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unoriginal1 :
You'll get more performance for your $$. An as mentioned above quality parts. How much you save really comes down to what type of machine you want to build... You can easily spend the $1000 or you can make a $500 build.
You should build to your needs. Not everyone needs a $1000 machine to do what they want. For instance I play a lot of older titles that dont't require the GPU power a lot of these guys on here use. I still use my old 9800gt gpu lol.
Give us a list of Games you want to play, Resolution you want to play them on and settings (high, med, low). Anything else you plan to do with the machine. Video editing, browsing, etc.
I also play some older titles like Scourge of War, AGEOD's ACW. Current stuff like World of Tanks and War Thunder which I don't believe are too GPU intensive and the new Sim City. I would like to be able to play on high. For the latest FPS titles, I will generally stick with my console. Other than that, it will get used for browsing and work (via terminal server or VPN).
I probably don't need to spend that much but I also don't want to be out of date a year from now. I'm not that IT literate so while I have a good idea how to pick some of the components, stuff like making sure the motherboard I pick will work is not my thing.
Fair enough. K so the tank game and thunder. Any 100+ GPU will max those out. So like a 660 would be perfect. Sim city you'd get about Medium settings on. That would be the most intensive game your playing. So that will save you money on your build.
As far as a mobo / proc. Do you want the option of overclocking?
Basically with the mobo / proc you just need to match up the socket. You'll see on the Ivy bridge the socket is lg 1155, so you'd look for a mobo with the same socket to make sure it fits. If you want to OC then you'll pick a certain proc over another and a certain board over another (we will get into that later).
For ram you just need 8GB of 1600mhz 1.5v or lower. That will be plenty to game and give you enough to handle your browsing and work needs.
Get a typical hard drive.. 7200 rpm (wd, or seagate imo) size depends on how much u need. They are cheap so i'd go at least 1TB.
SSD - These are nice. They make the system overall much snappier. Boot times and load times for apps are blinding fast. But they are expensive.. and not necessary. Great edition if you can fit it in the budget.
Power supply is probably the most important piece. You can get away with 550w - 650w. Get a quality brand. XFX, PC cooling, Corsair, (drawing a blank on the rest) But people will point out a bad psu like a sore thumb so no worries.
That's about it man. Go to http://pcpartpicker.com/parts/partlist/ and you can start picking out pieces for a build. I didn't do it for you.. Because it'll be a good learning experience
. Just post what you find there and we can help adjust it as needed.
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