So, I was originally considering buying a pre-made computer for something like $1,300, but found out that building your own is way more efficient. I'm a little nervous, yeah, but I've seen a few building videos and it looks fairly straight-forward.
Ideally, I'd like to run games like Arma2, Skyrim, Farcry, etc. on high settings, preferably maxed out. I've linked my build below here. I'm just using the i5 3570k because it seems to be a common CPU for gaming and doesn't seem to differ much from the i7 processors I've seen in terms of noticeable performance. People have also really recommended gigabyte motherboards to me. I dunno. It's subject to change.
I'm not planning on buying the mouse and keyboard. I more or less did it for an idea of an overall price. Mainly for shiggles. But here's the build itself! Any feedback etc. is appreciated.
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/CqPE
Ideally, I'd like to run games like Arma2, Skyrim, Farcry, etc. on high settings, preferably maxed out. I've linked my build below here. I'm just using the i5 3570k because it seems to be a common CPU for gaming and doesn't seem to differ much from the i7 processors I've seen in terms of noticeable performance. People have also really recommended gigabyte motherboards to me. I dunno. It's subject to change.
I'm not planning on buying the mouse and keyboard. I more or less did it for an idea of an overall price. Mainly for shiggles. But here's the build itself! Any feedback etc. is appreciated.
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/CqPE