- Jun 2, 2014
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Hey all, I appreciate anyone who takes the time to help me out here.
I will start with saying I have built a few PCs in the past, however, none were especially efficient(I just pieced together random "good" components and called it a day). I used to be more into technology than I have been lately, and I'm less up to date on the power/cost ratios of some of the components.
Anyway, I'm looking to build the most powerful machine I can with respect to cost. What I mean by this is I've seen some cases (in the distant past, at least) where a $1500 computer was technically "better" than a $1000 computer, but by the equivalent of perhaps 20% power. In my mind, that's a poor trade off. If spending an extra $300-500 can double, or triple the abilities of the machine, I'm all for it. I wanted to say this prior to my budget. I currently own several macbooks, and my original decision was to buy another mac. I've decided to scratch that, but since I was prepared to easily pay $1500 for another, I'd like to cap my budget there. Again, with respect to performance. If a $1500 machine isn't exponentially better than a $1000 machine, not so interested.
I don't need to worry about a keyboard/mouse. I have old ones lying around, and I'll purchase better ones after I get the machine built, so that won't go into my budget. I'd ideally like to get a monitor with the budget as well, but if that's just not possible I can put together the machine and just wait two weeks and pick up a monitor on the next paycheck.
In the old days I had a relentless loyalty to AMD, nowadays brand loyalty isn't so high on my priority list. If I've forgotten to include anything, please let me know. The topic says gaming PC, that's sort of my focus. I won't be doing really any hardcore gaming. I like the occasional mmorpg, but yeah. I'm not doing video rendering so I figured suggesting a gaming PC would more than meet the needs I have for the games I will play -- but also give me a damn fast machine, since you guys have been known to build some monsters to run your games.
And, while I'm sure I could do research on the best parts and eventually get an idea of what to pick, I know that I would never be as efficient as some of the pros advice I've seen on this forum. So, I ask for your guidance, friends! Help a brother out getting back into the PC world, by building a fast machine.
tl;dr: looking to get back into PC world. play mmorpgs occasionally, nothing that requires $1000 video cards by any means. just want an extremely fast/powerful computer that isn't going to slow down in the near future. budget caps out at $1500, preferably including display.
I will start with saying I have built a few PCs in the past, however, none were especially efficient(I just pieced together random "good" components and called it a day). I used to be more into technology than I have been lately, and I'm less up to date on the power/cost ratios of some of the components.
Anyway, I'm looking to build the most powerful machine I can with respect to cost. What I mean by this is I've seen some cases (in the distant past, at least) where a $1500 computer was technically "better" than a $1000 computer, but by the equivalent of perhaps 20% power. In my mind, that's a poor trade off. If spending an extra $300-500 can double, or triple the abilities of the machine, I'm all for it. I wanted to say this prior to my budget. I currently own several macbooks, and my original decision was to buy another mac. I've decided to scratch that, but since I was prepared to easily pay $1500 for another, I'd like to cap my budget there. Again, with respect to performance. If a $1500 machine isn't exponentially better than a $1000 machine, not so interested.
I don't need to worry about a keyboard/mouse. I have old ones lying around, and I'll purchase better ones after I get the machine built, so that won't go into my budget. I'd ideally like to get a monitor with the budget as well, but if that's just not possible I can put together the machine and just wait two weeks and pick up a monitor on the next paycheck.
In the old days I had a relentless loyalty to AMD, nowadays brand loyalty isn't so high on my priority list. If I've forgotten to include anything, please let me know. The topic says gaming PC, that's sort of my focus. I won't be doing really any hardcore gaming. I like the occasional mmorpg, but yeah. I'm not doing video rendering so I figured suggesting a gaming PC would more than meet the needs I have for the games I will play -- but also give me a damn fast machine, since you guys have been known to build some monsters to run your games.
And, while I'm sure I could do research on the best parts and eventually get an idea of what to pick, I know that I would never be as efficient as some of the pros advice I've seen on this forum. So, I ask for your guidance, friends! Help a brother out getting back into the PC world, by building a fast machine.
tl;dr: looking to get back into PC world. play mmorpgs occasionally, nothing that requires $1000 video cards by any means. just want an extremely fast/powerful computer that isn't going to slow down in the near future. budget caps out at $1500, preferably including display.
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