My first time building system.. ill be using my desktop for watching videos/movies, moderate games, and school related stuff. I tried to keep the price as low as possible. the total cost of this is around $1600 CAD. case: Processor: Intel i7-860....

Advise on a i5-750 Lynnfield system (First time building). I plan to build this system within a week or two or when the HD5850 becomes available with a budget of $ 900-1100. I will mostly use the system for gaming and for internet browsing and a bit of college...

New Build System] First Time Builder >$750. APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: month - ASAP BUDGET RANGE: less than 750, but i will stretch my price range if necessary SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: gaming, surfing internet, music, watching stuff...

When would be a good time to build a system?. Hello all, this is my first post :) I am looking to build a new system (also my first) and was wondering what you guys think would be a good time to purchase parts, given what new technologies will be available...

and 2.5K for a desktop. +1 to mark.... Dont spend 5k on a build now, cause in half a year, its already destroyed by a $1500 system. Build a $1500 rig like Mark said and then upgrade and save the extra cash for future systems/upgrades. Get a P45/X48, a 4870x2,...

Building System. Advice on PSU and CPU Fan. Ok. I'm all set to purchase my stuff. My questions are: What is the recommended Powersupply for a dual P4 Xeon Motherboard? The one I'm looking to get is the Iwill DPL533. Second question is what CPU fan(...

to play w/ it later on This is my frist time to build a system... i posted a build a few months back to get a better feel for how to build a balanced system Anyway this build's main use will be for MMO's (WoW, and now Aion) I curantly play on a lap-top......

to happen with the car and all that first, then it will be time to build. I did indeed find the i7 at microcenter. I live couple hours from the closest Microcenter but i have a friend who lives in chicago and he's home all the time so that won't be an issue....

to match a motherboard just to have it obsolete by the time you build it. A motherboard can be had for under $100 so your not really saving that much compared to the overall cost of the system. Go for an AMD AM3 or Intel I7 based system that supports...

First Time build - Budget Gaming PC. This will be my first build. I'm upgrading from an Athlon 3200, 2Gb RAM, 256Mb AGP graphics card, lol. APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: Within the next 2-3 weeks BUDGET RANGE: $400-500 Before Rebates SYSTEM USAGE FROM...