Legends at 60+ FPS at high settings while Skyping.
Would like to perform: Bioshock Infinite at reasonable settings.
Are you buying a monitor: Not included in the budget. However, this is intended to be used as an input for an HDTV in the living room, so HDMI out would be nice, as would any other recommendations.
Parts to Upgrade: None, wanting to do this from scratch, unless my system usage requirements can be met by upgrading my current system: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009XD181A
http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/products/optix/en/opti_745techspecs.pdf
Do you need to buy OS: Yes, windows 7 please, I hate 8.
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: None preferred, but I do have Amazon prime, so I get free 2-day shipping on certain items.
Location: Sacramento, CA
Parts Preferences: None
Overclocking: Probably not, since my house is usually at a relatively high temp, making it hard to cool
SLI or Crossfire: I don't understand these terms, so it's probably not a good idea to try them out
Your Monitor Resolution: 1920 X 1080 (both on my current monitor and the HDTV I plan on purchasing)
Additional Comments: I would like to upgrade to this PC by my birthday (Late September) and share a monitor between it and my current comp. Then, for Christmas I would like to get an HDTV and move the new comp to the living room, where I can play LoL from a game chair a few feet from the screen with wireless peripherals, and also watch netflix/youtube/avi files/anything I want on the HDTV via the computer. Kind of what Microsoft is trying to do with the new XBOX, but with the versatility of a PC. I have some limited experience with slaving hard drives, installing RAM and things in PCI slots, but have never done a computer from scratch.
And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: I am upgrading for two main reasons. One is that I currently play a lot of LoL and watch a lot of Netflix on my Standard TV, both of which aren't performing as well as I'd like. The other is that my current workload/study schedule with little time for recreation has resulted in mild to severe depression over the last few months. Two of my family members have been hospitalized in the last few years as a result of depression. I just found out today that I'll be working 5 extra hours each week. To prevent myself from being more depressed, I've decided that I will use the goal of a new PC to make the extra work seem more worthwhile, while also improving the time I do have to myself/my family. To unwind I either watch netflix/youtube with my wife, or play LoL with friends online. The idea is this: I work 5 extra hours a week and make $20-30 Mon-Fri. I would use this money to save up for the computer. So a $400 computer would be saved up for in 3-4 weeks, a $700 computer would be saved up for in 6-7 weeks.
I greatly appreciate anyone who takes the time to look through this and give me suggestions, a friend recommended this website to me, and from what I can see you all perform a great service to a lot of people.
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