Okay, so I want to build my first computer. I'm looking to spend up to about $700-$750, and I'm looking to use it primarily for PC gaming. I want to be able to run (most) games at med-high settings and get fairly good performance. I have little experience. My main problem is I'm not sure what to buy for my specific situation and was hoping I could get some insight, or some suggestions on where to start. I live in the US, and any advice/suggestions etc. would be *greatly* appreciated.
- Cory
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Nov 13, 12 at 12:14am
PureOCJim
If your looking for a gaming rig, you should be looking at the AMD A10-5800K hands down. It is cheaper than the 3550K and you can crossfire a Radeon 6670 with the on die 7650D GPU and be over $100 cheaper. That will pay for your hard drive. I built a couple of trinity rigs and for the $, they are pretty darn good.
At $700-$750, you will not be able to play ALL games at high settings. It is just the nature of the beast. $700 does not allow for a top tier GPU but this will run most games medium to high.
This easily gets you under $700 with hard drive and Windows7 and is the best bang for the buck out there...... Enjoy.
Nov 12, 12 at 11:05pm
Crusad3r
Reason was that I completely forgot coryc. Apologies. How much memory are you looking to get? Are you thinking of HDD or SSD?
Nov 12, 12 at 2:53pm
coryc
Hi,
I just realized there was no hard drive in the build...reason?
Nov 12, 12 at 1:55pm
coryc
Thank you so much, I really appreciate it. I'll let you know if I have any more questions in the future. Thank you again!
That brings it to a rough total of $660, leaving you enough money to buy a copy of Windows
The graphics card is only an entry model, so don't expect miracles out of it. It was the most decent I could find under your budget that's a Nvidia card (which I'm a fan of). Perhaps someone can recommend an AMD Radeon card.
The motherboard leaves you room in the future for any graphics or RAM upgrades
The power supply will need to be upgraded if you plan on getting a real high end graphics card in the future
Nov 12, 12 at 10:07am
coryc
1. No, I don't have an OS. I'm planning on getting Windows 7
2. I already have all my peripherals.
3. Basically I'm looking to replace my consoles with this PC, so I'm also hoping to get a decent video card.
Nov 12, 12 at 1:23am
Crusad3r
First things first
1. Do you already have a copy of Windows (i.e. do you need to purchase an OS. Since it's expensive, it'll affect your final build by a lot) 2. Do you already have a monitor screen? Reasons same as above 3. What kind of games are you looking to play? If you're not playing intensive games, then you can do without a graphics card altogether, which saves a lot of money
Nov 11, 12 at 12:38pm
coryc
Okay, so I want to build my first computer. I'm looking to spend up to about $700-$750, and I'm looking to use it primarily for PC gaming. I want to be able to run (most) games at med-high settings and get fairly good performance. I have little experience. My main problem is I'm not sure what to buy for my specific situation and was hoping I could get some insight, or some suggestions on where to start. I live in the US, and any advice/suggestions etc. would be *greatly* appreciated.
- Cory
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