Looking to build a new PC - suggestions welcome

[KSpan]

Been a long while since I built one so any suggestions from folks who have kept up with the tech are welcome. Main uses wil be home office type stuff with some basic graphic design, and while I don't need a monster gaming machine building something that can play games would be a plus. Definitely want to go solid state. Budget is around $1000 or so for just the PC itself (don't need a monitor, speakers, etc.). It will likely have to connect to a corporate network, so I don't think Linux is an option.

[Dex]

Newegg is your friend if you're building.

http://www.eggxpert.com/forums/130527/ShowForum.aspx

[natty]

You can build a beefy box for 1K. 

[twylyght]

Www.cyberpowerpc.com

I used to build my own boxes. Once I used these guys, I think I'm done doing it

[Porn Shop Clerk]

i would lurk the open box section of newegg and see if you can't get a cyberpowerpc or ibuypower cheap

 

just get a good psu at the same time.  theirs are made of tin foil and won't last a month.

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100019096&IsNodeId=1&bop=And&SpeTabStoreType=99&Order=PRICED&PageSize=20&Page=1

 

they put up new deals every mon-fri about 8 or 9 pm

[Porn Shop Clerk]

heh

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883258068R

[Porn Shop Clerk]

tom's hardware has a bunch of builds where they did all the work for you too

[KSpan]

Good suggestions. Buying something pre-built and pre-loaded has a degree of appeal since I don't have any decent software hookups at the moment.

[Scrumtrilescent]

Once you go modular, you never go back.  Finished up a build last summer, and just had to upgrade my box to a full sized case this weekend.  Stupid video cards.

 

 

And watch rakuten.com/buy.com for their sales on SSDs.  

[iamcline]

Building a new machine myself.  Hope to have all parts in by mid-week then I'll put it all together.

 

Corsair Graphite 600T Case (White)

Gigabyte Z87-UD3H Motherboard

Intel i5 4670k CPU

16 GB Corsair Vengeance RAM

nVidia GeForce GTX 760 GPU (2 for SLI)

LG Blu-Ray Drive

Samsung 840 120 GB SSD (2)

Corsair HX-750 PSU

TP-Link WDN4800 Wireless Card

[natty]

Building a new machine myself.  Hope to have all parts in by mid-week then I'll put it all together.

 

Corsair Graphite 600T Case (White)

Gigabyte Z87-UD3H Motherboard

Intel i5 4670k CPU

16 GB Corsair Vengeance RAM

nVidia GeForce GTX 760 GPU (2 for SLI)

LG Blu-Ray Drive

Samsung 840 120 GB SSD (2)

Corsair HX-750 PSU

TP-Link WDN4800 Wireless Card

 

Why are you doubling down on the GPUs and SSDs but skimping on the CPU?

[Porn Shop Clerk]

for gaming purposes.   i5 is just as good for gaming as an i7

 

 

[iamcline]

Why are you doubling down on the GPUs and SSDs but skimping on the CPU?

 

No real need for an i7.  Thought about it, but the extra $100 just wasn't needed.

 

This system is primarily for gaming, and will run as a Hackintosh as well.  Hence the extra SSD.

[Porn Shop Clerk]

4670k is by no means a skimpy processor lol

 

i wouldn't run two gpus, i'd just sink that $ into one badass gpu.   you could probably get a 780 for the price of two 760s

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130918

 

edit:  wow the sli 760 outperforms the 780 by 15 - 30%.   nvm.