shortymet55
New Member
Can you guys help me pick out a decent $500 PC. So now, i guess i tell you waht I need and what im gonna do with it and you all with do most of the rest (I know very little about building computers, but i will try my best to help).
What I have:
Monitor
Speakers
Keyboard
Mouse
DVD drive
CD burner
This is what i plan on using it for:
Games (Nothing intense, Stronghold 2 is prolly the most demanding that i have, but i rarly play it. Dont recommend a a graphics card that costs $100 more just because i said I play this game.)
Web Surfing (with alot of tabs and windows)
Movies (I want good sound and picture quality, but nothing that special. I mean I have a few year old Dell flat screen monitor, which means i dont care that that much.)
Videos (I usually have around 60, 5 min. videos on my computer, plus a few full length movies, and maybe 100 songs. So I dont need a huge HD.)
I think thats about it. The majority of my time on my computer is spent surfing the web and playing a lot of short videos. One more thing. I dont really care about AMD or Intel. I mean i doubt ill notice the difference.
Thanks
Edit: One more minor thing. The case cant have the USB ports and headphone jack on the side. I have a computer desk, that wont have enough room to allow that. I just noticed quite a few have them near the fron, but on the side.
What I have:
Monitor
Speakers
Keyboard
Mouse
DVD drive
CD burner
This is what i plan on using it for:
Games (Nothing intense, Stronghold 2 is prolly the most demanding that i have, but i rarly play it. Dont recommend a a graphics card that costs $100 more just because i said I play this game.)
Web Surfing (with alot of tabs and windows)
Movies (I want good sound and picture quality, but nothing that special. I mean I have a few year old Dell flat screen monitor, which means i dont care that that much.)
Videos (I usually have around 60, 5 min. videos on my computer, plus a few full length movies, and maybe 100 songs. So I dont need a huge HD.)
I think thats about it. The majority of my time on my computer is spent surfing the web and playing a lot of short videos. One more thing. I dont really care about AMD or Intel. I mean i doubt ill notice the difference.
Thanks
Edit: One more minor thing. The case cant have the USB ports and headphone jack on the side. I have a computer desk, that wont have enough room to allow that. I just noticed quite a few have them near the fron, but on the side.
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