Windows and CPU

[Commander Wallace]

Originally Posted by Buddahaid

The last two systems I purchased I used a local boutique computer business. You can opt for what components you're interested in tailored to your needs and they build it as well as support it. A bit more expensive than off the shelf gear but you do have choices.

That's pretty much the way to go. Doing it that way, you can tailor a system to your specific needs, as you said. If you plan on gaming, you can devote more of your budget to things like video cards to support that. Really, It's not much if any to build a system that way if you do the research which everyone does if they plan on building a system like this.