So, over winter break I have this idea that I would like to build my own desktop PC. The problem is, I have never built one before so I'm not exactly sure where to start. I have a pretty good idea of what I want this rig to do, but I'm not sure how to approach such a project. I haven't really come up with a money limit, but here is what I would love for this thing to do in a perfect world:
I listen to a ton of music, so I want this thing to have a massive HDD and a good set of speakers. I would like to (if not now, then in the future) buy a record player and somehow hook it up through the PC and use the PC's speakers to listen to the record.
A big HDD is also required since one of my biggest hobbies is photography and I love messing around with photoshop when I have sufficient time.
I'm not a big PC gamer, but I wouldn't mind a set up where I can play recent games on good settings. I have CIV4, Company of Heroes, and Black & White 2 and while they do run on my laptop, its not the greatest gaming platform. I also want to play some WoW on this thing.
I use my laptop quite a bit to catch up on tv shows via hulu and similar sites, so being able to stream HD visuals would be good. If its possible, I would like to use my current LCD HDtv as my screen. I would like to be able to hook my Wii up to the screen as well - speaking of which, I would like someway of recording stuff of the wii to make videos or what not. I would love a drive capable of playing blu-ray movies, but its not a necessity.
Outside of looking at keyboards and mice, I'm at a loss at what I should be putting on my list of things to price-check.
I listen to a ton of music, so I want this thing to have a massive HDD and a good set of speakers. I would like to (if not now, then in the future) buy a record player and somehow hook it up through the PC and use the PC's speakers to listen to the record.
A big HDD is also required since one of my biggest hobbies is photography and I love messing around with photoshop when I have sufficient time.
I'm not a big PC gamer, but I wouldn't mind a set up where I can play recent games on good settings. I have CIV4, Company of Heroes, and Black & White 2 and while they do run on my laptop, its not the greatest gaming platform. I also want to play some WoW on this thing.
I use my laptop quite a bit to catch up on tv shows via hulu and similar sites, so being able to stream HD visuals would be good. If its possible, I would like to use my current LCD HDtv as my screen. I would like to be able to hook my Wii up to the screen as well - speaking of which, I would like someway of recording stuff of the wii to make videos or what not. I would love a drive capable of playing blu-ray movies, but its not a necessity.
Outside of looking at keyboards and mice, I'm at a loss at what I should be putting on my list of things to price-check.
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