I need help building my first PC. $2000 Budget

Tyler Johnson

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So, this will be my first time building a pc. My computer knowledge is what I would consider basic. I know about each of the parts that I need to buy, their basic functions, and a basic idea how to install them. I'm having troubles trying to decide what to buy. My knowledge of what will provide for my needs is lacking. I don't understand much about how to know if a processor/Gpu will give me what I'm looking for and will last me quite a while before becoming outdated.

My situation: I'm going to college this year as a freshman, I'll be working this summer and using some of my profits for building a new desktop. I plan to have about a $2000 budget. I am a heavy gamer, I play a few different MMO's and a lot of the big name games on PC, and want to be able to continue playing this next gen of games on their highest settings without any problem. I do not know if $2000 is enough for this, but I hope that it is.

The only parts that I have looked at so far is the intel i7-4930K and an evga geforce gtx 780 sc axc. These parts seem to be very high quality and may be a bit overboard for my needs, I'm not educated enough in this area to know.

Any help with parts for a complete build for my budget, or telling me if my current consideration for parts is overboard, or on target would be much appreciated,

Thanks.
 
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things are going to be different by end of summer.. so no reason to even do a possible build right now.

you're probably going to be looking at a 4790k... which is just a slightly upgrade 4770k.

there's no reaso nto go beyond this... 4 core/8thread i7.

very few games are coded to use 4 threads, and only a few can use 8 (bf4, watch dogs, with more to come)

no benefit at all from a 6core/12thread i7.

you can easily biuld a rig to max out anything for 1500. it depends on your monitor... but a standard 1080p monitor, a 780ti is enough to max everything for now and years to come.

prices will all change by the end of summer... so that's it for now ;0

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I would say a good starting point is the last system builder enthusiast
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/build-your-own-gaming-pc,3766.html
This will leave a little budget to grab a monitor/keyboard/mouse if you need them
By the end of the summer the new i7 should be available (think its only pre-order right now), but I would say go with the new i5 instead to free up some more budget, you won't see any difference in gaming
Depending on the resolution you game on, 1080p the 780 is more then enough (can probably use a 770 for most games right now)
Above 1080p i would take the money saved on the i7 and put that towards upgrading to a 780ti
 

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things are going to be different by end of summer.. so no reason to even do a possible build right now.

you're probably going to be looking at a 4790k... which is just a slightly upgrade 4770k.

there's no reaso nto go beyond this... 4 core/8thread i7.

very few games are coded to use 4 threads, and only a few can use 8 (bf4, watch dogs, with more to come)

no benefit at all from a 6core/12thread i7.

you can easily biuld a rig to max out anything for 1500. it depends on your monitor... but a standard 1080p monitor, a 780ti is enough to max everything for now and years to come.

prices will all change by the end of summer... so that's it for now ;0

 
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Tyler Johnson

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I think i'm going to take your advice and go for the 4790k and a 780ti.

Edit: is there any chance you could recommend a motherboard for this setup?