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mannaprime

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recommendations for great computer for all family and student functions including engine chess and two monitor futures trading
 
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gizzard1987

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A budget and possible uses might help. Are you looking for something with some spunk to it? Do you want something that you can upgrade everything from the processor to the graphics or just add RAM and a graphics card later on down the road? Does anyone in the family enjoy high end gaming? Or just playing online chess?

All in all you can have a 10 year old PC that you got at a pawn shop for 50 bucks run dual monitors and play online chess and run microsoft office.

Just need a little more info and then maybe we can help more.
 
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mannaprime

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Very spunky under $1200 budget, would like intel i7 quad, air cooled, no overclocking, no high end gaming as far as graphics but I was under the impression that engine chess was high end because those guys use overclocked 8 and 12 cpu game rigs. My main goal is to accomplish the build and gain some confidence. I don't need a monitor at this time.
 
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gizzard1987

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor ($299.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97-D3H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($92.75 @ Amazon)
Memory: Kingston Fury Black Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($149.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Toshiba 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($82.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 270X 2GB TWIN FROZR Video Card ($169.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($19.98 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Monitor: Asus VS238H-P 23.0" Monitor ($139.99 @ NCIX US)
Other: Office 2010 Home and Student
Total: $1155.63
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-19 23:16 EDT-0400


I threw in a link to Office Home and Business 2010 in case you needed it, though it put me 50 dollars over budget. I was able to add a nice monitor and include the operating system. I did a little more looking into chess engine, and it appears depending on which build you go with is what determines the amount of raw power needed. I went ahead and gave the i7 and 16 gb of ram to help with that. I couldn't really find any "Specs" for what chess engines advise for optimal performance but I added a nice mid range graphics card that will allow a second monitor in the future. I wasn't sure if you wanted a case with lighting so I chose a nice looking plain black case with nice cable management and adequate cooling. I left you with the stock fan on the processor since you're not overclocking as you will not need any more than that.

If you have any questions feel free to ask. I'll be checking in and out of various posts all night so I'll try to help you as best I can.
 
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