I'm new to the whole build-your-own-pc thing, but I'm trying my hardest haha.
Currently I'm on a budget of about $650-$700. I would be using the rig for just about everything, from light/medium gaming to video editing to audio editing to surfing the web. I plan on upgrading as time goes on and I get the money, so I'm not so worried about everything being top-of-the-line right now. Just so long as it's pretty good and it works.
So far I have as follows:
(Motherboard) GIGABYTE GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 : http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=353599&sku=G452-0144
(GPU) ZOTAC ZT-40609-10L : http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2257502&sku=Z700-0431
(Optical) Sony Optiarc AD7280S-OB 24x DVDRW Drive : www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1387814&sku=O451-1030 OEM
(HDD) WD Blue WD10EALX 1TB Desktop Hard Drive : http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7288051&sku=TSD-1000EALX
(Case/PSU) XION XON-180PCB 5 in 1 Mesh Mid Tower Case : http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1913007&sku=A406-5004
(RAM) Patriot G2 Series PGD38G1600ELK : http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7114146&sku=P33-5305
(CPU) Intel Core i3-2120 : http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7295299&sku=I69-0212
I've done my best to try to build a pc that would work for me, although I just wanted some input/help from anyone that would be willing to give advice.
Thanks for reading. :)