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Is there such a thing as a list of NESESSARY componets and a list of OPTIONAL componets when building a new computer. Obiviosly I have never built my own but would like to give it a try. However after reading and reading here for the past few days I have found it sort of confusing as to what I really need vs what I have to have. I am a photographer and need a computer that will allow me to run photoshop while having several different windows open and burn DVD/CD's all at the same time without stalling like my present computer does.. I don't play video games but I do like to play video mpgs from the internet. I have a cable modem.

Would someone here like to spec. out a system for me?

I'm hoping to keep it around $500.00. I think I'm going to continue to use my current CRT monitor untill it gives out, and I want to continue to use my wireless mouse and Wacom tablet. It must be able to upgrade for future growth if nesessary.

Anyone want to give it a go?

Let's see...I need a....
case?
processor?
ram?
motherboard?
cooling fan?
Hard drive?

Thanks for your help!

Do you ever get tired of newbies?
 
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Is there such a thing as a list of NESESSARY componets and a list of OPTIONAL componets when building a new computer
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List of neccesary depends on when you ask and what you're building .. for the most part its CPU, powe, mobo, IO, memory .. list of optional is ... long. :)

It must be able to upgrade for future growth if nesessary.
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That makes things hard on a $500 budget because for AMD boxes, you're already screwed out of the box due to the upcoming new platform and for intel boxes 975 rigs arent cheap
 
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