What is a good gaming computer under or around $1000?

Mike Richa

I know little to nothing about processors or graphic cards. I have been doing a little bit of research and found some, but I have no clue if they are any good for what I want. I want a gaming computer that can play games such as Diablo 3, Mass Effect 3, and Skyrim on, hopefully, the highest setting or at least a good setting. I also want to be able to build the computer for future games that will be coming out.

In short.
I want to buy a good gaming computer that can handle most games well and one that I can build upon to make it better.
Thanks for the help.

Answer
If gaming is your aim, you need everything from the get go.

Powerful Intel Core processor, powerful graphics card, 8GB (two x 4GB) DDR3 RAM.

You said you know little to nothing about computers, but you don't really need to know all that much.
Since nowadays even a 13 year old kid can build a gaming desktop computer, I suggest you do the same. You spend less and get more. The best thing you get is the satisfaction of playing on something you made.
Do some research, there are extensive step by step guides and even videos out there on how to do that.

BEST GAMING DESKTOP PC BUILD FOR THE MONEY:

FACT: INTEL IS A MUCH BETTER PROCESSOR FOR GAMING THAN ANY AMD.
See here:
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/high_end_cpus.html

Processor: New 3rd generation Intel Core i5-3570K Ivy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W Quad-Core Desktop Processor - $239.99
Or 2nd generation Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor - $219.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115072
According to most people, the i5-2500K is still considered the best gaming processor, better than i5-3570K.
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Pro3 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard - $119.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157297
After market CPU Cooler - Cooler Master Hyper EVO - $34.99 (Stock Intel cooler sucks and it's noisy too)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103099
Memory (RAM): G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM 1600MHz - $46.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231428
Graphics Card: 1GB GDDR5 EVGA GeForce GTX560 Ti (Fermi) - $229.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130604
Hard Drive: 1TB Seagate Barracuda SATA III (6.0Gb/s), 7200rpm, 64MB Cache - $99.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148840
Optical Drive: LITE-ON DVD Burner - Bulk Black SATA Model iHAS124-04 - OEM - $17.99
Power Supply (PSU): CORSAIR Builder Series CX600 V2 600W ATX12V v2.3 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply - $69.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139028
PC Case (Tower): Rosewill CHALLENGER Black Gaming ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - $49.99
Or COOLER MASTER HAF 912 RC-912-KKN1 Black SECC/ ABS Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - $59.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119233&Tpk=haf%20912
Operating System (OS): Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit OEM - $99.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116986

TOTAL: $989.90 to $1,019.90
All prices are in $USD and in the USA, as of end of May 2012, they might be slightly different one way or the other by now. Also, some shipping charges may apply to some of the items.

Gaming pc build strength?

Eric

Will this gaming pc rig be able to play minecraft on highest settings with the shaders mod and still have a 50-60 fps or do i need to upgrade the CPU to intel i7 3770k.

http://www.custompcreview.com/computer-builds/best-custom-gaming-computer-build-under-1000-december-2012/16645/#comments

Answer
lololol, overkill for low eng game like than, u can get 500 fps easily

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