Recent content by Puriden

The monitor is not included in the budget, the OS is. I was researching the DIY kits at Newegg, but by adding the Win7 Home OS, it pushes the total to nearly $460 (w/ shipping). I was hoping to keep it closer to $400 per my uncles request, but understand this is a struggle.

1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc General Usage, Internet, Word Processing, etc 2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included? $400-ish 3) Where do you live? Houston, TX 4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM...

That's a good build as well, but I seem to be hung up on the on-board USB 3.0 for a likely DSLR or camcorder purchase in the next 18 months (baby talk with the wife has begun). I doubt I'll do much if any upgrading (unless components die on me), so I think the 400W will be sufficient over the...

I see where you are going with it and it is a good board, but not sure I want to stretch outside my range. Also, I doubt I'll overclock unless I get bored one afternoon. I do like the Gigabyte offering USB3.0, eSATA and as HardwareGuru pointed out, the newer chipset and solid state capacitors...

I like the motherboard idea. What do you think about this instead or is this wasteful for the few minor feature upgrades? $95 - GIGABYTE GA-785GMT-USB3 AM3 AMD 785G USB 3.0 HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard

1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc Moderate Gaming (probably SC2), Web Browsing, Light Video Editing 2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included? $550 w/ tax & shipping 3) Where do you live? Houston, TX 4) What exact parts do you need for...