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Hi I'm building my first rig but first I've got to say I love this site and it's community where I can get all the help I need from experienced people who are great and wanted to first thank u all for u previous help and for any extra help in advance, back to my dilemma I got a rig combo from new egg and I wanted it for gaming and wanted to know what is the best os at a reasonable/discounted price and antivirus that can protect me from the threats of being online or downloading and playing games. I also wanted to know if I should use Linux that comes with this combo at end of this post or windows and if It would or wouldn't be wise to play games from steam as well as download them from the website without av and possibly play some other online games. This rig is new so it has no previous os and also I heard that if u have a windows code from an old PC u can get a better price for windows, I primarily say this cause I have an old generic dell from about 8 years ago with the fancy code sticker on top and wanted to know if that could be of any use for getting a better price of an os.

All help is appreciated!!

Update: sorry I forgot the link for my rig

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.1705016


 
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You could use AVG free for your AV program. Dell PC's come with an OEM version of Windows and most likely won't transfer to a new PC. You could get a new OEM version from someplace or purchase a full version of Windows. If you chose Linux or Windows that is totally up to you and what you plan on doing with the PC.
 
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One more question I have is what is better for fps gaming like arma 3 and 2etc windows or Linux cause that's where I'm also having a hard between and if windows what version is best for that use?
 
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For Windows, either Win 7 Home Premium, or Win 8.1.

For Linux...that takes considerable skill/experience to get games working. It is not plug an play like Windows.
 
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Okay another question. Sorry guys I keep doing this and thanks for all the help. What if I just run off steam os do I need windows for that cause this rig is brand new and has no previous os on it and I have none and have to go out and buy one and I just really wanna play arma 2 and 3 with dayz
 
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Yes, SteamOS is a possibility. It is just a customized version of Debian, so for anything other than the games it supports, learn Linux.
And it does not support ALL Steam games.
 
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If you're going to use SteamOS, thats all you need. It is its own operating system.
Don't need to download and install Mint, Windows, or anything else.
 
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Man U guys are great I appreciate all ur guys help extremely u have no idea, I just want steam until have more $$$ for windows cause right now I'd rather have a free os and great av than expensive os and crummy av. I also have another question does installing steam require two computers one for putting it onto a USB and other one my new rig? Or can I just do it via the new rig I just got?
 
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You can't do it from a bare PC. You need something to download it to, and then create a bootable USB or DVD.
 
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