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<blockquote data-quote="Rez Exelon" data-source="post: 1448311" data-attributes="member: 5800"><p>Depending on what you are using it for your budget doesn't need to be over about 650. I just built this:</p><p></p><p>Military grade MSI motherboard</p><p>Quad Core AMD (Phenom 2 955 black edition)</p><p>4GB DDR3 1600Mhz</p><p>500GB boot drive</p><p>3 TB Raid 0 Data storage</p><p>Custom media center case</p><p>Upgraded cooling system</p><p>1GB DDR5 video card (3 monitor output)</p><p>DVDRW</p><p></p><p>And that was for about 650-700ish. I had some mail in rebates and got some good deals to reduce the cost. This will handle most all tasks for a looooong time to come as long as I don't decide to start playing games on max settings. I can encode videos, while running photo shop with 2 virtual systems running at the same time. </p><p></p><p>Main thing: If you are set on a desktop, get with a knowledgeable computer guy, pay a small fee and you can wind up getting much more hardware for the money. If you go laptop, go with Dell. They have better customer service than competitors. Make sure to get accidental damage coverage.</p><p></p><p>Hope that helps!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rez Exelon, post: 1448311, member: 5800"] Depending on what you are using it for your budget doesn't need to be over about 650. I just built this: Military grade MSI motherboard Quad Core AMD (Phenom 2 955 black edition) 4GB DDR3 1600Mhz 500GB boot drive 3 TB Raid 0 Data storage Custom media center case Upgraded cooling system 1GB DDR5 video card (3 monitor output) DVDRW And that was for about 650-700ish. I had some mail in rebates and got some good deals to reduce the cost. This will handle most all tasks for a looooong time to come as long as I don't decide to start playing games on max settings. I can encode videos, while running photo shop with 2 virtual systems running at the same time. Main thing: If you are set on a desktop, get with a knowledgeable computer guy, pay a small fee and you can wind up getting much more hardware for the money. If you go laptop, go with Dell. They have better customer service than competitors. Make sure to get accidental damage coverage. Hope that helps! [/QUOTE]
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