Approximate Purchase Date: Now (this week)
Budget Range: $800-$1,200 total before rebates. I would preferably like to keep it below $1,000 but would be willing to go up to ~$1,200 if the upgrade(s) provide significant benefit.
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Light Gaming, Light Video-Editing, Internet Browsing
Are you buying a monitor: No
Parts to Upgrade: New Build
Do you need to buy OS: Yes
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg and Amazon
Location: Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA
Parts Preferences: No preferences
Overclocking: Maybe?
SLI or Crossfire: I doubt it
Additional Comments: Okay folks. I am very new to this. I have wanted to build my own computer for a long time, but the whole idea seemed expensive and daunting to me. I don't normally game on my PC, but I bought the new SimCity game over the weekend, and my integrated Radeon video card (HD 3200) just can't handle the game sufficiently, even on low settings. Being as I've also had trouble with my occasional video-editing taking forever on my machine, I made the decision that now is the time to build my own PC.
I suppose this build could be classified as a "semi-budget build." I'm not a hardcore gamer, nor am I a professional video editor. I use my computer for the occasional gaming and occasional video editing. I'd like the computer to be adequate at both, but I also don't want to spend $1,500 going off the assumption that these are things that I spend the majority of my time on. I made a 45-minute video for my wedding reception earlier this year and the rendering/converting took something like 6 hours. I'd like to significantly cut that.
Outside of adequacy of the above activities, I am also very interested in achieving some level of long-term cost savings through upgrading this machine in a few years compared to what I've been doing for the last decade (buying a new $1,000 machine every 3-4 years). So I want a reasonable upgrade path.
Specific Additional Questions:
Do you think it's worth me adding a small SSD to this build?
How about 16GB ram versus 8GB? For occasional video editing, do you think it's worth the extra cost?
Here's what I was thinking:
Case :$99.99 Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case with Upgraded USB 3.0
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129021
Motherboard: $139.99 GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD3 AM3+ AMD 990FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128514
CPU:$139.99 AMD FX-6300 Vishera 3.5GHz (4.1GHz Turbo) Socket AM3+ 95W Six-Core Desktop Processor FD6300WMHKBOX
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113286
Hard Drive: $119.99 Western Digital Red WD20EFRX 2TB IntelliPower SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822236343&Tpk=Western%20Digital%20Red%20WD20EFRX
Video Card: $107.99 ASUS HD7750-1GD5-V2 Radeon HD 7750 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121633&Tpk=ASUS%20HD7750-1GD5-V2
RAM: $62.99 G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231428
DVD Burner: $27.19 ASUS DVD Burner Black SATA Model DRW-24B3ST/BLK/G/AS
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135240&Tpk=ASUS%20DVD%20Burner%20Black%20SATA%20Model%20DRW-24B3ST%2fBLK%2fG%2f
Power Supply: $79.99 SILVERSTONE Strider Plus ST50F-P 500W ATX 12V v2.3 & EPS 12V 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Full Modular Active PFC Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817256065&Tpk=SILVERSTONE%20Strider%20Plus%20ST50F-P%20500W%20ATX
Operating System: $99.99 Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit - OEM
Any thoughts, suggestions, etc would be appreciated. Also if you see that I'm missing something, let me know as well. I am very much an amateur, so I don't want to give off the impression that I have a whole lot of reason for choosing the parts that I have. I tried to make sure they're compatible, and I mostly went off of NewEgg reviews to determine which item I'd choose from there.
Thanks in advance!
Budget Range: $800-$1,200 total before rebates. I would preferably like to keep it below $1,000 but would be willing to go up to ~$1,200 if the upgrade(s) provide significant benefit.
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Light Gaming, Light Video-Editing, Internet Browsing
Are you buying a monitor: No
Parts to Upgrade: New Build
Do you need to buy OS: Yes
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg and Amazon
Location: Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA
Parts Preferences: No preferences
Overclocking: Maybe?
SLI or Crossfire: I doubt it
Additional Comments: Okay folks. I am very new to this. I have wanted to build my own computer for a long time, but the whole idea seemed expensive and daunting to me. I don't normally game on my PC, but I bought the new SimCity game over the weekend, and my integrated Radeon video card (HD 3200) just can't handle the game sufficiently, even on low settings. Being as I've also had trouble with my occasional video-editing taking forever on my machine, I made the decision that now is the time to build my own PC.
I suppose this build could be classified as a "semi-budget build." I'm not a hardcore gamer, nor am I a professional video editor. I use my computer for the occasional gaming and occasional video editing. I'd like the computer to be adequate at both, but I also don't want to spend $1,500 going off the assumption that these are things that I spend the majority of my time on. I made a 45-minute video for my wedding reception earlier this year and the rendering/converting took something like 6 hours. I'd like to significantly cut that.
Outside of adequacy of the above activities, I am also very interested in achieving some level of long-term cost savings through upgrading this machine in a few years compared to what I've been doing for the last decade (buying a new $1,000 machine every 3-4 years). So I want a reasonable upgrade path.
Specific Additional Questions:
Do you think it's worth me adding a small SSD to this build?
How about 16GB ram versus 8GB? For occasional video editing, do you think it's worth the extra cost?
Here's what I was thinking:
Case :$99.99 Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case with Upgraded USB 3.0
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129021
Motherboard: $139.99 GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD3 AM3+ AMD 990FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128514
CPU:$139.99 AMD FX-6300 Vishera 3.5GHz (4.1GHz Turbo) Socket AM3+ 95W Six-Core Desktop Processor FD6300WMHKBOX
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113286
Hard Drive: $119.99 Western Digital Red WD20EFRX 2TB IntelliPower SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822236343&Tpk=Western%20Digital%20Red%20WD20EFRX
Video Card: $107.99 ASUS HD7750-1GD5-V2 Radeon HD 7750 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121633&Tpk=ASUS%20HD7750-1GD5-V2
RAM: $62.99 G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231428
DVD Burner: $27.19 ASUS DVD Burner Black SATA Model DRW-24B3ST/BLK/G/AS
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135240&Tpk=ASUS%20DVD%20Burner%20Black%20SATA%20Model%20DRW-24B3ST%2fBLK%2fG%2f
Power Supply: $79.99 SILVERSTONE Strider Plus ST50F-P 500W ATX 12V v2.3 & EPS 12V 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Full Modular Active PFC Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817256065&Tpk=SILVERSTONE%20Strider%20Plus%20ST50F-P%20500W%20ATX
Operating System: $99.99 Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit - OEM
Any thoughts, suggestions, etc would be appreciated. Also if you see that I'm missing something, let me know as well. I am very much an amateur, so I don't want to give off the impression that I have a whole lot of reason for choosing the parts that I have. I tried to make sure they're compatible, and I mostly went off of NewEgg reviews to determine which item I'd choose from there.
Thanks in advance!