zandre88
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Hey everyone,
Well after years of just talking about it I've decided I'm going to get myself an early Christmas present and build my first computer. Now while I consider myself pretty smart overall with computers I have never built one. I have installed simple things like hard drives, memory, and what not but have never taken on the task of putting together an entire computer. This is where I would like help from all of you experts here. Luckily I have a friend who has built several computers himself and is going to help me do it but I want to get more opinions and ideas.
I guess to start I should go ahead and tell you what I am looking to get out of this computer. I have recently started to get into computer gaming. I love it and while my laptop can handle it decently I want something powerful so that I can get everything out of the games I am paying for. I also am a big multimedia guy. I download tons of music, movies, and television thus I'd like to have plenty of hard drive space. Finally like anyone else I enjoy surfing the web quite a bit. Overall the biggest priority for me is having a very powerful gaming computer.
I am one of those people that is willing to spend the extra money if the high-end equipment is truly worth what it costs and will stay ahead of the curve for a good amount of time.
So having said all that what would you advise me to go with equipment wise? Basically from head to toe every piece I would need. At the moment I am going to say my budget is around $2,000. I am not sure if that will accomplish quite what I am looking for but I am hoping that budget could build me a fairly powerful computer.
Again I have some help but I am new so I need to know everything I will need to put this together and what you all feel is the best bang for the buck.
Thank you all in advance. I know this thread is a little all over the place I'm pretty tired so I apologize. I hope you get the just of what I am asking. If you have any questions to help me to help you understand what I am asking please feel free to ask.
Well after years of just talking about it I've decided I'm going to get myself an early Christmas present and build my first computer. Now while I consider myself pretty smart overall with computers I have never built one. I have installed simple things like hard drives, memory, and what not but have never taken on the task of putting together an entire computer. This is where I would like help from all of you experts here. Luckily I have a friend who has built several computers himself and is going to help me do it but I want to get more opinions and ideas.
I guess to start I should go ahead and tell you what I am looking to get out of this computer. I have recently started to get into computer gaming. I love it and while my laptop can handle it decently I want something powerful so that I can get everything out of the games I am paying for. I also am a big multimedia guy. I download tons of music, movies, and television thus I'd like to have plenty of hard drive space. Finally like anyone else I enjoy surfing the web quite a bit. Overall the biggest priority for me is having a very powerful gaming computer.
I am one of those people that is willing to spend the extra money if the high-end equipment is truly worth what it costs and will stay ahead of the curve for a good amount of time.
So having said all that what would you advise me to go with equipment wise? Basically from head to toe every piece I would need. At the moment I am going to say my budget is around $2,000. I am not sure if that will accomplish quite what I am looking for but I am hoping that budget could build me a fairly powerful computer.
Again I have some help but I am new so I need to know everything I will need to put this together and what you all feel is the best bang for the buck.
Thank you all in advance. I know this thread is a little all over the place I'm pretty tired so I apologize. I hope you get the just of what I am asking. If you have any questions to help me to help you understand what I am asking please feel free to ask.