Gaming and Engineering Tower

[Arcanos]

I am currently a junior in high school looking into building my own computer. I want something that will last me for the duration of my college years, so about 4-5 years. I don't know what kind of parts, if any, are needed for any engineering courses and would appreciate any advice on what I would need. I would also however want a good computer for gaming. Now the thing is, however, I can't find any recent sources on whether or not it would be better for me to wait till next year to build my computer or of I wouldn't matter too much if I just built it now. Any advice?

 

[g-unit1111]

Knowing the budget would help to suggest a system.

Are you just wanting to know if now is a good time to buy or not? If so the answer is yes - the new GPUs from NVIDIA and AMD are good, Intel's new CPUs are good (can't say the same for AMD), the new motherboards are good, and there's tons of other great stuff out.

 

[Arcanos]

Well I if I were going to set a budget I I guess 800 or less would be good to start, and going over by a little bit wouldn't be a problem. Forgive me if I'm being too vague I just don't know much about the internal components of computers :/

 

[Arcanos]

800 U.S. Dollars, I live in the USA.

 

[FinneousPJ]

I think it's bit too early for you if you're high school junior to worry about college computing. Anything you buy now is going to be old news by the timw you start college.