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I need an affordable gaming PC.
Posted on 9/23/14 at 8:45 am
Posted on 9/23/14 at 8:45 am
I checked out the sticky but I'm not really interested in building my own PC unless that's the best bang for my buck.
I know next to nothing about PC gaming so basically my question is this:
If your son/little brother/best friend/whatever wanted to venture forth into the land of PC gaming what would you tell them to buy and/or do?
I would prefer not to spend over $500 but could possibly go up to $650-700 if convinced that its worth it.
I know next to nothing about PC gaming so basically my question is this:
If your son/little brother/best friend/whatever wanted to venture forth into the land of PC gaming what would you tell them to buy and/or do?
I would prefer not to spend over $500 but could possibly go up to $650-700 if convinced that its worth it.
This post was edited on 9/23/14 at 8:48 am
Posted on 9/23/14 at 8:48 am to CottonWasKing
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unless that's the best bang for my buck.
It is.
Posted on 9/23/14 at 8:56 am to SouthOfSouth
The thing is Ihave no idea what I'm doing.
I have the sticky open in another tab but haven't got very far into it yet.
Is it really not possible to shell out $5-700 bones and get a quality gaming PC?
I have the sticky open in another tab but haven't got very far into it yet.
Is it really not possible to shell out $5-700 bones and get a quality gaming PC?
Posted on 9/23/14 at 8:59 am to CottonWasKing
You can build a gaming PC that will outperform the current consoles at the same price.
Posted on 9/23/14 at 9:01 am to LewDawg
So its really that easy just to build a PC?
I have absolutely no idea here.
I'm just looking to have some fun gaming and want to venture away from consoles for the first time.
I have absolutely no idea here.
I'm just looking to have some fun gaming and want to venture away from consoles for the first time.
Posted on 9/23/14 at 9:13 am to CottonWasKing
A basic build is simply putting parts together and plugging them in. Then install the OS and off you go. The hardest part is putting on the CPU cooler generally and quadruple checking to make sure that you install the CPU correctly.
Posted on 9/23/14 at 9:24 am to VABuckeye
So a dumbass like myself could figure it out then?
All the same does anyone have any suggestions for prebuilt rigs in my price range? If for nothing more than comparison and what I can expect to get.
I really don't even know what $500 will get you in the PC world. Will spending $200 more even make a real difference? Should I just say frick it and buy one of the new gen consoles for that money?
I'm really as newbish as a newb can be here.
All the same does anyone have any suggestions for prebuilt rigs in my price range? If for nothing more than comparison and what I can expect to get.
I really don't even know what $500 will get you in the PC world. Will spending $200 more even make a real difference? Should I just say frick it and buy one of the new gen consoles for that money?
I'm really as newbish as a newb can be here.
Posted on 9/23/14 at 9:33 am to CottonWasKing
I had NO idea what I was doing when I built mine. MOBO? Da frick is that? PSU? Penn State? I had no clue. The guys on here helped a ton. There are tons of videos to walk you through the process.
Full walkthrough that I used.
Full walkthrough that I used.
Posted on 9/23/14 at 9:39 am to LewDawg
I guess ultimately my question is will my price range even get me something worth having?
Or am I going to have to spend more money than I'm willing to in order to get something that is fairly decent?
I'm not willing to go over $700 monitor and all (although I could use my TV as a monitor for a little while I guess... Right?).
Or am I going to have to spend more money than I'm willing to in order to get something that is fairly decent?
I'm not willing to go over $700 monitor and all (although I could use my TV as a monitor for a little while I guess... Right?).
This post was edited on 9/23/14 at 9:41 am
Posted on 9/23/14 at 9:46 am to CottonWasKing
quote:ha, I was like, I'm NOT going to go over $700 on my build......$850 later...
I would prefer not to spend over $500 but could possibly go up to $650-700 if convinced that its worth it.
Posted on 9/23/14 at 10:15 am to CottonWasKing
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I guess ultimately my question is will my price range even get me something worth having?
$700? Easily.
Posted on 9/23/14 at 10:18 am to CottonWasKing
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I guess ultimately my question is will my price range even get me something worth having?
Or am I going to have to spend more money than I'm willing to in order to get something that is fairly decent?
For the computer itself (Tower), you can make an excellent gaming PC for $700. Pre-built is going to use the exact components that you can buy for a cheaper price.
