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Alright, so normally I don't like to post threads unless its a giveaway or a milestone... so I'm going all out by posting this thread since it's probably the only way I'd get help on this. I would like some advice on building a PC and I am hoping one of you guys would be able to assist me here. I trust you guys on this. (:

My main uses for the PC would be for general use, the only things I do would be doing are general internet browsing, photoshop (sometimes, a little), and play Left 4 Dead 2 using steam (a little, so if you could make it so I'd be able to run the game perfectly that would be amazing)

My budget is $600-$800 USD

I am in need of everything except for a mouse & keyboard. I don't know if I will need more but if I need to increase my budget for that please let me know. If you could make it cheaper while being able to make the PC run great that's even better!

Thanks for the help. No rush or anything, I plan on doing this within the next couple of weeks.


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Congrats on wanting to build.

You can start looking at things you like on [ Register or Signin to view external links. ]
and start to get an ideal price of everything.

I'll wait till Sanct to post here since hes like the God of this forum.


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What exactly is "everything" that you need, apart from the actual system itself? Monitor, headset, speakers, etc?
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Sanctorum wrote What exactly is "everything" that you need, apart from the actual system itself? Monitor, headset, speakers, etc?
Other than what's in the tower, just a monitor and OS, I honestly have no clue how the OS works either, would I need to buy Windows 10 again?

I could worry about the speakers.

Thanks.
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Halo wrote
Sanctorum wrote What exactly is "everything" that you need, apart from the actual system itself? Monitor, headset, speakers, etc?
Other than what's in the tower, just a monitor and OS, I honestly have no clue how the OS works either, would I need to buy Windows 10 again?

I could worry about the speakers.

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I'm fairly sure Microsoft offer the ability to 'reset' your Windows 10 key so that you can put it on a different PC. I head read about it somewhere because I wanted to upgrade but I cannot remember.

To the build:
You can get [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] for $600 which will be good enough. It does not have the OS included so if you can fork out an extra $25 [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] . N versions of Windows just don't come with Windows Media Player, Photos/Videos App and Skype by default. You can easily install these anyway.

So overall, $625.
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Increased my budget a little bit. (ill take a look at that deano, thanks)
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For the extra money I would upgrade the i3 to an [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] as well as getting an [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] .

If you can stretch enough to $840 total, you could also upgrade to an [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] too.
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For around $600, this would be better;
[ Register or Signin to view external links. ] / [ Register or Signin to view external links. ]

CPU: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] ($110.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] ($71.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] ($34.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] ($58.98 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] ($127.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] ($35.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] ($36.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Monitor: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] ($99.99 @ Best Buy)
Total: $577.89


Don't spend $70 for a H110 chipset motherboard. 120GB SSD's aren't worth it, the price for the capacity is pretty terrible. 240/256GB-480/512GB SSD's are the best options at the moment. While the Core 1000 is a perfectly adequate case, it's not worth $40. The Tesseract is $5 cheaper(or the same price, if you get the windowed version) and is a good bit better quality than the Core 1000. You can get your OS for $20-$30, or you can get it for free. G2A, Kinguin, or the /r/microsoftsoftwareswap subreddit are the best places to get your OS, if you're buying that is.

If you're able to spend closer to $800, get a better GPU/monitor(at least that's what I'd do);
[ Register or Signin to view external links. ] / [ Register or Signin to view external links. ]

CPU: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] ($110.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] ($71.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] ($34.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] ($58.98 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] ($249.99 @ Best Buy)
Case: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] ($35.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] ($36.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Monitor: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] ($164.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $764.89
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Sanctorum wrote For around $600, this would be better;
[ Register or Signin to view external links. ] / [ Register or Signin to view external links. ]

CPU: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] ($110.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] ($71.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] ($34.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] ($58.98 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] ($127.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] ($35.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] ($36.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Monitor: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] ($99.99 @ Best Buy)
Total: $577.89


Don't spend $70 for a H110 chipset motherboard. 120GB SSD's aren't worth it, the price for the capacity is pretty terrible. 240/256GB-480/512GB SSD's are the best options at the moment. While the Core 1000 is a perfectly adequate case, it's not worth $40. The Tesseract is $5 cheaper(or the same price, if you get the windowed version) and is a good bit better quality than the Core 1000. You can get your OS for $20-$30, or you can get it for free. G2A, Kinguin, or the /r/microsoftsoftwareswap subreddit are the best places to get your OS, if you're buying that is.

If you're able to spend closer to $800, get a better GPU/monitor(at least that's what I'd do);
[ Register or Signin to view external links. ] / [ Register or Signin to view external links. ]

CPU: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] ($110.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] ($71.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] ($34.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] ($58.98 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] ($249.99 @ Best Buy)
Case: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] ($35.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] ($36.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Monitor: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] ($164.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $764.89
Thank You, wondering, would I need a fan as well?

*edit - nevermind, thats in the power supply.. I'm dumb
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The 1080p monitor went up in price, and that case is out of stock at a reasonable price. You can get the white version from Newegg for around $40;
[ Register or Signin to view external links. ] / [ Register or Signin to view external links. ]

CPU: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] ($110.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] ($68.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] ($34.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] ($58.98 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] ($127.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] ($35.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] ($38.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Monitor: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] ($103.88 @ B&H)
Total: $580.79

Cheaper monitor since the other one costs more now. If you're going for the more expensive system I suggested, just make sure to get the white Tesseract from Newegg.

The case comes with one fan, you can just use that as intake in the front. You can buy another couple of fans if you want. If you do, I'd recommend two of these;
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Use one in the front of the case as intake, one on the side as intake and use the included case fan in the rear as an exhaust.
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