Advice on Building A PC

[Stealth]

Hey guys. Well I am moving houses and a result I will have a bigger room. So I am going to build a desktop computer that can fit my needs.

I code, edit videos, browse the web, game and develop. Would anybody be willing to make a PC part picker list?

 

[Patrick]

How about including a budget for us to work with?

 

[\\Vexel]

Yes, budget would be nice to have and if you want to include peripherals or not with the parts list

 

[Stealth]

No peripherals and around 1,000.

 

[Bradley]

Well, for 1,000 you could get a decent PC.
You should really focus on buying a Motherboard, Processor and Ram - if you have left over money I would suggest you purchase a graphics card so you can play games without any lag.

 

[Stealth]

Sorry for the late reply but okay I will start shopping around. Is 8GB of RAM enough or would I need 16GB? and would an i7 processor get the job done?

 

[Bradley]

I use 8GB and it does the job perfectly fine.

i7 would be amazing though

 

[Patrick]

You know, PCPartpicker is already filled with builds to fit any budget. People often show them off. This build was one made by PCMR, I just modified the video card to pull down the price to better fit your budget. Check it out.

 

[Guardian]

8GB would suffice for most everything now. Of course, 16GB is better, but you don't NEED it.

 

[RivaCom]

When building a Budget PC(and 1000 is a decent budget) you focus on bettering stuff that isn't upgradable for cheap down the line. So get a MB that can handle different speeds of ram, that can handle the latest cpu, SLI or Crossfire , etc. Once you pick the motherboard, I'd say start with 8 GB of ram or 2 x 4 GB of it. If you picked the right MB, you should have 2 more slots for down the road. After focus on CPU, You want speed but don't need to overkill for tons of money. So the i5 4690k is a great CPU under the i7 with not a ton of missing speed.

• CPU $240 - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117372
• Motherboard $185 - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157524
• Memory $55 - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231314&cm_re=ddr3-_-20-231-314-_-Product
• Hard drive 1TB WD Black $70 - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822236625
• Video Card GB GTX 970 $330 - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125684

Now the only things remaining are Case and Powersupply. I would definately do a little shopping because both of them can be found on sale easily. I'd suggest you browse slickdeals.net for some up to date sales on all the items above.

 

[RagtimeMagus]

An i3 will fit your needs, and an i5 will work great. No need for an i7.