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| 11 Jan 2015 05:36 PM |
| I been thinking of getting a custom built for my mom's house and I don't have an idea on what parts I should look for. |
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| 11 Jan 2015 05:40 PM |
| Oh and my budget I am willing to spend is like $400-700. |
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| 11 Jan 2015 05:41 PM |
>$400-700 >good gaming pc
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| 11 Jan 2015 05:41 PM |
| Well I don't know, this is why I am asking OT. |
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| 11 Jan 2015 05:42 PM |
| u dont have enough money to build a good one so might as well buy a good one |
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| 11 Jan 2015 05:44 PM |
well if you don't know much about pc parts and you're not planning to build something i'll say it again
cyberpowerpc.com
building a pc for the first time is pretty daunting and if you're not comfortable building something yourself these guys are cool, they're the cheapest you will go with custom built
just pick whatever prebuilt they have off the first page as these are usually discounted and you're good
the one thing i would recommend though
-at least 8gb of ram (its basically your computer's short term memory, 8 gb is basically the universal amount nowadays)
-your graphics card should have at least 2 gb of gddr5 (or video memory, or vram, all different names for the same thing. graphics cards control what's on your screen and generally the better the graphics card, they higher graphics settings you will be able to play. avoid intel/integrated graphics at all costs)
-the processor does calculations and junk- you should try to get a quad core processor as games are starting to migrate away from 2 core processors. try to get a graphics card that is at least 3.0 ghz.
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| 11 Jan 2015 05:44 PM |
not quite sure if it's outdated check out logical increments (website) it gives compatible pc parts ordered by budget |
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| 11 Jan 2015 05:45 PM |
"Oh and my budget I am willing to spend is like $400-700."
See if you can bump it up to 800-900 as these are where you will buy good computers that will last you many, many years.
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| 11 Jan 2015 05:46 PM |
| Ah! Finally some actual advice than people pointing out my mistakes! |
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| 11 Jan 2015 05:49 PM |
>get a mac instead
ew no
ew yes |
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| 11 Jan 2015 05:56 PM |
Well if you're not willing to spend at least $800. My advice is to not try to make a gaming computer. But as for actual advice if you do get at least that amount?
#1. Make sure everything is compatible.
#2. Don't buy Nvidia or Intel. (They charge more than AMD for equivalent cards/CPUs simply because you get the name brands "Intel" and "Nvidia". Kind of like Apple and Alienware do.)
#3. If you get things that are overclock-able, plan in advance. Get liquid cooling. If you never want to overclock, a heatsink should work fine. (To save cash)
#4. If you plan on upgrading eventually, think that through. Get a big enough power source.
#5. Avoid both Crossfire and SLI. If you can get 1 card that's really good > 2 cards that are pretty good, do it. Crossfire and SLI are both not very well developed softwares. Crossfire has gotten a lot of attentnion and fixes in terms of newer games and while it is MUCH better now than it once was, it's still esaier to run one card. SLI is doing horrible with the newest triple A titled recently and Nvidia has shown no intentions of upgrading the software any time soon, so definitely avoid that.
#7. Don't buy an SSD of any kind. I'm serious . Don't. It's a waste of money. Just get a good hard 1TB hard drive with at least 7000 RPMs and 6 Gb/s bandwith. You'll be golden.
#6. Make your parts balanced. The most imporant part of comptuer is not having amazing GPU. It's not having amazing CPU. It's not having a brand new SSD. It's about balance. If you bottleneck anywhere, then your computer's other potential is wasted. So keep it balanced. Don't spend say, $400 on GPU and only $100 on CPU. For every $100 spent on GPU, spent at least $40 on CPU. I'd say $50 personally though. Don't cheap out on a hard drive, just get things balanced. You'll thank me for it later.
#7. Avoid buying gaming mouses and keyboards. This is a waste of a PC-building budget. These are luxury items that can be purchased later if you really want them. Put as much money as you can into the actual PC. |
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| 11 Jan 2015 05:56 PM |
Oh and
#8. Don't get a mac. |
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| 11 Jan 2015 05:57 PM |
so they have some suggested configurations and they're pretty good
http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/system/Gamer_Dragon http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/system/CyberPower_Z97_i5_Configurator
by the way, don't be afraid to choose a different case for these two. i got the default case from these and the default one is cheap, oddly shaped, and imo a bit ugly. the cases are universal so pick something you like.
http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/system/AMD_Quad_Core_Configurator <-this one's probably the best and its really cheap for some reason! maybe it's on sale.
also they give you some free games in the freebies section, which is cool, take all of them! if they have a free upgrade or something from some part, take it! pc parts nowadays are practically universal so upgrade it as much as you like- they will warn you if something is incompatible
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| 11 Jan 2015 05:58 PM |
| Ah, well thanks Catzilla and NathanaelR2. Also no, I wasn't planning on getting a Mac. |
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| 11 Jan 2015 05:59 PM |
| macs are better, you're making a bad decision not getting a mac |
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| 11 Jan 2015 06:00 PM |
Oh and #9
Don't waste money on a fancy case. It will not benefit you in any way.
That's also an important one for keeping as much money as you can into the actual PC. |
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| 11 Jan 2015 06:00 PM |
nathan amd isnt good because everything they make runs hot enough to cook eggs
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| 11 Jan 2015 06:00 PM |
by the way nathaniel has good advice
but the nvidia vs amd graphics card debate is debatable
750 ti's are cheap and capable and one of the most popular budget cards out there
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| 11 Jan 2015 06:01 PM |
>macs are better, you're making a bad decision not getting a mac
they are not better in any-way shape or form for gaming purposes.
you'd absolutely regret such a decisi-
wait, are you heartstrings or something? |
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| 11 Jan 2015 06:02 PM |
">$400-700 >good gaming pc"
>people make super power gaming PC's with $500, all you have to do is go on /r/buildmeapc for the parts.
you are an idiot badum-bum-dum-bum-dunnnn |
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