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Start by defining your goals

Submitted by Midnight on Tue, 04/22/2008 - 1:47pm.

Start by defining your goals for this computer and your budget, then everyone here can make recommendations on each component. You can then decide on components and purchase them as you find time/money.

1. What's your budget? If you're wishy-washy on this then it'll be difficult to recommend a system to you, so please just draw a line in the sand. Be honest with yourself on how much you're willing to spend. If it's $400, that's OK. If it's $1400, that's OK too.
2. Is this going to be a gaming PC? If so, what games do you want to play on it?
3. Besides basic home computing (word processing, pictures, surfing the net) are there any resource-intensive programs you wish to run on it? What programs? It's not abnormal if the answer is "none."
4. I assume you want a DVD burning optical drive? If not, please specify.
5. Any desire for a HD video optical drive (Blu-Ray)? This means you would be able to watch Blu-Ray movies on your PC. These are rather expensive right now.
6. Are you purchasing a monitor as well, or just building the PC?

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