- Jun 1, 2011
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Approximate Purchase Date: within the next 3 weeks (Would like to take advantage of any Black Friday/Cyber Mon./Christmas Deals)
Budget Range: $400-600 Before Rebates (I'm willing to consider rebates the community feels are consistently reliable)
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming (SWTOR, Skyrim), Streaming Netflix/hulu/Pandora (General HTPC usage might be more common), Ripping & Compressing BR/DVDs
Parts Not Required: Keyboard, Mouse, Monitor, Speakers, OS, DVD-RW Drive, possibly the storage Hard drive (Esp. If I find some good BF Deals)
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: No real preference, Newegg.com, Amazon.com, or any other known reliable eTailer, (also there is a Microcenter approx. 1hr away)
Country: US of A
Parts Preferences: by brand or type: No preference
Overclocking: No (Maybe if it is a novice/intermediate level task, See below)
SLI or Crossfire: Maybe (As a future upgrade perhaps? See below)
Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080 (42" LCD TV)
Additional Comments:
I haven't built a PC in nearly ten years, since prior to my military enlistment. In that time I've tried to regularly check this site and it's forums to keep moderately up to date on some of the tech changes. I'm not afraid to put forth effort in researching overclocking methods, but it's not something with which I feel 100% comfortable.
I plan on using this as my main PC, which I'll connect to my television in the living room. It'll be used to watch movies daily with periodic bouts of MMO addictions when I'm on break from nursing school. The absolute best in graphics abilities isn't necessary but I'd like it to meet min. gaming requirements as long as possible since I don't splurge on myself often. Ideally I'd like to put in one good graphics card and have the option to add a second one (SLI or XFIRE) in a year or so to stretch out the system's gaming abilities. No other preferences really come to mind (though I suppose I'd prefer a case that was as low profile as possible, but that comes far second to other parts & general savings).
Finally, I really want to thank anyone and everyone who reads/responds to this. In all the years I've lurked on this site, I've generally found it to be one of the best communities on the web, filled with honest individuals who put forth tremendous effort to help one another and to freely share knowledge. Many thanks to everyone who has unknowingly taught me so much over the years!
Thanks in advance,
Robert
Budget Range: $400-600 Before Rebates (I'm willing to consider rebates the community feels are consistently reliable)
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming (SWTOR, Skyrim), Streaming Netflix/hulu/Pandora (General HTPC usage might be more common), Ripping & Compressing BR/DVDs
Parts Not Required: Keyboard, Mouse, Monitor, Speakers, OS, DVD-RW Drive, possibly the storage Hard drive (Esp. If I find some good BF Deals)
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: No real preference, Newegg.com, Amazon.com, or any other known reliable eTailer, (also there is a Microcenter approx. 1hr away)
Country: US of A
Parts Preferences: by brand or type: No preference
Overclocking: No (Maybe if it is a novice/intermediate level task, See below)
SLI or Crossfire: Maybe (As a future upgrade perhaps? See below)
Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080 (42" LCD TV)
Additional Comments:
I haven't built a PC in nearly ten years, since prior to my military enlistment. In that time I've tried to regularly check this site and it's forums to keep moderately up to date on some of the tech changes. I'm not afraid to put forth effort in researching overclocking methods, but it's not something with which I feel 100% comfortable.
I plan on using this as my main PC, which I'll connect to my television in the living room. It'll be used to watch movies daily with periodic bouts of MMO addictions when I'm on break from nursing school. The absolute best in graphics abilities isn't necessary but I'd like it to meet min. gaming requirements as long as possible since I don't splurge on myself often. Ideally I'd like to put in one good graphics card and have the option to add a second one (SLI or XFIRE) in a year or so to stretch out the system's gaming abilities. No other preferences really come to mind (though I suppose I'd prefer a case that was as low profile as possible, but that comes far second to other parts & general savings).
Finally, I really want to thank anyone and everyone who reads/responds to this. In all the years I've lurked on this site, I've generally found it to be one of the best communities on the web, filled with honest individuals who put forth tremendous effort to help one another and to freely share knowledge. Many thanks to everyone who has unknowingly taught me so much over the years!
Thanks in advance,
Robert
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