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So, first off, thank you for taking the time to check my post out, and help out if you can.
Basically, I would like to build my first ever "gaming rig", I've always been a console gamer, but would like to make the shift to PC gaming, as I feel it has more to offer and I love strategy games.
I would be building the computer around late August to early October, somewhere in that time frame. I would likely be closer to August/September though. My budget will be $1,800-$2,000 (preferably below $2,000 however, I'm willing to venture there). Also worth noting, I am a Canadian and will be using Canadian dollars, so prices will be higher for me. I'm thinking I will use Newegg and maybe Amazon for most of my purchasing. I don't know if I will ever try SLI, I may or may not. Aesthetics don't matter to me, performance is the absolute, most important aspect of technology to me.
I will need a monitor (looking at 720p for the first few months, then maybe upgrade to 1080p). I also need an OS (leaning towards Windows 7 64 bit), I need a keyboard, and possibly a mouse (neither the keyboard or mouse need to be fancy).
The PC will be used almost exclusively as a gaming machine, I might also do some homework on it, but will likely leave my laptop for that kind of of work because I already have MS Office purchased and installed on it.
I will be playing strategy games like Civilization 5, Civilization Beyond Earth (when it comes out), Age of Wonders 3, Wargame: Red Dragon, Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion, Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes, Planetside 2, Dayz Standalone, and possibly Watchdogs.
For the non-strategy games, especially Planetside 2, and Dayz, decent to good graphics, to ultra good graphics are reasonably important, however, solid frame-rates are of the utmost importance to me.
As I've never purchased or made a desktop before, I will be starting completely from scratch. If I understand correctly, Intel and Nvidia are more noob friendly, and generally better for gaming, so I am leaning towards those components.
The parts I'm leaning toward are as follows:
- Nvidia GTX 770 or Nvidia GTX 780
- Intel I5 4670k or Intel I7 4770k (leaning more towards the i5)
- MSI Z87-G45 Gaming LGA 1150
- Cooler master EVO 212 aftermarket fan
- (I'm not sure if I need a soundcard, I think the motherboard will handle that).
- I haven't looked much into monitors, but am leaning towards cheaper ones for now, may upgrade later on.
- Windows 7 64 bit
- I don't think I need speakers
- I need a mouse and a keyboard I've seen some for $30-$40 each that looked ok.
- I'm leaning towards Bit Defender antivirus ($49.99).
- I have no idea what kind of case to get.... Something with good airflow I guess, I don't care much for aesthetics, cost and airflow are the only factors I care about.
- The PSU should be 650-750 watts, and be bronze+.
- 2x4 GDDR3 RAM (total 8GB) (been looking at Corsair Vengeance).
- Not sure about storage. I only want to game, and will go with an SSD, so will 128Gb or so be enough? I rarely, if ever, download stuff and won't download much other than games on GOG, Amazon, maybe Origin, and of course, Steam. Otherwise I may go for a 7200rpm HDD with like 500Gb or something.
I'm not sure if I've missed anything, but those are the specs I'm leaning towards right now. I've done some mock building on pcpartpicker, or something like that, and come out around $1700-$1900 CAD, depending on the components.
I want a beefy machine, I don't care a whole lot about ultra settings, but ultra or even very high, would be very nice. I plan on going with a 720p monitor, and likely upgrading to a 1080p monitor sometime down the road. I also have no experience with overclocking, so I would have to learn a lot more about that before attempting it.
I am willing to dabble with AMD, however, I feel it may take me out of my comfort zone. Me being a noob though, means I could have a misconception about AMD. My laptop runs AMD hardware, and does alright(ish) with gaming, the pieces seem to be good quality, and are still running pretty well.
I should also mention, I tend to worry a lot about hardware failures and what not, which is why I always went for consoles, I felt safer. I am a little worried and anxious about going the PC route, but I think it would be the best for my interests. I'm also looking for high quality components, ones that don't have high rates of failure. I'm also afraid of heat issues. I've read about how the Haswell architecture runs a little hot, and that concerns me. Still, everyone recommends the i5 4670k above all else.
If there are any questions or things needing clarification, let me know.
