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Need advice on gaming PC?
NoLifeNerd20
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in Hardware
I have been wanting to get back into online/mmo gaming for a while now and heard that building your own computer is cheaper i'm taking college courses on computer building right now and will be getting about $2000 refund next week and about another $2000 6 months or so later I am still relatively clueless on what components will give me that high end gaming computer So lets say $4000 is my max budget limit I am looking for a gaming pc that can run all games on max/ultra with relative ease if you guys could pick out the parts for me or give me links/advice it would be appreciated-----thanks
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Over 2000$ I think personally would just be a waste.
Are you planning on reusing any of your parts?
This year I got myself an i5 3570k motherboard and 24 gig ram and 250 gig samsung ssd for like 700$
Let's say you get a 400 dollar video card cause i see no reason to buy a thousand dollar card.
That 2000$ alone should get you a really awesome gaming system, anything more then that in my opinion would just be excess.
The Stranger: It's what people know about themselves inside that makes 'em afraid.
Future proof 5-7 years? Probably not.
What actually future proofs you is the fact that everyone doesn't upgrade to max specs. So games always have to accommodate the average rig.
$4000, yeah, that's really easy to build a crazy rig on that. I wouldn't spend that much, in fact, you could buy a ps4 and X1 and a $2000 PC and be really really ready for most things. Actually, if it was my money, I would go $1500 on a PC, x1, ps4, and money for a huge library of games.
To a certain extent that will be true, but it will serve you well to check many of the hardware pages likes tomshardware and others.
Most of the time the difference in a game between that 250$ processor and that 1000$ process is absolutely nothing.
Some of the higher dollar processor can even be worse for gaming as they are geared more towards professional applications.
Same with video cards and harddrives {of which I would only go with SSD at this point} there is going to be a point where performance gain and $$$ just do not go hand in hand.
So, yah, you can buy high end hardware, no reason not to, but just no real reason to spend those extra $$ on fluff with no benefit.
The Stranger: It's what people know about themselves inside that makes 'em afraid.
If you can't use a computer at work to look up computer parts, go to a library or some place where public computers are offered. I would be careful about entering credit card information or anything personal on a public computer, but you can at least look up the parts you want.
If you have to, buy a cheap laptop or tablet for web browsing and convenience.
OP
What I do...is call Dell....talk to a desktop sales rep and tell them I want them to build a gaming computer.Write down the recommendation.....then call another Dell representative tell them the same thing, and see if they recommend the same thing and discuss the different recommendations, if they are different.Then buy the machine.Shouldn't cost you over $1200 and you get a 1 year parts warranty....and don't spend all your money.
My machines last about 5 years and then it's time to do the same again.
If that works for you, go for it.
Do take in consideration that salespeople are not usually very knowledgeable about the products they are selling. They can tell you some of the technical specs of things, but they rarely know what it really takes to build a good gaming computer. I wouldn't be surprised if they get you to buy something you don't need (like a CD drive) just so they make more on their commission. Dell might be different, but I doubt it.
When you have a company build a computer for you, also remember you are basically paying $200+ for someone to turn a screwdriver for you. In larger companies like Dell, you also have to pay for that salesperson you talked to and for the executives to collect their fat salaries. I would like to see the specs on the computer you get next time and compare them to an equivalent system I could put together.
A Dell salesman will probably advise you to buy something that Dell sells. What you should actually buy likely won't be something that Dell even offers.
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How much are you actually looking to spend? Are you willing to spend an extra $400 to get an extra two CPU cores, which doesn't matter much today and may or may not matter several years from now? Are you willing to buy a $1000 GeForce GTX Titan card that is only maybe 50% faster than a $400 GeForce GTX 770 and will probably be substantially slower than a $400 card that you can buy two years from today?
For about $2000 (just the tower and components) you can get a very PC for gaming. if I were you I would really spend bit of time of thinking of what you're going to play on the PC. Do you have a certain game you'll play all the time or are you just wanting to play the newest games at almost maximum settings at 1920X1080p or 2560X1600p? These are very important things you need to think about. Yes you can buy good "gaming" PC for 2-4K but it's nothing really.
Like for me -- I had a budge around $2-3K it suits my needs perfectly especially how I don't really play much new video games.
CPU: Intel i5 3570k @4.5Ghz 1.175v (idle@30c/load@55-60) $220
Mobo: Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD3H $145
RAM: Corsair Dominator Platinum 16GB (4x4) 1866Mhz $199
CPU: Cooler: H100i w/ Noctua NF-F12's in pull $160
SSD: Crucial M4 128GB SSD x2 Raid 0 $200
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 3TB $70
GPU: eVGA GTX 680 4GB sLI (stock) $800
Sound Card: Asus Xonar DSX 7.1
PSU: Corsair HX1050 $160
Monitor: Asus PB278Q $649
Speakers: Corsair SP2500 $220
Keyboard: Corsair K90 $130
Mouse: Mionix Naos 3200 $60
Honestly I build this computer almost a year ago when the prices were a little bit higher and bought in Canada. So you can make this a lot cheaper and faster(if you live the US). I pretty much can play almost any game at max settings with AA turned up with very very good fps with a resolution of 2560x1440p. This was a whole new PC setup. But I mean yeah if you're going to do something like this might as well spend a little money. Since you'll be using quite a bit.
Oh dear....lol
Save a little bit of cash. Just because you have it, doesn't mean you should spend it all on a computer.
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