Looking for advice on building my first gaming PC?

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Brandon

Not to say I haven't had a PC before. But this would be my first time building one. I want this to be a gaming PC, but slightly different than most. I'm really only interested in playing indie games. I don't need something that will run Crysis 3, Battlefield 4, or Skyrim. Just the smaller indie games. Minecraft, Kerbal Space Program, and stuff like that.

I've never built a PC before and I don't really know parts that well, but I'm fairly tech savvy. Any insight, tips, or straight up builds would be super appreciated. Also, I'm on a fairly tight budget and want to spend $500 bucks or less. Though the possibility of upgrading in the future would be possible.

Answer
Taken from Amazon:

Motherboard - MSI LGA 1155 - $48
CPU - "Intel Core i5-3570k - $219
CPU Cooler - Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO - $37
RAM - Cosair Vengeance 8GB - $66
Graphics Card - EVGA GeForce GTX 650 - $110
Sound Card - Creative Sound Blaster Audigy SE Card - $25 (Optiona)
Hard Drive - WD Blue 500GB Hard Drive - $45
BluRay Burner - ASUS Internal Burner Drive - $75 (Optional)
Case - Cooler Master Elite 430 - $43
Power Supply - Cooler Master Elite 460w power supply - $38

All together you are looking at about 700 bucks
Some parts you can find cheaper - Im sure you can find a 40 dollar motherboard for example.

Taking away optional parts (Burner and sound card), you'll be at 600, give or take.
The two most critical parts are the CPU and graphics card, but with the games you listed you can probably go cheaper on the both and be under your 500 dollar limit. With the build above, you'll be able to play pretty much any game on the market today.

Playing those games (Skyrim, Crysis etc) on Max or Ultra settings...thats a different conversation.

If you want, you can go even cheaper on other parts and use the savings to get an even better graphics card, like a GTX 660ti or something.

Hope this helps.

What kind of computer should i get for gaming?

Tom Harper

Hey i was wondering what would be the best option for playing computer games like Arma 2/dayz, minecraft, league of legends, other steam games, etc. Im kinda new to pc gaming. My budget is somewhere around $1000. Would it be smarter/cheaper to build my own computer and install only the things i want (ive never built a computer before though) or would it be best to just get an pre-built regular one. My friends tell me if you can build your own it's cheaper. I dont plan on overclocking it or playing it for more than 4 hrs in a sitting. This build is what im currently looking at:

http://www.gamesradar.com/building-gaming-pc-under-1000/

Thanks

Answer
Build or Buy or have custom made is a common question. To not overly repeat, try to make sense of this Q+A:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AhTl4dVlzsAQN4HilGHXYwzty6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20130902153829AAqfdXZ
and, it includes a link about graphics cards.

The referenced build you show is respectable.
Z77 Pro3 as a motherboard has SATA III 6Gb/s transfer rate from the HDD, USB 3.0 front header, and is full ATX and Realtek ALC892 audio from a reliable top 4 supplier (Gigabyte, Asus, MSI, Asrock). The missing feature is SLI Compatibility for an additional NVidia card. It is crossfire compatible for AMD graphics with a 10% performance reduction. Takes a $30 or so upgrade into the SLI compatible. The power supply Thermaltake SP-750M looks OK, but not sure why so much power when the graphics is limited with the motherboard. There are better for the price.
This shows the Thermaltake:
http://www.realhardtechx.com/index_archivos/Page680.htm
The build shows $952.45:
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1AsOv
Some items taxed and extra shipping not shown.
It isn't bad.
In my reference I show the Vanquish from Digital Storm at $1059, all built.
Good computer case, quality builder, Haswell i5 not set up for overclocking, good 600 watt supply which is all it needs, and the stronger GTX 760 over the GTX 660 ti
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/860?vs=854
It is about a 6% upgrade.
And, you can go to Newegg.com, and get similar or better performance, trading off some quality characteristics and specific game performance, like Far Cry 3 that needs a great CPU.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=Property&Subcategory=10&Description=&Type=&N=100019096&IsNodeId=1&IsPowerSearch=1&srchInDesc=&MinPrice=&MaxPrice=1000&Manufactory=81232&Manufactory=11210&Manufactory=12046&PropertyCodeValue=1436%3A302714&PropertyCodeValue=1436%3A312190&PropertyCodeValue=1436%3A277234&PropertyCodeValue=1436%3A340851&PropertyCodeValue=1436%3A312577&PropertyCodeValue=1436%3A426479
Or, swizzle the build a bit:
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1Atfy
Now fully ready to pop in a second GTX 660 ti, and a weird case with carry handles that should be easy to work with, and an awarded power supply, with an extra GB of graphics ram so ready for SLI, and not overclocking the CPU, so $950.31

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