It all seems daunting at first, but when you really look at it, you're screwing the the mobo into your case, and plugging everything else into place. It's so much easier than it seems.
Read up on the different parts, components, peripherals. You'll be surprised at how quickly you learn everything and how much fun it becomes shopping for parts.
Enjoy the building process. Pretty soon, you'll treat it like your car and start to customize things, buy better parts, etc...
Posted on 9/23/14 at 11:07 am to dcrews
I have a computer tower that i used to use that has windows xp on it. I dont know the specs right now, it is a compaq. Should i have a start with my pc and just need to get some updated parts? Im in the same boat here. Looking to get a gaming cpu going.
Posted on 9/23/14 at 11:10 am to Tiger Nation 84
Don't touch that PC with a 10 foot pole
Posted on 9/23/14 at 11:13 am to Tiger Nation 84
quote:uhhhh
Should i have a start with my pc
if by start with you mean, throw away, then yes
Posted on 9/23/14 at 11:40 am to Pilot Tiger
Ah shite, i was trying to save some cash
Thanks for the honest opinions guys
What about 500gb macbook pro? I heard that i can install windows on my mac with bootcamp.
Thanks for the honest opinions guys
What about 500gb macbook pro? I heard that i can install windows on my mac with bootcamp.
Posted on 9/23/14 at 11:41 am to LewDawg
quote:
Full walkthrough that I used.
clinked the link
oh hey, ill see what it looks like and save it to watch later
50 minutes later....wow time has flown by
Posted on 9/23/14 at 12:05 pm to CottonWasKing
For a gaming PC at your budget, it's actually better for a novice to build rather than buy. Because with an off-the-shelf PC, what you'll end up doing is buying something labeled as a "gaming" PC but is in reality a dumpster fire.
I'll use iBuyPower as an example, since those are generally the cheapo gaming PCs you'll see online. Let's say your budget is somewhere between $500 and $600, and you come across this fine piece of hot garbage:
So, cool it has an overclocked pentium. Not a bad CPU for a budget gaming build actually. And 8GB of RAM is perfect, and the hard drive is meh but pretty standard.
Oh, but what's this? This here dedicated graphics card, the R7-250. Wow it has 2GB of vram. I wonder how it performs at decent settings??
Oh, it gets 20 FPS in Assassin's Creed IV? About 30 in Battlefield 4? It can't even ht 60FPS in BF4 at low quality? 30FPS in Metro Last Light at LOW quality? Well shite.
Here's what you get if you build it yourself and pirate Windows like the rest of us:
PCPartPicker part list: LINK
Price breakdown by merchant: LINK /
CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($69.97 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($28.65 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus H81M-D PLUS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($74.70 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($53.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: HIS Radeon R9 280 3GB IceQ OC Video Card ($184.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Rosewill Hive 650W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $557.26
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-23 13:03 EDT-0400
The graphics card in the build above performs maybe 3 times as fast.
I'll use iBuyPower as an example, since those are generally the cheapo gaming PCs you'll see online. Let's say your budget is somewhere between $500 and $600, and you come across this fine piece of hot garbage:
So, cool it has an overclocked pentium. Not a bad CPU for a budget gaming build actually. And 8GB of RAM is perfect, and the hard drive is meh but pretty standard.
Oh, but what's this? This here dedicated graphics card, the R7-250. Wow it has 2GB of vram. I wonder how it performs at decent settings??
Oh, it gets 20 FPS in Assassin's Creed IV? About 30 in Battlefield 4? It can't even ht 60FPS in BF4 at low quality? 30FPS in Metro Last Light at LOW quality? Well shite.
Here's what you get if you build it yourself and pirate Windows like the rest of us:
PCPartPicker part list: LINK
Price breakdown by merchant: LINK /
CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($69.97 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($28.65 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus H81M-D PLUS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($74.70 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($53.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: HIS Radeon R9 280 3GB IceQ OC Video Card ($184.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Rosewill Hive 650W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $557.26
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-23 13:03 EDT-0400
The graphics card in the build above performs maybe 3 times as fast.
Posted on 9/23/14 at 12:26 pm to ILikeLSUToo
quote:
pirate Windows like the rest of us
Posted on 9/23/14 at 12:52 pm to Pilot Tiger
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Pilot Tiger
I only pirate in that my current windows 7 disk has been used on about 7 different PCs.
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