Thank you for your time.
Basically, I would like to build my first ever "gaming rig", I've always been a console gamer, but would like to make the shift to PC gaming, as I feel it has more to offer and I love strategy games.
I would be building the computer around late August to early October, somewhere in that time frame. I would likely be closer to August/September though. My budget will be $1,800-$2,000 (preferably below $2,000 however, I'm willing to venture there). Also worth noting, I am a Canadian and will be using Canadian dollars, so prices will be higher for me. I'm thinking I will use Newegg and maybe Amazon for most of my purchasing. I don't know if I will ever try SLI, I may or may not. Aesthetics don't matter to me, performance is the absolute, most important aspect of technology to me.
I will need a monitor (looking at 720p for the first few months, then maybe upgrade to 1080p). I also need an OS (leaning towards Windows 7 64 bit), I need a keyboard, and possibly a mouse (neither the keyboard or mouse need to be fancy).
The PC will be used almost exclusively as a gaming machine, I might also do some homework on it, but will likely leave my laptop for that kind of of work because I already have MS Office purchased and installed on it.
I will be playing strategy games like Civilization 5, Civilization Beyond Earth (when it comes out), Age of Wonders 3, Wargame: Red Dragon, Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion, Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes, Planetside 2, Dayz Standalone, and possibly Watchdogs.
For the non-strategy games, especially Planetside 2, and Dayz, decent to good graphics, to ultra good graphics are reasonably important, however, solid frame-rates are of the utmost importance to me.
As I've never purchased or made a desktop before, I will be starting completely from scratch. If I understand correctly, Intel and Nvidia are more noob friendly, and generally better for gaming, so I am leaning towards those components.
The parts I'm leaning toward are as follows:
- Nvidia GTX 770 or Nvidia GTX 780
- Intel I5 4670k or Intel I7 4770k (leaning more towards the i5)
- MSI Z87-G45 Gaming LGA 1150
- Cooler master EVO 212 aftermarket fan
- (I'm not sure if I need a soundcard, I think the motherboard will handle that).
- I haven't looked much into monitors, but am leaning towards cheaper ones for now, may upgrade later on.
- Windows 7 64 bit
- I don't think I need speakers
- I need a mouse and a keyboard I've seen some for $30-$40 each that looked ok.
- I'm leaning towards Bit Defender antivirus ($49.99).
- I have no idea what kind of case to get.... Something with good airflow I guess, I don't care much for aesthetics, cost and airflow are the only factors I care about.
- The PSU should be 650-750 watts, and be bronze+.
- 2x4 GDDR3 RAM (total 8GB) (been looking at Corsair Vengeance).
- Not sure about storage. I only want to game, and will go with an SSD, so will 128Gb or so be enough? I rarely, if ever, download stuff and won't download much other than games on GOG, Amazon, maybe Origin, and of course, Steam. Otherwise I may go for a 7200rpm HDD with like 500Gb or something.
I'm not sure if I've missed anything, but those are the specs I'm leaning towards right now. I've done some mock building on pcpartpicker, or something like that, and come out around $1700-$1900 CAD, depending on the components.
I want a beefy machine, I don't care a whole lot about ultra settings, but ultra or even very high, would be very nice. I plan on going with a 720p monitor, and likely upgrading to a 1080p monitor sometime down the road. I also have no experience with overclocking, so I would have to learn a lot more about that before attempting it.
I am willing to dabble with AMD, however, I feel it may take me out of my comfort zone. Me being a noob though, means I could have a misconception about AMD. My laptop runs AMD hardware, and does alright(ish) with gaming, the pieces seem to be good quality, and are still running pretty well.
I should also mention, I tend to worry a lot about hardware failures and what not, which is why I always went for consoles, I felt safer. I am a little worried and anxious about going the PC route, but I think it would be the best for my interests. I'm also looking for high quality components, ones that don't have high rates of failure. I'm also afraid of heat issues. I've read about how the Haswell architecture runs a little hot, and that concerns me. Still, everyone recommends the i5 4670k above all else.
If there are any questions or things needing clarification, let me know.
Thank you for your time.
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