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Would I be able to use this case? I prefer a white exterior

Awesome. Someone above included this in his parts list so its definitely on my shopping list now

This one?

Maybe I worded it oddly, I will have a laptop for school/work stuff so I don’t need any workstation capabilities on my desktop. I want it to be purely a gaming machine. The editing thing can easily be done on my laptop if I up the specs a bit so that’s a completely separate thing.

I’ve definitely got loftier goals than $300 lol, I want the best that I can get while still in the mid(ish) range territory. ETA I’m in the US, North Texas specifically if that matters.

Low end workstation! I’d prefer to move the editing (it will be minimal, max 1080 and not too long) over to a laptop and focus the desktop on gaming.

Hello! New member here, and I need some help from those more tech savvy than myself. I’m looking into building my own PC. I have very little experience with any under the hood technology stuff, but I’m committed to learning and doing the damn thing. I’ve recently had a lot of big changes in my life and I’m looking to get back into what I’m passionate about, in which gaming is a huge part. I used to love PC gaming when I was younger (and had a machine to do it on...), but with money troubles, kids, and life in general, I’ve gotten out of the groove. I wanna dive headfirst back into it. My budget would be around $1000 with a little wiggle room, maybe $100-$200 more but if it can be avoided I’d prefer that. I’d be playing mainly RPGs like Skyrim, ESO, WOW, Dragon Age etc etc, along with some video editing. I’m going to have a laptop for daily tasks and school work so this PC will solely be for graphically intensive tasks, & I’m sure some corners can be cut in that respect. I’d need the full setup, moniter, keyboard, mouse & all. I definitely want a case with a glass window so I can admire my handiwork for years to come, along with having some aesthetic RGB decor. When I say I have nothing, I mean it. I’m gonna be buying not just the parts for my build, but the tools as well.. so recommendations for all that is definitely necessary. I’ve been consuming tons of build guides and other media on PC building, so I have a basic idea of the task ahead, but I’m still trying to get a better understanding on the parts I’ll need to buy and what will fit my specific use case the best. I don’t want to overpay for a prebuilt machine, and I’m willing to put the work in to get my machine exactly how I want it. In the future I’ll definitely want to get a VR headset (Oculus Rift S or Quest, haven’t decided which yet), so I’d need my PC to be able to handle that. Alright, I think that’s about it. I’m all ears (or rather, eyes) and willing and ready for all help/input/advice. This is gonna be a long journey, and I’ll probably make some mistakes along the way, so y’all will be seeing my name around here a lot. Thanks guys, let me know what y’all think!!

Hi guys! New member here. I just started college after a 6 year gap year, and I’m in the market for some new PC hardware. The last laptop I purchased was a Lenovo Ideapad (I think U530?) w/ an i7 and a Nvidia card in 2015, and it’s trucked along since then, still capable of doing basic work online and some really light gaming (as in, SIMs on low). However, my poor laptop has cracks, missing keys, and is in two pieces, held together with duct tape.. making it more of a shitty desktop than a laptop. So, I’m posting in here for recommendations on a light, portable laptop with enough power to handle daily tasks and media consumption while I’m at school. I’ll be doing a lot of typing on it, so a decent keyboard would be nice, and in a perfect world it would be an aesthetically pleasing setup as well (ex. thin bezels, not clunky in appearance). I’m gonna want to hold onto it for awhile as well, so having hardware that will last 3-5 years would be ideal. I don’t care about touch screens or it being a 2 in 1, as I have an iPad that handles that stuff. My max budget for it would be around $700, as I’m also looking into building a gaming PC for myself (I’ll be making a post in the proper place about that shortly). So yeah, let me know what you guys think! Thanks!!