- Oct 10, 2013
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Hi, I was wondering if you guys could help me out. I'm a total noob when it comes to PC gaming and hardware but I know a guy that build PC's who pointed me to this site.
So I've been looking into building my own rig for some time and I'm looking at a budget of about $2000. From what research I've done, that sounds like a decent amount of cash that could get me running modern games on high settings with decent FPS, right? My only issue is I don't know where to start with all of the different components involved. Not to mention, I really don't want to screw up and send that much cash down the drain..
So I was in Best Buy a couple weeks ago and asked one of the guys in PC hardware if he had anything that could get me going. He recommended the HP ENVY 700 http://m.bestbuy.com/m/e/product/detail.jsp;jsessionid=D36AC7E787854227C68BDBF7ABA3BEA6.bbmdotp-app32-117?skuId=8997042&pid=1218968345257&pcatId=abcat0501000 and if I remember correctly, the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 http://m.bestbuy.com/m/e/product/detail.jsp?skuId=7128167&pid=1218830475927&pcatId=abcat0507002, as well as an upgraded power supply obviously. He told me that set up would run Battlefield 3 on ultra.
I'm not just going to take some dude at Best Buy's opinion, though. So I'm wondering what you guys think and if you can point me in the right direction with any tips, recommendations, or suggestions. Again, I'm looking to run current games like DayZ, Battlefield 3, Skyrim, Eve Online, and Minecraft on highest settings (or at least close) with decent FPS. I'll also be recording a lot of this gameplay at the same time for YouTube because me and my friend set up a gaming channel that we're pretty serious about. Thanks in advance.. I really appreciate any help you guys can give me.
So I've been looking into building my own rig for some time and I'm looking at a budget of about $2000. From what research I've done, that sounds like a decent amount of cash that could get me running modern games on high settings with decent FPS, right? My only issue is I don't know where to start with all of the different components involved. Not to mention, I really don't want to screw up and send that much cash down the drain..
So I was in Best Buy a couple weeks ago and asked one of the guys in PC hardware if he had anything that could get me going. He recommended the HP ENVY 700 http://m.bestbuy.com/m/e/product/detail.jsp;jsessionid=D36AC7E787854227C68BDBF7ABA3BEA6.bbmdotp-app32-117?skuId=8997042&pid=1218968345257&pcatId=abcat0501000 and if I remember correctly, the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 http://m.bestbuy.com/m/e/product/detail.jsp?skuId=7128167&pid=1218830475927&pcatId=abcat0507002, as well as an upgraded power supply obviously. He told me that set up would run Battlefield 3 on ultra.
I'm not just going to take some dude at Best Buy's opinion, though. So I'm wondering what you guys think and if you can point me in the right direction with any tips, recommendations, or suggestions. Again, I'm looking to run current games like DayZ, Battlefield 3, Skyrim, Eve Online, and Minecraft on highest settings (or at least close) with decent FPS. I'll also be recording a lot of this gameplay at the same time for YouTube because me and my friend set up a gaming channel that we're pretty serious about. Thanks in advance.. I really appreciate any help you guys can give me.
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