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FanIn80 · 07-27-2010, 08:39 PM

Both over your price limit, but they are rough estimates. You can shop around and price match for the parts (or comparable alternate parts).

First one is pretty decent and will be somewhat relevant for a few years with only a couple minor part-swaps along the way (RAM and video card). Second one is cheaper but will solve your immediate needs.

Again, don't worry about the prices. I just use MemEx because it's easy to configure something there. The real fun is in the price matching and shopping around afterward.

Build 1

Build 2

Even if a build-it-yourself isn't cheaper than a prefab unit... It's always better. When you build it, you know exactly which parts are going into it. The prefab makers like to wow people with things like "i5" and "8GB of RAM"... what they don't tell you about is the $30 motherboard they use or the slow-ass RAM that does nothing but create bottlenecks. Or the inefficient power supply, or the hard drive with the small cache... etc etc.

07-27-2010, 08:39 PM	#14
FanIn80 GOAT! Join Date: Jun 2006 Exp:	Both over your price limit, but they are rough estimates. You can shop around and price match for the parts (or comparable alternate parts). First one is pretty decent and will be somewhat relevant for a few years with only a couple minor part-swaps along the way (RAM and video card). Second one is cheaper but will solve your immediate needs. Again, don't worry about the prices. I just use MemEx because it's easy to configure something there. The real fun is in the price matching and shopping around afterward. Build 1 Build 2 Even if a build-it-yourself isn't cheaper than a prefab unit... It's always better. When you build it, you know exactly which parts are going into it. The prefab makers like to wow people with things like "i5" and "8GB of RAM"... what they don't tell you about is the $30 motherboard they use or the slow-ass RAM that does nothing but create bottlenecks. Or the inefficient power supply, or the hard drive with the small cache... etc etc. Last edited by FanIn80; 07-27-2010 at 08:46 PM.