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Here is my list of computer parts I'm interested in purchasing for gaming/video editing. Anything you'd suggest changing?

Rosewill Blackbone Black Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - $45
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6811147023

SilverStone Strider 500W, 80 PLUS, Active PFC Power Supply - $56
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0034XRDUU

LG Electronics GH22NS50 22X SATA Super Multi DVD+/-RW Internal Drive - $27
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002C9K3UO

WD Blue 1 TB Desktop Hard Drive: 3.5 Inch, 7200 RPM, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64 MB Cache - $67
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0088PUEPK

Intel Pentium Dual-Core Processor G860 3.0 GHz 3 MB Cache LGA 1155 - $70
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005LLBBSS

ASRock Z75 Pro3 LGA 1155 Intel Z75 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard - $85
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6813157304

CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model - $70
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6820145345

EVGA GeForce GTX 650 Ti 1024MB GDDR5 128bit, Dual Dual-Link DVI, Mini HDMI, Graphics Card - $145
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009KUT322

Rosewill RFX-120BL 120mm 2 Ball Bearing Blue LED Case Fan - $10
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6835200028

To make sure, this is mostly parts listed in the budget build article, correct? I want to point out that, outside of specific pairings listed in the article (Eg: an 1155 Intel chip MUST go with an 1155 Intel mobo) you can switch out anything that's in that article.

I do see you have different RAM & DVD drive than listed - both of those will work, but as a note, you're probably paying too much for the DVD burner (should be around $20, not $30) unless you want that one for a particular reason. But other than that, you look good to go!

If don't mind me asking, what is your max budget? The G860 is on the weak side especially for video editing. Also what resolution monitor do you have?

Once we know a budget we can start changing parts to fit the price.

I was hoping to stay around the same budget as I currently have in those items listed. So around 600. And yes those were all from the budget build article, and oh could you link me to a cheaper DVD drive? And I'm hoping to have a 20" widescreen monitor, I'm just using a laptop for now.

Mathieu just updated the budget gaming pc article.

http://www.hardware-revolution.com/best-...-may-2013/

Should I just upgrade the video card to

EVGA GeForce GTX 660 SUPERCLOCKED 2048MB GDDR5 DVI HDMI DP Graphics Card
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00966IREK

Upgrading the CPU would be best. Considering windows will cost about $100 I would go with a tier 1.

Which one would you suggest?

Basically everything shown for tier 1 would be the parts to choose.


Processor

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002SRQ...B002SRQ214

Motherboard: Linked wrong motherboard sorry

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...067296&SID=

Graphics Card
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BWHI...B00BWHIOQC

Cheaper Power supply
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004IZN...B004IZN3K2

Alright great, thank you very much.

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(05-07-2013, 08:33 PM)Brandonsr Wrote: [ -> ]Upgrading the CPU would be best. Considering windows will cost about $100 go with a tier 1.

Also I'm a student with access to Microsoft Dreamspark so I can download any of their OS's for free for my own personal use for free.