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So I am building a PC for my kid. He is almost 12 and will be using this primarily for gaming and the usual media consumption. As it stands I have none of the parts, not even a monitor, keyboard or good mouse. To date all my experience has been with Macs.
And yes, I know there have been other threads on this subject but they are out of date and it seems easier to just start again.
I've been looking at Tiger Direct and Newegg as well as Amazon. Also Tom's Hardware.
The combos below all look good but seem to be less than perfect in one way or another. I think I'll want to just buy each part and say ******* to the combo discount. Any thoughts?
I think I will go i5 2600k or i7 2600k if I can afford it.
8GB Ramm, 1600 or 1866? thinking of this:http://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Venge...M2A1600C9/dp/B004CRSM4I/ref=pd_ecc_rvi_cart_1
A z68 mobo, are the cheaper ones good enough?
Somthing like the this http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005M2AQQY/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?ie=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER
is a bit cheaper then this http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005UDITPK/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&m=A2R0FX412W1BDT
Is the higher price really worth it? Is there a sweet spot?
Looking at this monitor:http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00443WABQ/ref=ox_sc_act_title_6?ie=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER
This keyboard and mouse:http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003VAM32E/ref=ox_sc_act_image_5?ie=UTF8&m=A1CHDTJ9IVXV2B
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003VAK16O/ref=ox_sc_act_image_4?ie=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER
Ideally I'll get this GPU:http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004ULZ7YY/ref=ox_sc_act_title_7?ie=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER
or this one: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004KZHRAM/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER
Thinking of this case (remember, it is for a 12 year old, all th eLED is a selling point):http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004WK3KKQ/ref=ox_sc_act_title_10?ie=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER
For drives I'd like an SSD, does anyone know about using the dual ssd drive caching ability? I might settle for an 500 gb normal drive for now to keep costs down.
And of course cables and a power supply, maybe an additional cpu cooler.
Anyway that is a **** load of options, I'm just kind of throwing it out there for opinions.
Some preselected combos as well:
This combo from NE looks pretty good but I don't really like the drive:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.770956
As does this one although I would need to add a graphics card:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.755265
This is probably the best but it still needs a graphics card:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.789290
This one looks good but I don't really want to pay for the software it comes with:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.793894
And this one is about right but ****** ram:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.755250
And yes, I know there have been other threads on this subject but they are out of date and it seems easier to just start again.
I've been looking at Tiger Direct and Newegg as well as Amazon. Also Tom's Hardware.
The combos below all look good but seem to be less than perfect in one way or another. I think I'll want to just buy each part and say ******* to the combo discount. Any thoughts?
I think I will go i5 2600k or i7 2600k if I can afford it.
8GB Ramm, 1600 or 1866? thinking of this:http://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Venge...M2A1600C9/dp/B004CRSM4I/ref=pd_ecc_rvi_cart_1
A z68 mobo, are the cheaper ones good enough?
Somthing like the this http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005M2AQQY/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?ie=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER
is a bit cheaper then this http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005UDITPK/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&m=A2R0FX412W1BDT
Is the higher price really worth it? Is there a sweet spot?
Looking at this monitor:http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00443WABQ/ref=ox_sc_act_title_6?ie=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER
This keyboard and mouse:http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003VAM32E/ref=ox_sc_act_image_5?ie=UTF8&m=A1CHDTJ9IVXV2B
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003VAK16O/ref=ox_sc_act_image_4?ie=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER
Ideally I'll get this GPU:http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004ULZ7YY/ref=ox_sc_act_title_7?ie=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER
or this one: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004KZHRAM/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER
Thinking of this case (remember, it is for a 12 year old, all th eLED is a selling point):http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004WK3KKQ/ref=ox_sc_act_title_10?ie=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER
For drives I'd like an SSD, does anyone know about using the dual ssd drive caching ability? I might settle for an 500 gb normal drive for now to keep costs down.
And of course cables and a power supply, maybe an additional cpu cooler.
Anyway that is a **** load of options, I'm just kind of throwing it out there for opinions.
Some preselected combos as well:
This combo from NE looks pretty good but I don't really like the drive:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.770956
As does this one although I would need to add a graphics card:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.755265
This is probably the best but it still needs a graphics card:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.789290
This one looks good but I don't really want to pay for the software it comes with:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.793894
And this one is about right but ****** ram:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.755250