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Originally Posted by cars_willkillyou
I want to be able to play movies in HD. I want to be really fast, and consistently. I want to be able to play and run video games smoothly. I want to buy the parts individually and assemble it myself.
what are prices and how much work/knowledge do i need. I am good with building things and have some knowledge of the workings of computers.
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None of the stuff you've mentioned is really computer intensive these days.. Unless you're into lots of 3d rendering and after effects in your movie making, mid range specs will do you fine. Better than average graphics card but not ridiculous. Decent sound card wont set you back as much as graphics.. Spend a little extra on your processor to make it last, and yes making sure you fit a non standard heat sink is important for the life of yr system. Dont need anymore than 4gb ram as any 32 bit system will only use 3.2, just make sure your motherboard has the capacity to up it to 8 for when 64 bit OS are reliable with ...life in general.
Are you in the US or EU?
This is how it works on my side of the world..
Find a computer swap meet/market and an asian dude and give him a list of what you want to do, with a fair idea of the stats of the items you're wanting already so you are sure you're buying the right thing, choose a box and put it all together. Its not too hard and most swap meets even have nerds who get off on putting things together for either free or very cheap. voila.