Help & Suggestions - Building a PC

[emTr0]

I'm moving soon so I figured this would be a great time to get a list together for building a new PC. I'm looking for part, brand and website suggestions for a powerful rig that can take heavy gaming and media usage without breaking a sweat. I don't want to break the bank though, so the most I'd be willing to shell out for this project is between $1500-ish. Or something...reasonably.

Feel free to leave suggestions and stuff.

[acolyte_to_jippity]

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[emTr0]

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Awesome, thanks. Looks very thorough.

[ZERO]

Fail, the list is basically based off nothing more than the creators fav brands and not the actual cost/performance/reliability ratio.

First what it the primary purpose of the computer? Do you have existing systems you would like/be able to scrap for parts. If so what is the specs of those systems? Do you only need the system or do you need an OS and monitor ect as well?

[emTr0]

Fail, the list is basically based off nothing more than the creators fav brands and not the actual cost/performance/reliability ratio.

First what it the primary purpose of the computer? Do you have existing systems you would like/be able to scrap for parts. If so what is the specs of those systems? Do you only need the system or do you need an OS and monitor ect as well?

No existing system. Everything is going to be new.

The PC will be used for word processing (and other doc types), video/photo editing, web browsing and heavy gaming (latest graphics/intensive).

I was only going to ask for help with the system but I wouldn't mind suggestions for monitor and other peripherals like keyboard and mouse. OS will be Windows.

[mag36]

in all honestly its going to be a matter of preferences on most parts. but there is a few things you should pick first so it will determine your systems longevity
list of importants
1. Motherboard - i find this most important cause it determines everything that you will be using in your system. i5 or i7 will do very nicely
2 CPU - best bang for you buck has been i5 2500k from last i checked
3 GPU - prices are always constantly changing and no matter what everyone will be bias on this, I base most of my choice by tomshardware site they tend to be pretty good on there research http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...lock,3106.html
4.RAM - again there a dime a dozen out there just don't by some weird off brand crap. You can pick cards with lowest latency and stuff and pay higher prices but in all honestly you want notice that 1/10 of a second fastest while gaming
5. PSU - Any 80+ certified will do the big question is modular or not. And if your building and not on a budget definitely modular will save you frustration on the build
6. Hard drives - The can make a great deall of differences on load times specially ssd or raid 0 configs, but its storage so long as its a reliable it should be ok
7.Case- picking the right case can make it very easy to upgrade systems down they road. I prefer anything with a removable tray and rust filters learned for lesons of last build
8. Optional cooling- theres hundreds to choose from the big thing is what kind (water or air) and will it fit. This could be places above case choice chances are this item will be replaced again before anything else.

Part of the fun of build a case is pick the items yourself. If you want opinions between two items be more then glad help decide. But do the research on the tech pick what you think will best suit you