Buying My First Desktop

[trent44]

Soleron said:

Don't buy prebuilts; you are being ripped off. You can pay half that price for something with the same performance on games.

CPU: Phenom II X4 945 ($170)
GPU: AMD Radeon HD 4870 1GB ($125 w/ rebate)
RAM: 4GB DDR3-1333 ($71)
Motherboard: ATX 770V motherboard ($70)
HDD: 640GB ($55)
ATX case plus >500W PSU ($50)
DVD burner ($30)
Total: $571, matches any machine you listed in games.

CPU: Core i5 750 ($200)
GPU: AMD Radeon HD 5870 ($380, inc. 2 free games)
RAM: 4GB DDR3-1333 ($71)
Motherboard: micro-ATX P55 motherboard ($110)
HDD: 640GB ($65)
micro-ATX case plus >500W PSU ($50)
DVD burner ($30)
Total: $906, outclasses any machine you listed, will play anything on max settings at at least 1920x1200 if not 2560x1600.

 

Well I honestly don't know to much about building computers, so I don't know if i would feel comfortable taking on the feat of contructing one myself.

Btw, i think you forgot to include some stuff like an Operating System, a monitor, a Fan/Heat sink, a memory card reader, an ethernet/wireless/bluetooth card, a sound card, a mouse, and a keyboard. Also I was thinking of getting a tv tuner and an extra dvd drive but still havent decided...