Hmmm, second play through, I'm keeping the Platinum Chip, 489.14.39 hours as of today, ... 'suppose I should put Steam online and let it update the achievements, but, ... why bother?
SnapSlav: you want to build a PC machine on your own, commendable, and the main reason: "I want to know what is in it." is sound reasoning, ... the first and last thing is budget. Have you looked on these sites?
http://ironsidecomputers.com/
http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/category/configurator/
http://www.avadirect.com/
I am not recommending the sites explicitly, just use the "configurators" to get an idea of basic costs for the various configs.
Some tips you may already know:
Keep in mind the airflow for keeping your system cool, get a decent case.
Do not skimp on the Power Supply, over-over-power it for later expansion, and keep it cool. PSU 90+
Do not skimp on Hard Drive(s), Consider a "hot swap" for Hard drives. Keep in mind that while the newer "solid-state" drives may be fast, they are expensive too, a good Western Digital is much cheaper and is fast enough for today's applications and Hitachi has the lowest failure rate on Tb sized drives:
http://www.computerworld.com/articl...-be-more-reliable-than-enterprise-drives.html
http://www.hgst.com/hard-drives
http://www.wdc.com/en/
Intel's i5 and i7 cores are good, but so are some of the AMD multicores. Think what the system will be doing 5 years from now.
Look for expansion slots, the more the better. Memory should be 8gb with expansion to 16gb or more. (for today's applications, 8 is plenty, but 5 years from now?)
Happy Hunting!