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I found the template thread so I'll just use that. Should make it easier to organize my thoughts, because I'm getting a little confused with the various parts. I'm new at this, never built a computer before.
EDIT: And I suppose I should specify that I'm looking for suggestions on what parts to use. I have no idea what to look for in things like the power supply, hard drive, motherboard and the... Uhh, part where you put disks into in a finished computer, the name of which I do not know.
I have a few ideas on what parts I might use, which I guess I'll list at the bottom.
Approximate Purchase Date: Probably in the next week (I'm hoping I might catch some sales with cyber monday and all that)
Budget Range: 800-1000$
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, I might watch a movie or something occasionally
Are you buying a monitor: No
Do you need to buy OS: Yes
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: I was looking at the local Futureshop sites, but it looks like sites like Newegg.ca and Amazon.ca have better prices for some things.
Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Parts Preferences: Nothing in particular. I've been looking at Intel CPUs and the Nvidia graphics cards the most since their numbering systems have been easier to understand than AMD's.
Overclocking: Probably not.
SLI or Crossfire: I don't know if I understand this - is it being able to have multiple graphics cards? If so, probably not.
Your Monitor Resolution: 1366x768
Additional Comments: I'd like to be able to run things on high/highish graphics, but I certainly don't need ultra-powerful everything. I've heard that noise level of the parts is important to some people; I don't really care as long as it's not screeching and drowning everything out.
I do play RTS games quite a bit and was told that the CPU would be fairly important for that, but everything I've read seems to agree that the graphics card is the biggest thing.
Having it last for a few years would be nice, and I'd be willing to pay a little bit more if something will be usable longer.
For the CPU, I've been looking at the Intel Core i5-4670 Quad-core 3.4GHz Desktop Processor (I think there's another version with a k at the end, and I'm not sure what the difference there is)
and the Intel Core-i5 3350P Quad-Core Processor 3.1 Ghz 6 MB Cache LGA 1155
I also want to know about fans - do they come with them? And if not, how powerful a fan would I need since I'm not planning any overclocking?
With the GPU, I was looking at some GTX things - the GeForce GTX 760 PCI-E 2GB DDR5 Video Card (sold out on that site, and unfortunately seems quite a bit more costly everywhere else) and GeForce GTX 660 2GB GDDR5 PCI-E Video Card
I'm a little confused by a couple things related to them though - does the PCI-E stuff matter? And it seems like different companies are making the same card or something? I'm seeing Zotac GTX cards, Asus GTX cards...
For RAM sticks, is there much difference between different companies (Kingston, Ripjaws and Corsair are what I see the most)? And what about between a single 8GB stick (like this) or 2x4 GB sticks (like these)?
EDIT: And I suppose I should specify that I'm looking for suggestions on what parts to use. I have no idea what to look for in things like the power supply, hard drive, motherboard and the... Uhh, part where you put disks into in a finished computer, the name of which I do not know.
I have a few ideas on what parts I might use, which I guess I'll list at the bottom.
Approximate Purchase Date: Probably in the next week (I'm hoping I might catch some sales with cyber monday and all that)
Budget Range: 800-1000$
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, I might watch a movie or something occasionally
Are you buying a monitor: No
Do you need to buy OS: Yes
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: I was looking at the local Futureshop sites, but it looks like sites like Newegg.ca and Amazon.ca have better prices for some things.
Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Parts Preferences: Nothing in particular. I've been looking at Intel CPUs and the Nvidia graphics cards the most since their numbering systems have been easier to understand than AMD's.
Overclocking: Probably not.
SLI or Crossfire: I don't know if I understand this - is it being able to have multiple graphics cards? If so, probably not.
Your Monitor Resolution: 1366x768
Additional Comments: I'd like to be able to run things on high/highish graphics, but I certainly don't need ultra-powerful everything. I've heard that noise level of the parts is important to some people; I don't really care as long as it's not screeching and drowning everything out.
I do play RTS games quite a bit and was told that the CPU would be fairly important for that, but everything I've read seems to agree that the graphics card is the biggest thing.
Having it last for a few years would be nice, and I'd be willing to pay a little bit more if something will be usable longer.
For the CPU, I've been looking at the Intel Core i5-4670 Quad-core 3.4GHz Desktop Processor (I think there's another version with a k at the end, and I'm not sure what the difference there is)
and the Intel Core-i5 3350P Quad-Core Processor 3.1 Ghz 6 MB Cache LGA 1155
I also want to know about fans - do they come with them? And if not, how powerful a fan would I need since I'm not planning any overclocking?
With the GPU, I was looking at some GTX things - the GeForce GTX 760 PCI-E 2GB DDR5 Video Card (sold out on that site, and unfortunately seems quite a bit more costly everywhere else) and GeForce GTX 660 2GB GDDR5 PCI-E Video Card
I'm a little confused by a couple things related to them though - does the PCI-E stuff matter? And it seems like different companies are making the same card or something? I'm seeing Zotac GTX cards, Asus GTX cards...
For RAM sticks, is there much difference between different companies (Kingston, Ripjaws and Corsair are what I see the most)? And what about between a single 8GB stick (like this) or 2x4 GB sticks (like these)?
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