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I have made up my mind. Within the next month or two I would like to build myself a new PC. While I have a pretty good knowledge about PCs, I am not 100% sure how to go about finding all the parts and not missing any.

I want this PC to be a medium-high end gaming PC that will be able to run anything on at least medium and last for several years without major upgrades. Money is not a huge issue but I would prefer to be between $800-$1200, but am willing to spend up to $1500. For right now I plan on getting most of the parts off newegg possibly during day after thanksgiving and/or Christmas holiday sells.

Specific parts I am looking for are a high end processor and graphics card, and hard drive between 750GB-1TB.

Now that I have described somewhat what I plan on doing, is newegg the best way to go and are either of the two holidays good times to buy?

I have done some research, but am looking for suggestions. :)

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That site looks pretty good for this, I can't really suggest anywhere else since Im not American though :P

I'll whip out some suggestions, don't trust me on all this, Im sure dat with stroll in here and put me to shame.

As far as video goes, I have a nvidia GTX 275, have done for a while it it can handle everything I have thrown at it on max. I could find this one on that site you mentioned so I looked for a GTX 460. here and here are two 460's, One is overclocked, I believe, but you can check those out. 460's are better than my card, so you should be fine with one of those. Check everything out though before you buy.

If you want to go a lot further in price than one of these is pretty hard to beat, I've heard, but it might not be worth it.

With processors, I have a Intel i7 920, which I couldn't find on there either. This one is much better though, and I would say its a good price. It is a 6 core whereas mine is a quad.

The hard drives on that site look pretty good, this one is 2TB for $80.

With all that you'll need power and a good motherboard but I'll leave that too someone else since it is important.

Good luck -tu

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Eh, if you are going to buy online then not really. Sign up for the newsletters for tigerdirect and newegg and they'll send you offers all the time. Considering your budget you probably don't need to wait for deals. However, they do have them all the time so it's just a matter of signing up and waiting if you want. Sometimes you can save a lot. Slickdeals.net tracks hardware deals a lot too.

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When I get a little time I'll put something together that I would build with that budget. Nothing you should take to heart, but some ideas. The only suggestion I can make at this moment without looking at exact prices is to buy a Solid State Drive for your OS. Hopefully my next PC component purchases will be SSDs. It's to the point where they should be greatly considered.

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Not bad, but I think you can do better with the budget you have. I don't know that I'll have time tonight, but I'll try and put something together tomorrow for you to look at.

I plan on putting a little but better graphics card and "maybe" a better processor. I will also try to find a good solid state drive, just juggling what size and brand I should get.

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border-bottom:3px solid #fff; color:green">-$15.00 Instant<br><a href="http://images10.newegg.com/uploadfilesfornewegg/rebate/SH/OCZ7MIRsOct17Oct3110mc69.pdf" target="_blank" style="color:green">$20.00 Mail-in Rebate Card</a><br></td><td align="right" valign="top" bgcolor="#E8E8E8" style="border-left:1px solid #fff; border-bottom:3px solid #fff"><font style="text-decoration: line-through; color:666">$155.99</font><br>$140.99</td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#E8E8E8" style="border-bottom:3px solid #fff">1</td><td valign="top" bgcolor="#E8E8E8" style="border-left:1px solid #fff;border-bottom:3px solid #fff" Colspan="2"><p style="float:left;border:1px solid #bbb"><img src="http://images10.newegg.com/ProductImageCompressAll/32-116-713-S01.jpg" alt="Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Upgrade" title="Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Upgrade" ></p><p style="margin:0 0 0 70px;"><a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16832116713" style="color:#000000">Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Upgrade</a><br>Item #:N82E16832116713<br>Return Policy: Software Standard Return Policy</p></td><td valign="top" bgcolor="#E8E8E8" style="border-left:1px solid #fff; border-bottom:3px solid #fff; color:green">-$10.00 Instant<br></td><td align="right" valign="top" bgcolor="#E8E8E8" style="border-left:1px solid #fff; border-bottom:3px solid #fff"><font style="text-decoration: line-through; color:666">$119.99</font><br>$109.99</td></tr><tr><td align="right" valign="top" bgcolor="#E8E8E8" style="border-bottom:3px solid #fff" colspan="4" ><strong>Grand Total:</strong></td><td align="right" valign="top" bgcolor="#E8E8E8" style="border-left:1px solid #fff; border-bottom:3px solid #fff">$1,680.91</td></tr></table><br><BR><BR>

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This is where I would start, and then I would widdle my way down to my budget. There's literally tons of options, but I like to start at the top and then work my way down when I build

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I am starting to work on putting this all together and this is what I have so far.

http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=14876792

Just a few questions that I thought of...

Is a higher RPM on a hard drive better, and if so would getting a 7200 RPM hard drives with almost the same specs be worth $10 more over one with 5400 RPM?

Will the graphics card I have selected work with the power unit?

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Looks like a beast, I need to do a change or two on my pc to get everything out of it, like a solid state drive would be awesome. And why not do a OEM windows 7 1pack for 99.99? just curious.

I meant to reply to this and never did. I was just adding stuff in a kind of hurry. I'd certainly recommend the oem.

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I am starting to work on putting this all together and this is what I have so far.

http://secure.newegg...Number=14876792

Just a few questions that I thought of...

Is a higher RPM on a hard drive better, and if so would getting a 7200 RPM hard drives with almost the same specs be worth $10 more over one with 5400 RPM?

Will the graphics card I have selected work with the power unit?

As a storage drive it doesn't really matter. If you're going to install games on it then yes. The 10 bucks is worth it. Yes the gpu and psu should work fine together.

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Everything but the case and cables/parts/etc...

http://secure.newegg...Number=14876792

Any suggestions? Did I get everything together so everything is compatible?

Everything looks good to me, but don't forget a DVD drive of some sort. Will need it to install the OS! Oh, and if you are planning on buying any of this soon:

http://promotions.newegg.com/neemail/nov-0-2010/coupon04/index-landing.html?nm_mc=EMC-IGNEFL110410&cm_mmc=EMC-IGNEFL110410-_-EMC-110410-Index-_-E0B-_-LCD#LCD

10% off a lot of stuff on newegg.com using the above promo codes.

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