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***Bumped and updated, with a new price tag. Ready to pull the trigger, just need to finalize and bargain hunt!***
Hi! I'm terribly sorry my first post is asking something of you all, but I hope to contribute more once I get my new pc built =]
APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: Before the end of august (fall semester) BUDGET RANGE: $700-$1,000
SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Gaming, lots and lots of coding, media server for my ps3 =]. Medium amount of dvd/cd burning.
PARTS NOT REQUIRED: Speakers. Last PC I built was 2005 I believe, and there's not much worthwhile to salvage. DVD burner could be neglected unless there's good value and some reason I should upgrade from my old one.
PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: newegg. never had a problem with them, also they ship a lot of stuff from nearby here. I once ordered something at 6am and had it the same day I placed the order! They kind of won me over. But price can always change that.
PARTS PREFERENCES: Well my last build was amd and ati. I've never been upset with either until recently, but I expect that after all the years. That said, I'm open to both amd/intel ati/nvidia. ASUS has been good to me in terms of motherboards, so I wouldn't hesitate to give them a go with anything.
OVERCLOCKING: Probably. SLI OR CROSSFIRE: Maybe, if it fits the budget. When I game I like to game big.
MONITOR RESOLUTION: Always loved to run the high resolutions, but I guess this is something dictated by budget.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: This is where it gets interesting. I want this for school, and also gaming. I'm a Computer Engineering major so I do my share of coding. I have recently purchased a dell m1330 that's pretty loaded, and I love it to death. But the urge to build a new desktop has set in. Also, gaming on a laptop isn't exactly fun, nor is programming for that matter.
I live in a single person dorm room however...so it's tiny. With just the supplied furniture in it, there's not a ton of room. Then add a bookcase cause I'm a nerd, a tv stand and a 32" tv, a ps3, a wii, my hockey equipment, and now a desktop....room is a concern, and so is heat for that matter. There's space for a tower, it's not like I've covered every inch of the room with stuff, but the space concern is more like my car. Fitting everything in it when moving in or out is a serious challenge so far, without even having the desktop + monitor. I can't be specific as to whether or not I want a micro, just that I'm leaning away from it, but am still open to the idea.
I guess why I come here is because I'm so open to options that I don't even know where to start, so thanks in advance =]
I should also mention that I have a ton of movies on my old hard drives that I plan on keeping, and a bunch more that I plan to store on a hard drive. The idea is to have a 1tb, possibly in an external hard drive aside from the desktops hard drives, or maybe most of it on the desktop and a smaller external, (which is probably most practical) who knows! Portability of my media is an attractive idea, but whichever way I go with storage, it is included in the budget.
Thanks again!
Hi! I'm terribly sorry my first post is asking something of you all, but I hope to contribute more once I get my new pc built =]
APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: Before the end of august (fall semester) BUDGET RANGE: $700-$1,000
SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Gaming, lots and lots of coding, media server for my ps3 =]. Medium amount of dvd/cd burning.
PARTS NOT REQUIRED: Speakers. Last PC I built was 2005 I believe, and there's not much worthwhile to salvage. DVD burner could be neglected unless there's good value and some reason I should upgrade from my old one.
PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: newegg. never had a problem with them, also they ship a lot of stuff from nearby here. I once ordered something at 6am and had it the same day I placed the order! They kind of won me over. But price can always change that.
PARTS PREFERENCES: Well my last build was amd and ati. I've never been upset with either until recently, but I expect that after all the years. That said, I'm open to both amd/intel ati/nvidia. ASUS has been good to me in terms of motherboards, so I wouldn't hesitate to give them a go with anything.
OVERCLOCKING: Probably. SLI OR CROSSFIRE: Maybe, if it fits the budget. When I game I like to game big.
MONITOR RESOLUTION: Always loved to run the high resolutions, but I guess this is something dictated by budget.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: This is where it gets interesting. I want this for school, and also gaming. I'm a Computer Engineering major so I do my share of coding. I have recently purchased a dell m1330 that's pretty loaded, and I love it to death. But the urge to build a new desktop has set in. Also, gaming on a laptop isn't exactly fun, nor is programming for that matter.
I live in a single person dorm room however...so it's tiny. With just the supplied furniture in it, there's not a ton of room. Then add a bookcase cause I'm a nerd, a tv stand and a 32" tv, a ps3, a wii, my hockey equipment, and now a desktop....room is a concern, and so is heat for that matter. There's space for a tower, it's not like I've covered every inch of the room with stuff, but the space concern is more like my car. Fitting everything in it when moving in or out is a serious challenge so far, without even having the desktop + monitor. I can't be specific as to whether or not I want a micro, just that I'm leaning away from it, but am still open to the idea.
I guess why I come here is because I'm so open to options that I don't even know where to start, so thanks in advance =]
I should also mention that I have a ton of movies on my old hard drives that I plan on keeping, and a bunch more that I plan to store on a hard drive. The idea is to have a 1tb, possibly in an external hard drive aside from the desktops hard drives, or maybe most of it on the desktop and a smaller external, (which is probably most practical) who knows! Portability of my media is an attractive idea, but whichever way I go with storage, it is included in the budget.
Thanks again!
), where would you spend that extra 200? Ram? Crossfire preparations? Cocaine? 
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