Originally posted by Zempten
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I like building PC's. Personally for me, where I splurge is on the motherboard, and Case. I dont' run dual moniters, or even 30inchers with 16xAA or AS. I try to keep my build prices around 1200-1500, and usually replace/upgrade my stuff every 2-3 years. I also like to make sure I spend some extra cash on nice accesories like Razer Mouse/G15 Keyboard/Razer Nostromo (great for FPS, MMO, DOTA type games)
I honestly just got a really nice wireless headset, with a mic built in, and there were alot of options, however, I ended up getting a Logitech 510, which isn't "techniqually" made for the PC. It's designed to be used with Xbox,ps3, however it does include the option to hook up to a computer.
I'm probably going to be looking into getting a new laptop this year instead of building a new pc, as mine is pushing 3-4 years old now.
I honestly love my current case, but it's a full tower, mega nice coolermaster about 2 years old, however has all the nice bells and whisltes that still hold up to current cases (minus usb3.0) My motherboard is getting a bit dated, however, and If i do any changes that would probably be my next upgrade.
With that said, I want something a bit smaller. I'm moving to turkey, and leaving behind a 2000sqft house for something along the lines of 12-1300 sqft ><.
As far as power supply, that's usually something i don't skimp on either.
Honestly, the things i do skimp on are Video card, RAM, and HDD.
I currently have a 120g SSD, and a 500g 7200rpm data drive. It's honestly plenty of space as I keep alot of my stuff on portable hard drives.
I just got a 560Ti video card from bestbuy for $260, and i think i have 8 gig's of ram. Got a i7 920 that I got around 2009, it's the first gen so it's older but suffices for my needs. My power supply is a 750watt which is plenty for even dual 560ti's but I just have never had the need to run dual vid cards.
Slightly off topic, I've seen a couple of Laptops on the market now, that have HDMI INPUTS, as opposed to just outputs, which interests the hell out of me for deploying and taking an xbox or ps3. I searched and searched and they litterly have just started to include these on some select laptops.
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