I'll throw this out there: I'm totally lost on this PC building thing. I've been looking around for a few days reading things, but a lot of it just flies over my head. I've read through some of the very nice help threads here and I'm still at a bit of a loss, so I thought it couldn't hurt to just ask you guys to maybe throw some builds at me. I'll copy paste onto the list I found in "how to ask for new build advice."
Approximate Purchase Date: Hopefully in the next couple weeks. This comes down more to a matter of when I finally figure out what I'm doing and get the ball rolling.
Budget Range: Looking at 500-700, maybe bubbling up to to 800-ish after monitor is included.
System Usage: I tend to watch a lot of anime, so something that could handle 1080p stuff with no problems would be superb. I do some very minor gaming, nothing really heavy. Primarily World of Warcraft, and running that on even medium to higher settings would be a massive improvement from what I'm using. I do a significant amount of web browsing as well.
Parts Not Required: I don't think I'll really need any speakers unless they have some importance or are built into a monitor or something, I tend to use headphones/headsets most of the time anyway. I can also probably get a keyboard and mouse just fine at a Best Buy or something.
Preferred Website for Parts: Not sure here. I see people use newegg most often, so that I suppose?
Country of Origin: USA
Parts Preferences: As mentioned before, I'm not too knowledgeable here. A guy I've been talking to told me he prefers intel motherboards (no onboard graphics) and nvidia graphics cards, if that helps.
Overclocking: Not entirely clear on what this means yet. Is it safe to assume that means I can answer "no" here?
SLI or Crossfire: No.
Monitor Resolution: What would you guys think is best here given my planned system usage? I would likely end up grabbing one in person rather than getting a monitor online.
Additional Comments: I want at least a 1TB hard drive, but could go up to 1.5 or 2 depending on if there's room in the budget after all else is said and done. The machine would most likely be stationed in my bedroom, so running quietly (at least while idle) is pretty much a necessity. In regards to OS, I have some questions. 1) What's the difference between 32 and 64 bit Windows? 2) I have a Win7 (32 bit) backup disk from when I upgraded my laptop, is it possible to just install that and have it on both systems at once, or is 64 bit a big enough difference that I should just buy that for a new machine?
I really appreciate any help you guys can give me.
Approximate Purchase Date: Hopefully in the next couple weeks. This comes down more to a matter of when I finally figure out what I'm doing and get the ball rolling.
Budget Range: Looking at 500-700, maybe bubbling up to to 800-ish after monitor is included.
System Usage: I tend to watch a lot of anime, so something that could handle 1080p stuff with no problems would be superb. I do some very minor gaming, nothing really heavy. Primarily World of Warcraft, and running that on even medium to higher settings would be a massive improvement from what I'm using. I do a significant amount of web browsing as well.
Parts Not Required: I don't think I'll really need any speakers unless they have some importance or are built into a monitor or something, I tend to use headphones/headsets most of the time anyway. I can also probably get a keyboard and mouse just fine at a Best Buy or something.
Preferred Website for Parts: Not sure here. I see people use newegg most often, so that I suppose?
Country of Origin: USA
Parts Preferences: As mentioned before, I'm not too knowledgeable here. A guy I've been talking to told me he prefers intel motherboards (no onboard graphics) and nvidia graphics cards, if that helps.
Overclocking: Not entirely clear on what this means yet. Is it safe to assume that means I can answer "no" here?
SLI or Crossfire: No.
Monitor Resolution: What would you guys think is best here given my planned system usage? I would likely end up grabbing one in person rather than getting a monitor online.
Additional Comments: I want at least a 1TB hard drive, but could go up to 1.5 or 2 depending on if there's room in the budget after all else is said and done. The machine would most likely be stationed in my bedroom, so running quietly (at least while idle) is pretty much a necessity. In regards to OS, I have some questions. 1) What's the difference between 32 and 64 bit Windows? 2) I have a Win7 (32 bit) backup disk from when I upgraded my laptop, is it possible to just install that and have it on both systems at once, or is 64 bit a big enough difference that I should just buy that for a new machine?
I really appreciate any help you guys can give me.
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