Attempting an affordable yet powerful gaming PC build. Coming over from consoles to play a heavily modded Skyrim, with hopes that my setup can handle some new next-gen games as well.
In the past 2 weeks the internet has giving me a crash course in PC parts / compatibility. Hoping some of the community Gurus can weigh in on if I'm doin this right.
I have a Gateway DX4831-01e that I plan to sell used for $250 - $300 and about $600 cash and that is basically my budget.
Ok, so here's what I got!
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2kMgB
*Plan to add a SSD down the road.
*Plan to eventually add another 8gb of ram for 16gb total.
*Don't need an OS, already have windows 7 64 bit.
*Considering buying i5 chip used to save about $40.
*Also thinking about getting the GTX 770 4gb used as well. Are used GPUs a bad idea??
*Insistent on 4GB GPU due to Skyrim's high use of VRAM when modded.
Interested to hear any alternatives, suggestions, advices, cautions from anyone who has the time to give feedback. Especially if there is a better option I should be considering for PSU, Cooling or Case. Consider buying used CPU & GPU would give another $100 to add to other parts.
Thanks for helping out.