I'm looking to build a nice computer or buy a customised prebuilt one from iBUYPOWER or CyberpowerPC at newegg, normally i'd go to a tech support forum but since Sythe has a tech support forum with very courteous and friendly members I suppose i'll ask here

okay, so, I have a little experience building computers from doing maintenance on the one I have right now, also taking a class next fall on computer tech. my budget right now is around $500-790 but i'd like to spend around in the range of $500-660

right now I just need a little help finding the right parts that are compatible with each other or whether or not if I should just buy a prebuilt one, preferably one with a higher-end graphics card with a rating of 5-9ish out of 10- I already have a monitor/speakers and keyboard I could use.

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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16883227314

(this one is now $20 cheaper, blows my mind) $499 + $10 shipping
graphics card rating is 5, but power supply is kind of weak

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16883227291

(i'd really prefer a nice graphics card/power supply) $720 + $25 shipping
graphics card rating is 7, nice power supply

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16883227334

(great graphics/other specs though kind of overbudget) $800 + $20 shipping
graphics card rating is 9

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I also looked up some other parts, but building a computer seems a bit complicated- finding the right parts, compatibility, cost, USB ports, power supply, connecting everything, RAM, motherboard, cpu, a graphics card, DVD/CD burner, case, fans and cooling, and operating system (I could use a pirated version but for once i'd just like genuine)

but anyway, could I get opinions on whether or not if the $499 prebuilt is a good deal for me or if I should just go through the trouble of building one on my own (with help from another person).

I did collect some parts and put them in my cart but it's not really much,

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136533
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814127490
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145262
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103808

~ thanks

None of them are worth it tbh.

This computer will perform better then all of them:
ODD- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827151235
Case(could go cheaper if you want) - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811119197
HDD - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136533
MOBO - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131654
GPU - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814102946
PS(could go cheaper) - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817256059
RAM - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231314
CPU - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103808

$10 shipping. $757 total.

Build your own, companies that offer you the ability to customize your own will overcharge the hell out of you. Like that $720 one is okay but not very good tbh. I will assume that $820 is your maximum seeing as you listed a possible choice totaling that much cash.. let me put together a comprehensive list of parts for you. I will not be including the cost of Windows, because that is easily pirated (there are ways of making it genuine, it's really not a big deal)

Standard CD/DVD combo drive:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827118039
Antec Three Hundred Computer Case:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811129042
Intel Core i5-2500k CPU:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819115072
Seagate 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 6Gb/s HDD:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822148697
600W PSU:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...e-_-17-339-036
GIGABYTE GA-Z68A-D3H-B3 motherboard:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128502
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1600 RAM:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231445
EVGA SuperClocked GTX 560:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130664

Grand Total: $825.71

That's AFTER shipping as well. Putting it together is common sense. Everything is keyed so that you basically can't put anything in wrong. Plug everything in and secure everything down.. not much more to it than that. NeweggTV also has a pretty good build your own pc from scratch guide on their youtube channel. The above system is also future-proof in that you can go in and add another GTX 560 in when the time comes you need more horsepower. You might get a little bit more bang for your buck with an AMD solution (GPU/CPU) but I strongly prefer the aforementioned build over an AMD solution.

^Even better, I didn't know how much prices would be 'cos I'm from australia so I just went with the 955 build.

er, forget what I said here

~ thanks, lots.

The motherboard has usb 3.0 ports. the case itself has usb 2.0 ports(neat monsters build)
All his parts are completely compatible.

You will still have USB 3.0 ports on the motherboard I/O panel in the back. Only the front USB ports will be USB 2.0. Most of the cases with front panel USB 3.0 are extremely expensive, and like 90% of them don't use the USB 3.0 headers yet, so you wind up having to route the cables to the back of your motherboard anyway. Basically 90% of cases with USB 3.0 support on the market right now all you're doing is moving the USB 3.0 to the front with an extension cable lolz. Unless going behind your case every now and then is a big deal you won't really notice a difference. Besides, there's hardly any USB 3.0 devices atm anyway.

Also I assure you all of the parts I listed are 100% compatible. I've built 3 PCs over the course of the last 3-4 years and I've been eyeing a similar build (a little bit more robust) for the past like 5 months, so just trust me everything will work lol

thanks, this makes me ultraglad sythe has a Help, Requests & Tech. Support forum.

Glad to help, if you need help building it theres lots of guides on youtube.

It's built!

the case is actually really pretty nice and is a solid build.

had a bunch of problems though and it took me almost the whole day to figure it out and fix it

- CPU power cord
- fixing display problems
- obtaining a nice copy of windows 7
- burning the nice copy of windows 7
- organizing the wires and moving the hdd
- getting out a screw which had fallen into the PSU mounted in the bottom
- figuring out why the graphics card was being troublesome and annoying

thanks @ noodles and neat monster, who is banned
tom's hardware forum is really nice

Pictures? D

i'll post pictures and lots of information tomorrow, it's really late here.

Alrighty, pretty curious to see the finished product!

Are you glad you built it your self? Was it easier/harder then you thought? Sorry for the questions, just wanna know how a first time builder though it was like