First time building/buying a PC!

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ck21

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Any help would be appreciated greatly, thanks in advance.

I need help knowing what PC to buy. I don't think that building a pc is in my price range at the moment, so I think buying one would be the best.

My interests are having a decent computer, preferably a desktop so I can use video editing software with no lag and such. I want to be able to use Cinema 4D and Sony vegas pro without having to wait and have crashes, but I have no idea what to buy or what exactly I need to buy. Hopefully a pretty fast computer that can handle these programs within the range of $500 dollars which I think is a big challenge. If anyone can give me some help or advice on what to buy and what exactly I should be looking for thanks a million !
 
Building a computer is much cheaper than buying one pre-built. For video editing you want a good graphics card and a lot of RAM (~24GB). $500 is a pretty low budget to be honest.
 
Building usually doesn't cost more and allows you to customize the parts and peformance to your specific needs. Lets see -

If any gaming on this pc, what games?
Do you have anything that can be reused? operating system/cd/dvd/hdd/case/?
What's the absolute max, if needed, you can spend?
What country are you in, so we know where you can buy from?
If you have a desktop now, state make&model or post its specs.
 
Benny Boy,

I will not be gaming on this Cpu, if any game, it will be Minecraft.
I don't have anything that can be reused. Starting from scratch.
From USA, no desktop now, and absolute Max has to be 400 Dollars. I will obviously upgrade later, but I need something to start with.

I honestly don't mind if I buy something for cheap now and upgrade it as time goes. Thanks.

Building usually doesn't cost more and allows you to customize the parts and performance to your specific needs. Lets see -
 
ck21 said:
Benny Boy,

I will not be gaming on this Cpu, if any game, it will be Minecraft.
I don't have anything that can be reused. Starting from scratch.
From USA, no desktop now, and absolute Max has to be 400 Dollars. I will obviously upgrade later, but I need something to start with.

I honestly don't mind if I buy something for cheap now and upgrade it as time goes. Thanks.

Building usually doesn't cost more and allows you to customize the parts and performance to your specific needs. Lets see -
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Whew 400 dollars max hmm.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...3r-_-Processors+-+Desktops-_-Intel-_-19116504


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131835

and wait for more money for psu, ram and video card :D

Honestly ... Id try to get an ivybridge i5 and a decent 1155 motherboard... ram is cheap... I don't know a good gpu for video editing.. you can get a good case for 80 bucks though..
 
mtb211 said:
Whew 400 dollars max hmm.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...3r-_-Processors+-+Desktops-_-Intel-_-19116504


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131835

and wait for more money for psu, ram and video card :D

Honestly ... Id try to get an ivybridge i5 and a decent 1155 motherboard... ram is cheap... I don't know a good gpu for video editing.. you can get a good case for 80 bucks though..
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Thanks alot man, just a few questions.

I am legit starting from SCRATCH. No desktop in hand or anything. What should I do? I don't know the first thing for building a desktop, but I'm sure Ill learn how to install the parts on my own, but building it is the problem.

If I don't make sense Im sorry I tried my best, lmao.
 
ck21 said:
so I can use video editing software with no lag and such. I want to be able to use Cinema 4D and Sony vegas pro without having to wait and have crashes. Hopefully a pretty fast computer that can handle these programs within the range of $500
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It would be nice if we could say what we want then get it for the price we want. Wouldn't it? ;)
500 won't even get started building if you dont have peripherals.

Here's a couple deals I found on an AMD system + 3 promos for 40 off. Still 615 shipped w/o montor/keyboard/mouse. But better than any new prebuilt you'll find. at that price.
http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=21368732
 
ck21 said:
Thanks alot man, just a few questions.

I am legit starting from SCRATCH. No desktop in hand or anything. What should I do? I don't know the first thing for building a desktop, but I'm sure Ill learn how to install the parts on my own, but building it is the problem.

If I don't make sense Im sorry I tried my best, lmao.
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Hey man,

That computer that is built above is pretty nice... but its in the 600's .

Maybe you could build a computer for around that price and try a bill me later... no sure how good your credit is... you can pay it off interest free in 6 months.

As for building a computer... its not very difficult at all if your patient. I think the first computer I ever built I installed the motherboard without the standoff screws :D This site is great for when you run into issues while building, no question is stupid either.

Matt
 
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