Hello,
I will be building a new comp for my wife in about three weeks. I have a general idea of the build which I will list below. The real question I have is an acceptable video card for her. There will be little to no gaming done by her but I am guessing the kids will use it for some gaming. I want to run 1080 res on it at or around medium graphics for most games. She will do mostly Facebook type games.
Intel I5 3rd or 4th gen K series depending on whats on sale
Medium level motherboard (It will depend whats on sale at Microcenter when I make this purchase)
1TB Seagate or WD HHD
DVD drive (Cheap)
2x4GB of GSkill or equivalent ram
500-600 watt powersupply (will chose a quality one when I am in MC)
Case is undecided at this time
I was recently thinking an R7 250 because I have found them as low as 89.99 for a 2GB version, but for around 130.00 I can get a R7 260X. I do not want to go overkill but I do want her computer to be good for at least 5 years. I will take all suggestions seriously, but please explain why you would choose it. I am open to almost any brand and Nvidia is also ok.
I have a lot of experience with higher end builds but not lower end ones such as this. Any suggestions and/or feedback would be great, I want to get as much out of it as I can for as low of a price.
Thanks to everyone in advance!!!
Camsix
I will be building a new comp for my wife in about three weeks. I have a general idea of the build which I will list below. The real question I have is an acceptable video card for her. There will be little to no gaming done by her but I am guessing the kids will use it for some gaming. I want to run 1080 res on it at or around medium graphics for most games. She will do mostly Facebook type games.
Intel I5 3rd or 4th gen K series depending on whats on sale
Medium level motherboard (It will depend whats on sale at Microcenter when I make this purchase)
1TB Seagate or WD HHD
DVD drive (Cheap)
2x4GB of GSkill or equivalent ram
500-600 watt powersupply (will chose a quality one when I am in MC)
Case is undecided at this time
I was recently thinking an R7 250 because I have found them as low as 89.99 for a 2GB version, but for around 130.00 I can get a R7 260X. I do not want to go overkill but I do want her computer to be good for at least 5 years. I will take all suggestions seriously, but please explain why you would choose it. I am open to almost any brand and Nvidia is also ok.
I have a lot of experience with higher end builds but not lower end ones such as this. Any suggestions and/or feedback would be great, I want to get as much out of it as I can for as low of a price.
Thanks to everyone in advance!!!
Camsix