Building a New comp

[Leomire]

So I'm building a new comp and want to know what you guys in CG recommend for parts and such. No outrageous prices and builds would be nice as well. Thanks guys

[Boxman]

.. Well, that doesn't help. At all.

Preferences (intel/ati/amd/nvidia/color scheme/etc), very specific price would be great, what you plan on using it for and your current build's specs, and whether or not you have a spare copy of Windows to install onto your PC would also help.

Otherwise, we could post $700 computer builds and have it obsolete compared to what you have now and a $1100 build that's too much for your budget.

[AbkaFlab]

We need to know your budget, if your over clocking, do you have a monitor, keyboard, mouse already, etc.

EDIT: pretty much what boxman said

[Leomire]

I'm more than confident anything posted here will be better than what I have now seeing as its going to die here in the next few months. I don't have any preferences in computer hardware, don't worry about the copy of windows and such. And of course the computer is going to be for gaming.

Computer I got atm is: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883107514
Except I had to change the GPU to a GeForce GT 520
I'd like to keep it under $1200 Dollars if possible

Sorry if this is no help, I'm on meds and I want to try to get something done while on my down time.

[AbkaFlab]

This would be a good build for $1200, its right on budget too.

*Edit* Woops didnt see you said not to worry about a copy of windows. So you can just subtract $90 from that.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU:  Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($189.99 @ Microcenter)
Motherboard:  ASRock P67 Extreme4 Gen3 ATX  LGA1155 Motherboard  ($139.99 @ Newegg)
Memory:  Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($39.99 @ Microcenter)
Storage:  Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($64.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage:  OCZ Vertex 3 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  ($104.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card:  XFX Radeon HD 7950 3GB Video Card  ($302.86 @ Newegg)
Case:  Corsair 600T ATX Mid Tower Case  ($133.56 @ Mac Connection)
Power Supply:  Corsair Professional 650W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply  ($89.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive:  Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer  ($17.89 @ Outlet PC)
Operating System:  Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($89.98 @ Outlet PC)
Total: $1174.23
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2012-12-20 15:56 EST-0500)

[Old Crow]

I would consider the SSD optional. Helps greatly with load times but you could do without if need be.

[IsYn Wooley]

I would consider the SSD optional. Helps greatly with load times but you could do without if need be.

I have to disagree. I would never build a new computer without an SSD. This technology has to be the best improvement in primary storage for OS in the past decade. Nothing has made my computer run faster. Now instead of me waiting on my PC...my PC is waiting on me.

I never realized how much of a bottleneck the hard drive could be. Then I witnessed all my programs loading instantly. My boot times improved as well...No more waiting in front of the computer picking at my scabs while I wait to see the login page.

I would say its only disadvantage is its price/GB ratio compared to that of a HDD. I would certainly prefer to have no moving parts that will last me 10 years, then something that is constantly spinning and is only capable of doing one thing at a time driving my programs.

Yes for data HDD is still the way to go. But my real world experience every day is always satisfaction.

Except at work...where I haz no SSD, and I want to throw this POS brand new laptop through a wall because it takes like 10 seconds to load up waterfox after a fresh reboot. Outlook takes another 30 seconds. 

The time really adds up. Think about it every day even once if the only thing you open is Mozilla and Outlook.

0:45 per day 7 days a week is 5.25 minutes per week. That is 4.55 Hours per year.

5 hours per year waiting on an application...really? When everything else moves so god damn fast when the processor and memory can be written to and calculate faster than you can even blink. Why should you be waiting on a HDD which only has one arm to read one thing at one time and expect it to provide you with 0 latency. Seriously you are living in the next generation of computing.

Give it a shot and if you don't like it you can always return the product or sell it to someone else.

Hope this helps,
-NitroNarcosis

[Old Crow]

@wool: yes very true if you can afford it, however its another hundred bucks to same and you could always get it as an upgrade down the road when they will probably be cheaper.

[Cadaver]

Ok, suggested parts:
Processor  i5
Minimum 8gb ram
Motherboard must have USB 3.0, sata 6gb/s, 4 ram slots minimum, PCI Express 3.0 with a minimum of 2 x16. gigabyte network card
An SSD of reasonable size for the OS
Large hard drive for storage (1.5tb min)
650 watt min power supply of legit manufacture
High end ATI graphics (as I will never buy Nvidia ever again.)
A FULL SIZE case of legit manufacture

[Inject OH 4]

Sir and gents, this topic was last posted on in November 24th. The necroed by AbkaFlab.

It's possible Leomire has already solved this issue.

[Leomire]

This was solved a while ago. Gonna Lock