- Jun 4, 2014
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I'm an inexperienced tech novice who is new to the forum and in need of some constructive feedback on a potential system build.
After nearly buying an ASUS prebuilt system, I stumbled upon the world of custom building your own system and ever since then I've been excited about the prospect. Unfortunately, the timing isn't right. However, I think I found the next best thing--the $50 build to spec service offered by NCIX.COM with price matching to boot (one day when my son is older, I would love for the two us to take on the challenge of building our own system, now just isn't the right time).
I've spent a great deal of time researching components and I used pcpartpicker.com to compile the "rough draft" version of my proposed desktop.
I would like a system that will be good for a few years and that might make it for more than five years with potential upgrades (that's why I picked a Z97 chipset--hope that was right!). It's going to be used by my family for mid-level gaming (maybe more one day if this supplants our PS3), 1080p streaming and any other function that a growing family will encounter (not video editing or any other technical applications). I guess I'm looking for an all-around system that we can grow into and hoping to come in as close to $1,000 as possible but I have flexibility so please don't cut corners for the sake of hitting the mark (e.g., my current build is $1,200). Since I don't know a thing about building a system, please let me know about any instructions that I need to give them in order to reach the perfect build with whatever parts you think would suit me best (e.g., I want the SSD to be used for the OS--I think I might need to tell them that although it seems to make sense--I read about mounting the SSD in places other than the drive bays--is that something I want to do?--should I have the fans moved to other spots to increase cooling? Do I need more fans? If so, what size and where?, etc...). Sorry about all of the babbling but I want to give you guys more info. so you don't have to waste any time with me! Without further ado, here is my Frankenstein's monster!
http://pcpartpicker.com/user/biggerdaddynj/saved/mdTPxr
Thanks for your help, I know I'm in good hands with you guys (I was really impressed by the atmosphere of sharing around here---sure there are some snarky folks here too but they need not apply for the best solution!
After nearly buying an ASUS prebuilt system, I stumbled upon the world of custom building your own system and ever since then I've been excited about the prospect. Unfortunately, the timing isn't right. However, I think I found the next best thing--the $50 build to spec service offered by NCIX.COM with price matching to boot (one day when my son is older, I would love for the two us to take on the challenge of building our own system, now just isn't the right time).
I've spent a great deal of time researching components and I used pcpartpicker.com to compile the "rough draft" version of my proposed desktop.
I would like a system that will be good for a few years and that might make it for more than five years with potential upgrades (that's why I picked a Z97 chipset--hope that was right!). It's going to be used by my family for mid-level gaming (maybe more one day if this supplants our PS3), 1080p streaming and any other function that a growing family will encounter (not video editing or any other technical applications). I guess I'm looking for an all-around system that we can grow into and hoping to come in as close to $1,000 as possible but I have flexibility so please don't cut corners for the sake of hitting the mark (e.g., my current build is $1,200). Since I don't know a thing about building a system, please let me know about any instructions that I need to give them in order to reach the perfect build with whatever parts you think would suit me best (e.g., I want the SSD to be used for the OS--I think I might need to tell them that although it seems to make sense--I read about mounting the SSD in places other than the drive bays--is that something I want to do?--should I have the fans moved to other spots to increase cooling? Do I need more fans? If so, what size and where?, etc...). Sorry about all of the babbling but I want to give you guys more info. so you don't have to waste any time with me! Without further ado, here is my Frankenstein's monster!
http://pcpartpicker.com/user/biggerdaddynj/saved/mdTPxr
Thanks for your help, I know I'm in good hands with you guys (I was really impressed by the atmosphere of sharing around here---sure there are some snarky folks here too but they need not apply for the best solution!
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