New PC HELP Please!

Jack

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Hi there, newbie here for some options. Dunno know which board I should have put this so starting from here. Am looking to build a new PC, last time I built one was 3/4 years ago and I am very behind the latest tech. As a consumer, I am looking for best balance of price and performance. My budget is < €1400, I will be using it for internet and gaming and for multimedia like photo editting, ripping MP3 CD, etc, and here are the questions:
First of all which CPU shall I go for, AMD or Intel and what speed and which MoBo to go with.
Then the graphic card, Nvidia or ATI, which model?
I guess these are on top of my list that I think is the most important but if I should also consider other components, please advise too, THANKS! :)



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What are your current system specs, you prolly don't need to do a complete overhall just upgrade your cpu and possibly graphics card and maybe add hard drive space and a bit of mem.
 
Thank you for replying, I thought I wont get any response. Anyway, I do not have a PC at the moment that's why I am going to build one.