I've been making the same mistake for the past 2 1/2 years by getting Laptops. My birthday comes in about a month and a half and I'm curious as to what's good and what is not.
I plan on playing Games such as, Battlefield 4 & 3, Counter Strike's, Crysis 1 through 3, and pretty much a wide range of other demanding type Games.
I've been looking at YouTube videos showing off how some Games run with the exact hardware in the PC shown below. I plan on playing Battlefield 4 at Medium to High Settings (No AA).
I will probably accumulate some money during the Holiday which will be spent only for this PC. What I want to know is what would be the best gadgets to have in my PC to run my Games at Medium to High Settings at Full HD with my budget.
I'm not really sure how buying random parts and creating my own PC works so I'd like to keep it simple and buy one that is pre-built and has decent hardware in it.
[B]My Budget:[/B] [U]$700-850.00[/U] USD
[I]The PC I'm looking at currently:[/I] [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883227506[/url]
-Thanks.
I'm also curious to know if the i5 in this PC is a Haswell.
I'm going to throw this out here before someone else does. Your far better off building the pc yourself.
For many reasons :
1) You get more for your money.
2) Its easy as 1,2,3 literally aslong as your careful its easy.
3) I'll kick the crap out of any prebuilt for that price range.
4) You'll get a understanding of how a PC fits together from it thus feeling confident for future builds or upgrades.
[QUOTE=Neddy;43096691]I'm going to throw this out here before someone else does. Your far better off building the pc yourself.
For many reasons :
1) You get more for your money.
2) Its easy as 1,2,3 literally aslong as your careful its easy.
3) I'll kick the crap out of any prebuilt for that price range.
4) You'll get a understanding of how a PC fits together from it thus feeling confident for future builds or upgrades.[/QUOTE]
Would you mind telling me what you recommend for an $800 Budget? What actually works and fits?
It just requires doing your homework, doing some research, etc.
You could consult any tech-whiz friends/family you have, or looking through tech forums (like this one).
For an 800 dollar build, you could look into the one flayne recommended:
[url]http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2fHlc[/url]
The key pointers you should know is:
i7 is only a hyperthreaded version of the i5, don't worry about it if you're only gaming, all you will need is an i5.
the i5 4670k is a great little CPU for gaming.
I [i]personally[/i] suggest the R9 280x Twin Frozr graphics card, but with your budget, the GTX 760 is a neat little card, but with the amount of games you plan on playing, you might want to save a bit more for the GPU. I don't know what your expectations are for graphics, whether ultra or medium.
Also, with your previous PC, are there ANY parts you could scavenge? Such as RAM, PSU, etc.?
It [i]will[/i] save you some money.
[QUOTE=Death_God;43100745]It just requires doing your homework, doing some research, etc.
You could consult any tech-whiz friends/family you have, or looking through tech forums (like this one).
For an 800 dollar build, you could look into the one flayne recommended:
[url]http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2fHlc[/url]
The key pointers you should know is:
i7 is only a hyperthreaded version of the i5, don't worry about it if you're only gaming, all you will need is an i5.
the i5 4670k is a great little CPU for gaming.
I [i]personally[/i] suggest the R9 280x Twin Frozr graphics card, but with your budget, the GTX 760 is a neat little card, but with the amount of games you plan on playing, you might want to save a bit more for the GPU. I don't know what your expectations are for graphics, whether ultra or medium.
Also, with your previous PC, are there ANY parts you could scavenge? Such as RAM, PSU, etc.?
It [i]will[/i] save you some money.[/QUOTE]
With this website, if I bought the build, do they assemble it do I have to do it manually? I'll end up breaking something and flipping shit.
And I probably can't do anything with my old PC parts because I'm on a Laptop.
*Now I see there is no Case so I doubt it.
You'll assemble the build manually.
It's basically just an online tool to help you build your computer.
[QUOTE=Death_God;43101498]You'll assemble the build manually.
It's basically just an online tool to help you build your computer.[/QUOTE]
I really do not want to go into building my own PC. I would rather pay a price for a pre-built Gaming Desktop. If possible can you tell me if there is anything really wrong with this PC? I've looked at tests on YouTube with the same specs in this PC and I'm kinda satisfied. [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883227506[/url]
I'm still a month a half away and still looking into everything. But I think getting the PC all-in-one and plugging it in would be better for me.
It's fine, you're just spending a lot of extra money. The 7850 is not what I would recommend for a $700 build (I just recommended a $500 build with a 7850 in it). But whatever, you're not being ripped off to bad with this (only about $100 or so).
Don't be surprised when your PSU dies and you have to replace it, though. IBUYPOWER is notorious for that kind of thing.
