11-23-2012, 04:49 PM
You probably would save at least $500, likely more, building it yourself.
Motherboard
8 GB RAM
nVidia 560, 580, 660 or 680 video card, depending on how much you want to spend
Intel i7 CPU of some sort
Power supply (unless you can use the old one)
Case (unless you can use the old one)
Done.
Probably will end up in the neighborhood of $800 - $1200 depending on how much of your old system you want to / can reuse.
Keep your existing hard drives unless you have a reason to leave them in the old machine or just really want new hard drives.
Assembling all the stuff yourself is somewhat tedious but not difficult:
* Screw motherboard standoff screws into case
* Line up the motherboard and screw it into the standoff screw holes
* Screw the power supply into the case
* Attach all the wires to all their corresponding slots
In Ye Olden Times you really had to be careful what you plugged into what but these days it's just about foolproof. About the worst you can do is fail to plug something in, in which case it usually just doesn't turn on.
Motherboard
8 GB RAM
nVidia 560, 580, 660 or 680 video card, depending on how much you want to spend
Intel i7 CPU of some sort
Power supply (unless you can use the old one)
Case (unless you can use the old one)
Done.
Probably will end up in the neighborhood of $800 - $1200 depending on how much of your old system you want to / can reuse.
Keep your existing hard drives unless you have a reason to leave them in the old machine or just really want new hard drives.
Assembling all the stuff yourself is somewhat tedious but not difficult:
* Screw motherboard standoff screws into case
* Line up the motherboard and screw it into the standoff screw holes
* Screw the power supply into the case
* Attach all the wires to all their corresponding slots
In Ye Olden Times you really had to be careful what you plugged into what but these days it's just about foolproof. About the worst you can do is fail to plug something in, in which case it usually just doesn't turn on.