• Looking to build a PC for around $800, where would that get me?
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Hello, I'm planning to build a new Gaming PC... My budget is around $800, I'm wondering what kind of performance I could get with that kind of money (I also plan to record gameplay). I could also use some help picking out best components I could get with that sort of money. Opinions? Recommendations? Please help me out.
Would build you an above than average gaming PC if you bought all your parts from Newegg. I can give you a list of parts for about 750$ [editline]12th July 2013[/editline] If he can dish out ~750 bucks, here is a pretty good pc for the price. AMD Phenom II x4 @ 3.4GHz, ASUS mobo with turbo key and i'm pretty sure it has mem-ok, XFX 7870 which is a very good card for todays games and can definitely get good frames at 1080p resolutions on high settings (excluding some high demanding games), 8 gigs of g.skill sniper ram @ 1600MHz, WD blue has great quality fofr the price and 1tb of space is plenty, cm 750w psu which is plenty even if you want to eventually upgrade and buy a 2nd gpu and it's 80 plus bronze certified for less more efficient power consumption, and of course the case is a corsair 350D which is a fairly new case and imo is just as beautiful as it is functional (he can spend ~$25 more for a windowed side panel). These are just the prices on newegg with some sales, but im too lazy to look on other sites for lower prices. CPU: [url]http://www.newegg.co...N82E16819103727[/url] Mobo: [url]http://www.newegg.co...N82E16813131795[/url] GPU: [url]http://www.newegg.co...N82E16814150605[/url] RAM: [url]http://www.newegg.co...N82E16820231416[/url] HDD: [url]http://www.newegg.co...N82E16822136769[/url] PSU: [url]http://www.newegg.co...N82E16817171053[/url] Case: [url]http://www.newegg.co...N82E16811139020[/url] cross-post from another forum I post on
[QUOTE=CritNick;41437189]These are just the prices on newegg with some sales, but im too lazy to look on other sites for lower prices.[/QUOTE] Apparently you're too lazy to even look up modern parts if you're recommending a 4 generation old processor for a $800 build. And your links don't even work. I'd recommend an i5-4570 and something like: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130694[/url] for a motherboard. An HD7950 would also work well with it.
My recommendation: [url]http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1gdoQ[/url] (but get this combo deal: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.1326986[/url]). It's about 751, but you'll have to add a case to that (cheapest but still good option is the Challenger). If you wanted to up the budget you could get a better video card. The 650 Ti Boost is decent, but a 7950 as Gigabite recommended would be a big improvement.
Wouldn't it be better to save money on getting a i5-4570 and a cheaper motherboard and put the money into a better GPU instead? You're going to be far more GPU limited by a 650ti than CPU-limited by a 4570 [editline]14th July 2013[/editline] [url]http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1gkE3[/url] You just need to find yourself a nice ATX case that you like, if you want to spend a little more money go for a 760 instead of a 660
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