Matt's made some good points about the I/O capability.

Make sure you get a motherboard with plenty of USB ports (say 4 or more), especially with some USB-3

Try to make sure the motherboard has on-board everything you need (LAN, USB, VGA(XGA) adapter) etc. That will save you money later with add-on cards.

And yes, definitely Genuine Intel CPU

1920 x 1200 minimum screen resolution, true-color 32 bit and a good monitor would be my recommendation.

I also build all my machines, but that's not absolutely necessary, just make sure you start with everything you need. Sounds as though you are doing your homework.

Last edited by VideoTrack; 01/14/16 01:34 PM. Reason: Added Intel CPU

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