First Time Buidling a PC

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  1. quip13

    quip13 Regular member

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    Hey everyone,
    I have a 1,500 dollar budget (maybe a little more) to build a computer, and I was wondering if someone could recomend parts. I'm completely new to building a PC, but based on the prices on newegg, I can build a pretty good PC.
    Thanks in advance.
     
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    to you need the monitor, keyboard ETC?
     
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    no, I have all those
    thanks for the response
     
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    What are you building it for? Gaming, Encoding? Cuz I'm starting to build my first one. and i was given some links to some pretty good stuff to build a Budget Encoding computer for right around $650-$700. I could pass them on to you If your interested.
     
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    i'm building a gaming computer
    something that can last me a while into the future and play games like wic and crysis on max.
    but thanks for the offer
     
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    thanks for the reply,
    I was just wondeirng, is it cost-effective to have 2 graphics cards, or just 1 really powerful one
     
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    The HD4870X2 is both those things. You can't buy a single card as fast as the 4870X2, to match its speed you have to buy a dual card, or two cards.
     
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    thank you,
    this looks good, I'll probably get this setup
     

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