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stricktlygame

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Looking 2 spend at the most 1000$ on a good pc 2 run at 30-60 FPS on a 51 inch 3D samsung TV was currently looking into a Lenovo k450 with an intel core i5-4430 processor 3GHz, 12GB DDR3-1600 RAM, 1TB 7,200RPM hard drive, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650, DVD+RW drive, 9-in-1 memory card reader, 10/100/1000 network, 802.11 b/g/n wireless? any upgrade suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
 
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The goal for 1080p gaming is a solid steady 60fps , most of the modern Nvidia GTX 660's , 760's will fill this need card prices range from 180-250 dollars if you look around enough. 8gb for ram is the most you need atm for gaming systems, 16gb will future proof but ram prices have skyrocketed since i made 16gb systems. Cpu wise a i5 3350p is the sweatspot at the $180 dollar pricepoint . A 30 dollar NZXT source 210 case will be a great budget case to house this system in . A 60 dollar Matx H61 motherboard from asus or msi would be a dependable board to assemble these parts on. Id recommend at least a corsair CX series 600 watt PSU or a Rosewill Hive 650 watt , These range in the 59.99-70 dollar range depending upon specials on newegg...
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Cons29

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that is also just a 1080 right? if possible, i would advice that you build your own (ask a friend to help out or something)

or at least get a better gpu, 650 is ok, but don't expect much, don't expect ultra settings. also, it will depend on what games you will be playing
 
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12Gb of ram is not necessary, stick with 8Gb and save money.

The graphics card defiantly needs an upgrade for smooth 1080 play. 760GTX or an R9 270X. Anything at or over this should perform nicely.

I wouldnt recommend gaming on wireless, so if that is an added extra you can remove to save money and you can get a wired network to where you plan to use the PC, drop the wireless.
 
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The goal for 1080p gaming is a solid steady 60fps , most of the modern Nvidia GTX 660's , 760's will fill this need card prices range from 180-250 dollars if you look around enough. 8gb for ram is the most you need atm for gaming systems, 16gb will future proof but ram prices have skyrocketed since i made 16gb systems. Cpu wise a i5 3350p is the sweatspot at the $180 dollar pricepoint . A 30 dollar NZXT source 210 case will be a great budget case to house this system in . A 60 dollar Matx H61 motherboard from asus or msi would be a dependable board to assemble these parts on. Id recommend at least a corsair CX series 600 watt PSU or a Rosewill Hive 650 watt , These range in the 59.99-70 dollar range depending upon specials on newegg. Hard drive wise buy a cheap 60gb ssd to boot the OPS and then buy a cheap 50 dollar 1 terrabyte hard drive to store your game , media files etc on. If you build a system you could be well under 1000 dollars in your system.
 
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