LexiWatson wrote:Personally if you are going to build your own PC you should go all out, there is no point is doing a budget PC build when you can go out and spend an extra $50 to get a better PC from BestBuy.
Personally I think when you build your first PC you should build a monster because you will appreciate it more.
My Build: $2,250 (this is about a year and a half to 2 years ago I think, prices most likely have gone down for these parts)
Mohterboard: Asus Z-97 mark II
CPU - Intel Core i7 4770K (overclocked)
SSD - Intel 280 GB
HDD - 3TB
GPU - Geforce 980GTX (overclocked)
RAM - 16GB
Power Supply - SeaSonic 1200w
Liquid Cooler - Corsair H100igtx
Case - Define R4
6 Red LED fans
Asus Blu-ray/DVD/CD read and write
Cherry MX Keyboard
RAT 7 Gaming Mouse
Q series mouse mat
Windows 10 64bit (cause xbox play anywhere and it comes with mircosoft office)
1 Monitor at home and when I'm in my dorm I have a duel Monitor.
I have some weird little monitor thing that shows the Temp of my CPU
But yeah Sarge you should go crazy and plan your build around the future and not just the 'here and now' mentality. Custom PC builds are expensive and there is no point in doing a low budget build cause you'll just have to update the parts later.
I feel like I'm missing something on the list but I'm sure someone will point out if I missed something.
Hopes this helps Sarge!
Praise GabeN
In all seriousness though, I'm always going to be in this same boat and advocate building a monster but I've also built enough budget PCs to respect and understand the limits that you can stretch the hardware to. The PC we specced has a minimum of Intel 6th gen components because the truth of the matter is that someday sarge will want to upgrade again and going older is kinda like digging your wallet a grave. I'm sure we could pack in a bit more performance for the money by dipping into the high end components of yesteryear, but if you wanted to upgrade then the all the chipsets and sockets would be different and he would have to re-buy all of the pricey stuff like mobo, processor, and RAM. We're starting him off with decent budget stuff so he can have as much upgradability as possible, because even in 5 years the high end 6th gen stuff should still be able to pull its weight.
The rig that has been conceived in this thread is by no means a monster, but if his wallet permits, it can be someday.