... I guess it's a good thing I'm not that interested in gaming, what with my computer options being a ten-year-old laptop, a twelve-year-old laptop, or a bottom-of-the-barrel-Chromebook, and the Chromebook having the most RAM of all of them at 4Gb... I still hang my head in nerd-shame, though. That said, from looking at part prices you should be able to put something pretty decent together for well under $1500, as the biggest expense these days is top-of-the-line video cards and there's a sharp drop off to the second and and even more to third ranked ones that are nonetheless still quite capable. The best advice I can give you is to try to match chipset manufacturers for the mobo and graphics card you intend to buy, and make sure you get RAM from a good brand even if it isn't the cheapest (and it won't be) because there's a definite quality gradient to be seen there as well.
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"Anko, what you do in your free time is your own choice. Use it wisely. And if you do not use it wisely, make sure you thoroughly enjoy whatever unwise thing you are doing." - HymnOfRagnorok as Orochimaru at SpaceBattles
woot Med. Eng., verb, 1st & 3rd pers. prsnt. sg. know, knows
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"Anko, what you do in your free time is your own choice. Use it wisely. And if you do not use it wisely, make sure you thoroughly enjoy whatever unwise thing you are doing." - HymnOfRagnorok as Orochimaru at SpaceBattles
woot Med. Eng., verb, 1st & 3rd pers. prsnt. sg. know, knows