2000$ Budget

[kellenheller]

Approximate Purchase Date: e.g.: X-MAS 2012

Budget Range: 2000

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, Internet, Movies, Files.

Are you buying a monitor: Yes



Parts to Upgrade: Everything

Do you need to buy OS: Yes


Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg

Location: Mamaroneck, New York

Parts Preferences: Not important

Overclocking: Maybe

SLI or Crossfire: Yes

Your Monitor Resolution: 1920x1200

Additional Comments: Wanting a completely new PC

And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: Moving out of parents house for school, want to build one of my own.

I really don't know much about Computers and how to put them together so I hope I can use this as a learning exp. Any advice on where I could learn the basics of how computers work would be much appreciated.

 

[raytseng]

xmas is way far away. everything will change by then. little point in nailing things down if you're buying 5months away.

Just look at any other $2000 build in this forum

 

[Rockdpm]

Yea ill just give you a base line of what you need to put on your list for santa (Joke)

-Intel Core I7
-GTX 670 or 680. If your AMD based: Radeon 7970
-Crucial M4 256GB SSD for spacious storage
-Corsair AX 650 watt PSU
-Cases are your personal preference just send me a PM of what style you like and ill recommend some.
-ASUS Bluray optical drive
-ASUS Z77 mobo

 

[dudewitbow]

its better to post the list one week before the date you want to purchase it in, as prices and availability of parts heavily change over time

 

[kellenheller]

2000 grand can get you quite a bit of good hardware. Although preparing for Crossifre or SLI is good to do, for me as user of both in the past, they are just not good enough yet.
http://secure.newegg.com/Shopping/ShoppingCart.aspx?Submit=view Here is a link to a 24" LED LCD with 1920*1200 res. Hope that fits the bill. Are you interested in building your own rig, or would you rather have someone do it for you?

I'd like to build my own.

And that shopping cart is linking me to my own empty shopping cart.

 

[kellenheller]

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