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Honestly, I'd really recommend building your own. The caliber of components you'll get is far higher than any prebuilt machine for the price point. PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/YVLGxY Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/YVLGxY/by_merchant/ CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor ($108.99 @ SuperBiiz) Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($49.99 @ Newegg) Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($48.99 @ Newegg) Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($48.89 @ OutletPC) Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card ($82.99 @ Newegg) Case: Cooler Master HAF 912 ATX Mid Tower Case ($37.99 @ Newegg) Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($41.89 @ OutletPC) Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($84.89 @ OutletPC) Total: $504.62 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-11-15 10:02 EST-0500 This is by no means a powerhouse, but I have confidence that this will handle most games at 1080p at acceptable detail levels and framerates. This also assumes you have all peripherals like monitor, keyboard, speakers and a mouse. Long story short, building your own REALLY adds a lot of power to your PC and is pretty easy to do with minimal tools and experience. Plus its super fun.

If I remember correctly, you'd need a crossover cable for this to work as you're hoping for. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethernet_crossover_cable Without this, it just doesn't work. Is your desktop connected to the modem directly? You might be better served just buying a router to distribute internet, even if your laptop doesn't have wifi, you can use the router as a switch. I have often seen N300 routers at Goodwill for like 7 bucks, just make sure to find a power supply rated correctly there as well, but those are often only 3 or 4 dollars as well. EDIT: See the post below, I forgot about bridging.

Mint is great because it tries to emulate windows to some extent, so it will be very intuitive to use. So Mint is a great choice. In my opinion though, you can make ubuntu whatever you want it to be, and as such it is my distro of choice when I use linux.

Generally high-ultra with no anti-aliasing generally. Slightly older games, as I'm getting old and have no more money for video games. Tropico 5, Just Cause 3 (albeit on medium-high settings), Arma 3, but that's a crapshoot depending on the server. In single player it plugs along at Ultra at 55-60 FPS no problems. TIL I don't play any demanding games. And I don't mind a slight drop in visual fidelity for a few more FPS.

There you have it. If you can swing a 1080 it's one of the best cards on the market right now. Make it so and don't look back.

This is kind of hard to answer without knowing anything else about your system. I'd say 980 Ti or 1080, but the CPU can really hold back FPS on some games. What's your budget? EDIT: Also, is your monitor capable of 100 FPS? I run a 2560x1600 off a 660 Ti and it gets 50-60 on most games.

Honestly, from what I've heard, you're not likely to see enough improvement from the 6700k over the 6600k to make it worth the fairly hefty price differential. I may get smacked down for saying that, but I'd honestly get the 6600k. Spend the extra hundred or so bucks on other stuff, like a better GPU or an extra SSD or something. If it's working now, and you're happy with it. Run with it til you build the new rig. If you can swing it, and want to, get the gpu you'll be using in the new rig early and use it in this computer, then transfer it over to the new build when you get the other components.

I have a HAF912 from Cooler Master. It's got plenty of room for cable management, but I can't recall if there are any SSD mounts in the basement. Also, it's only $65.

This. I'm partial to WD myself, but I've also had Seagate drives and they've been fine.

If your only concern is rapid response time, go SSD. If you'll need that extra storage space, go HDD. It's a trade off for sure, but only you can decide which is more important. You can always add another disk later too, it's not wrong to get an SSD now and then add another later when you need it, or even add an HDD later for mass storage. Truthfully, there's no one here who can really decide what you need, only you can make that call.

Sick man! Enjoy that ultra-wide deliciousness! When you get the chance, a graphics card capable of really running that beast will do wonders for you.

That means that you should be able to run it up to 2560x1600 which is significantly more pixels than your 1080p TV gives you. When you get the chance, get a video card that can run the monitor, doesn't even need to be cutting edge new, just one with the right outputs to power the beast and you'll be loving it. I used to have a GTX 750 Ti that had a displayport connection and they can be had for very cheap now.

It should work, but not at full resolution. DVI-D max resolution is 2560x1600. You just won't see the full potential of the monitor until you get an appropriate graphics card.

Work on your posture. I've noticed that when I sit for prolonged periods and slouch, as I tend to do, I get very sore. If I hold myself up in the manner I should, it's much more comfortable and I can sit for longer. I would try to not sit for so long, maybe you should look into a standing desk, instead of a fancy expensive chair. Obviously a decent chair is important, but perhaps shifting between a sitting and standing position would be helpful. The Mayo Clinic has some advice on office ergonomics. Also, seeing a doctor is not a bad plan, even if it is just to be safe.

I suppose it should bear mentioning that I understand the restrictions that this kind of structure would entail. I do not intend to play FPS or other games that require very low latency, but for games like Crusader Kings or Cities: Skylines or Tropico, could this set up work? I have gotten some games to work, but the biggest roadblock I run into is that RDP seems to have some dislike for DirectX bound games. It's not that they don't try to launch, they do, but then they either grind to a halt or refuse to render the windows. Like I said, I do understand the inherent issues with the system. I've been reading about upgrading to Win 10 Pro with its RemoteFX and Hyper-V capabilities. Could these be boosters to reduce or resolve my DirectX issues? I believe these run under Win 10 Pro, or do they require Windows Server 2012 R2 or Server 2016, and if not, will they help do what I am hoping for? EDIT: I do also run games in windowed or windowed fullscreen over RDP, it doesn't work otherwise!