I think I may hold on on buying that NewEgg PC. I'll probably do what everyone else does and customize it to my liking. [url]http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2gNzT[/url] That's my build, how is it for the price and specs?
You could get rid of the sound card. A $10 sound card isn't going to be worth your cash when you got onboard audio on the motherboard that will be good enough for most people. The only time a sound card is absolutely necessary is if you have some high quality audio gear. And you wouldn't be paying just $10 for one.
Also just a recommendation, but not necessary. Get an (non-micro) ATX motherboard. You'll have more room for expansion in the long run, often have more features/connectors and aren't much more expensive. Plus the current one you selected has parallel and serial ports. I can almost guarantee you don't need those, unless all your PC peripherals are lifted straight from 1998. That space could be used for more USB ports.
[editline]7th December 2013[/editline]
Maybe this?
[url]http://pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-motherboard-b85g41pcmate[/url]
[QUOTE=King7;43102065]I really do not want to go into building my own PC. I would rather pay a price for a pre-built Gaming Desktop. If possible can you tell me if there is anything really wrong with this PC? I've looked at tests on YouTube with the same specs in this PC and I'm kinda satisfied. [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883227506[/url]
I'm still a month a half away and still looking into everything. But I think getting the PC all-in-one and plugging it in would be better for me.[/QUOTE]
you'll be fucked out of your money buying a prebuilt, it's really not worth it
custom ensures you get much more quality and the same price, and you can look at reviews yourself for each part.
Never skimp out on a motherboard. It can be an extremely (if not, the most) important component in your computer.
While the 650 Ti is cool, [B]for about $30 more, you can find a 660, which is what I currently use.[/B] - View edit
My recommendation is to try to wait to accumulate more money for this and get a 670, 760, or 770 on an Asus nVidia card or grab an AMD counterpart.
[B][U]Edit[/U][/B]: I have found an Asus GTX 660 for about $15 more: [url]http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-video-card-gtx660dc2o2gd5[/url]
Now if you can drop a little more money into it, you can get:
[url]http://pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-video-card-r9270xhawk[/url]
Although SLI does tend to have a better handle with SLI, you can get that 270X now, and later get a second for crossfire. Singlular, faster cards are usually a better option.
But like I said, I had one (and now 2) 660s and love them. Microstuttering is minimal, if, existant. And while the MSI motherboard listed above supports Crossfire, it does not support SLI.
A friend of mine set this build up for me [url]http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2gOxv[/url] I'm not really sure if it's that good. Thoughts?
AMD processors are terrible for gaming due to their "core = integer scheduler + cache" philosophy (AKA marketing gimmick). This is probably the best you will get for your money: [url]http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2h4tn[/url]
The processor is on average the best processor you can buy for gaming due to its uncompromised single core performance.
The Heatsink is considered the best value heatsink you can buy.
The motherboard is one I have myself, SLI support, plenty of I/O, and beautiful UEFI BIOS.
The video card is probably the second best mid-range card you can buy (I say probably because it's a matter of opinion where mid-range stops and high end begins, I would personally say the 760 is the dividing card).
[B]"AMD processors are terrible for gaming due to their "core = integer scheduler + cache" philosophy (AKA marketing gimmick). This is probably the best you will get for your money"[/B]
That's what I try to tell him but he won't listen, and how did that build cost 40 dollars less than the one he made me? PCPartPicker confuses me sometimes.
Also, does the Motherboard in that build have Onboard Sound? Like Realtek HD?
Every modern motherboard has on board audio. That motherboard is the one in my build, and I'd say the sound quality is excellent (keep in mind I'm not an audiophile).
[QUOTE=flayne;43113615]Every modern motherboard has on board audio. That motherboard is the one in my build, and I'd say the sound quality is excellent (keep in mind I'm not an audiophile).[/QUOTE]
Thank's got it, gonna look into the build that you posted. But my friend said something about the RAM touching the heat pipes on the Cooler or something and saying it could melt my RAM.
I have that heatsink, and that motherboard. I even attached a second fan to the heatsink. The RAM doesn't touch the heatsink. Your friend is flat out wrong.
Photographic evidence:
[t]http://i.imgur.com/DqNvuTF.jpg[/t]
You'll notice that even when I populated the RAM in the leftmost slots (don't do this by the way, use the rightmost and third rightmost slots), it still doesn't touch the heatsink.
You could pay a PC shop (not sure what they're called, sorry), and they'll put it together for you, even then you'll probably get a better deal. But still, it's not a hard process.
[video=youtube;W4Js2A1qdB8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4Js2A1qdB8[/video]
you're able to plug things into other things right? and screw in things?
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