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Originally Posted by Nads
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I haven't decided if I want to go Windows 7 or 8. I can get 8 pro through my university for like $15.
As for monitor I'm going to go for a 21.5" monitor, so 1920x1080 resolution.
Sound card I plan on investing in at a later date, any recommendations?
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As the title says,
"DO NOT BUY WINDOWS 8"
If I were you I would cut my budget by $200.00 minimum.
You can build a PC that will run todays and tomorrows games at max settings for $800. Anymore and you are wasting your money by buying too early. PC Hardware prices drop fast and quickly become obsolete,
you cannot future proof.*
*The future is unknown, manufacturers of today have no idea what you will need tomorrow.
Again going on the idea that we are not going to waste money, but maximize our half-life, I would recommend buying an AMD system.
Intel will post 15-20% performance gains on comparable AMD systems in benchmarks, there is no denying this. But 15-20% is not much in the computer world in the PC world. The It sector has a 3-5 year development cycle and there can be leaps and bounds in performance between the different cycles.
Texas Department of Information Resources "PC Life Cycles Guidelines for Establishing Life Cycles for Personal Computers"
Here are the things I would invest my money into.
AMD 8core processor
4 ram slots with ddr3 1600mhz capability
2x pci-express x16 slots
Any modern video card with minimum 1gb but prefere 2gb buffer x2(if you want to spend the money which you dont need to do) BTW I prefere Nvidia Cards but others will argue otherwise.
Sata II x4 (minimum prefere 6)
USB 2.0
SSD Sata 2 drive (32/64gb is fine, you want to install operating system files and core games only)
Dual monitors. If you don't already have this you need to spend your money here over any other peripherals. It makes a world of difference.