Foxboy Wrote:Cannibalize as much as you can for your new machine if you go the build your own route. But then, that's just normal practical frugality.
That heavily depends on your budget. I have done that in the past, but usually it's better to just buy all new stuff if you are going to be spending above 750$ and you computer is at least two years old.
Never reuse power supplies though that is a recepie for disaster.
What you need to know about processors; If you plan to upgrade the processor independently in 2-3 years and keep the rest of the computer then buy intel (and first do some reading on the CPU socket, intel has too many varieties and they switch them too readily.), otherwise with your budget you are better of with an AMD processor. Until you go over 1000$ on just the computer without peripherals AMD will still get you more bang for the buck. That is changing because AMD is lagging behind if fabbing tech, and their new bulldozer architecture is going to face a few hard years, but those chips are not on the market yet.
It makes a lot of sense to budget IO devices like mouse, keyboard and monitor separately, since those will usually last you a decade or more and they will be your primary interface to the computer. When I did my latest computer upgrade I also replaced my old stuff, and I spent roughly half my budget on it. A nice gaming quality mouse is around 50$ to 100$ and it is so very worth it.
With your budget I'd say to set aside at least 500$ on IO devices. Most of that is going to be for the monitor, and 1920x1080 LCD monitors are cheap because that is TV size, you probably want a bright LCD with a good contrast ratio and a fast response time. Anything slower than 5ms is worthless, and if the measurement is Grey to Grey the measurement is worthless since it will not tell you much about the monitor performance. The different ways of measuring contrast ratio can differ by 3 or more orders of magnitude, so be sure you are comparing apples to apples.
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B: "Have you forgotten so soon? They're phasing out Don't Ask, Don't Tell."