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  • I need it primarily for things like essay writing, research, and email, but I'm hoping to do some gaming on it as well.  I play primarily sandbox survival and fighting games.  Conan Exiles, Minecraft, 7 Days to Die, Empyrion, Mortal Kombat 10, Tekke…
  • I've now got my eye on the Sapphire Radeon Nitro+ RX 590 or the Pulse RX 590 and I'm waiting until black friday to see what goes on sale since it's less than a week away.  I like the cooling system on the nitro+.  I don't know if it will make much p…
  • Quizzical said: Exactly what are your monitor port requirements?  Is it that you need at least four ports in total, and at least one of them to be HDMI?  So would three DisplayPort and one HDMI work for you?  Or two of each?  Or what? I…
  • The Sapphire PULSE Radeon RX 580 has come onto my radar. On amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Sapphire-11265-05-20G-Backplate-Graphics-Graphic/dp/B06ZZ6FMF8/  On newegg it's cheaper with the discount: https://www.newegg.com/sapphire-radeon-rx-5…
  • Thanks for the responses.  I'm now leaning toward the Radeon RX 580.  I found another version of it that's the same cost as the 570.  It's cheaper and yet has a faster clock speed.  Same manufacturer and seller.  I looked at the 590 but the one I ca…
  • I apologize for double posting but it won't let me edit the op.  I realized I should probably mention I'm looking for something under $200 and that it's for gaming.  So far I've narrowed it down to a few choices, all versions of the Radeon RX 500 se…
  • They ended up buying an HP with a 7th gen i7 and 225gb SSD from best buy.  The components are decent but it's not upgradable outside of replacing currently installed parts.  2 extra bays in the thing but not one free power port.  I attempted disconn…
  • This is $30 more but the few that are any cheaper I dont recognize the brands of. https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202287 There's a viewmax card and this zotac card.  Never have heard of zotac before so I'm wary of it: http…
  • Oh wow thanks for pointing that out, didn't even notice.  Back I go to searching for a card.
  • I switched out the power supply to one of the ones Quizzical suggested.  Also got rid of the HDD since I'll be sticking the HDD's from their old pc into it.  I chose the video card based primarily on its sale price and went for the cheapest ram avai…
  • Thanks for the replies. The OS is already taken care of luckily (win7 oem I bought for the laptop my mom doesn't use anymore.) I'm actually intending to build this for them to keep them from buying another walmart or best buy prebuilt computer.  T…
  • Thanks for the replies.  If it weren't for the non- detachable wrist rest I'd go for the ROCCAT Ryos MK Pro.  Currently I'm looking at the Ducky DK9008 Shine 3, it looks to be the best possible option aside from a lack of usb ports and macro keys.  …
  • I got it working using the USB method mentioned.  I've got a logitech G110 usb gaming keyboard and it's got jacks for a headset and mic.  I just had to tell each piece of software where to direct its audio.  Thanks for the replies!
  • It's VIA VT2021 The onboard audio on this motherboard:  http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128546
  • I got everything ordered.  Thank you for all the advice, I really appreciate it. The one thing I forgot to ask about is a surge protector / ups.  I'm going to need one as we get a lot of power fluctuations in my area.  I really don't know much abou…
  • I've got my shopping cart all filled out.  My only remaining question is does brand matter with solid state drives?  I don't recognize that brand you linked, while I know corsair is a trusted brand.  I know brand matters with a regular hard drive, g…
  • Thanks for the suggestions.  Is that PowerColor card basically the exact same thing as the HIS IceQ card but with an extra dvi port?  Would there be any noticable performance differences if they were compared?  There aren't many reviews on newegg fo…
  • I'm ordering the parts this evening when I get home from work.  Due to the sales going off on a couple things I'll be spending an extra $80 sadly, but it couldn't be helped due to my work schedule (14 hour days lately, not much time left for shoppin…
  • Originally posted by Quizzical The price on the video card I linked has also gone way up since I linked it.  How about if you wait until you have the money and are ready to buy parts before picking the exact parts?  Otherwise, prices will change ag…
  • I've been doing some research and it turns out that graphics card is extremely large, 11.69" long.  I've discovered that a lot of cases can't hold a card that big.  I'm considering this case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E1681…