Hello there! Thanks in advance.
1. What
YOUR PC will be
used for. That means what types of
tasks you'll be performing.
- surfing
- "light" gaming (I'm too cheap to buy the new titles, so it'll be the old ones that are finally on sale!
) - downloading
- watching videos
- photo editing
- video editing would be nice too
2. What
YOUR budget is. A
price range is acceptable as long as it's not more than a 20% spread
- I like to keep it around $800.
3.
What country YOU will be buying
YOUR parts from.
4. IF
YOU have a
brand preference. That means, are you an
Intel-Fanboy,
AMD-Fanboy,
ATI-Fanboy,
nVidia-Fanboy,
Seagate-Fanboy,
WD-Fanboy, etc, etc, etc, you get the picture.
- no MSI mobos, other than that no preference (although I am liking the looks of the Gigabyte energy efficiency, and the modular aspect of some of the power supplies.)
5. If
YOU intend on
using any of
YOUR current parts, and if so, what those parts are.
- monitor (19" WS)
- mouse, keyboard
6. IF
YOU have
searched and/or
read similar
threads.
- I have, and there is SO much stuff out there I need some advice on where to start. I read a review and think that's the one, then I read another review, and think, no this is the one, and then I read another review and...you get the point.
7. IF
YOU plan on
overclocking or run the system at
default speeds.
8.
WHEN do you plan to build it?
- soon, but if there is a prevailing opinion that I could score some good boxing day deals I will wait. But I am thinking I want to be prepared with some options to snap up.
9. Other comments.
- I am vaguely planning to buy a bigger monitor in the future so would like a video card that is capable of driving something larger. How large you ask? Nothing huge (the room isn't that big) and whatever the card will do.
- I will go for Windows XP, unless there is a compelling arguement for Vista? (Games?)
Again, thanks in advance.
-RainMaker