I am looking to build a gaming pc for maximum of I'd say $3,000usd. I've looked around a lot for prebuilt pc's and I have no knowledge building my own pc but I'd be willing to give it a shot if any of you all would like to help. I think it'd be a fun experience! Thanks so much in advance. I'd like to see if I could get a prebuilt one but if the best option is to build one myself I'd like to have what you think your dream gaming pc for the price would be.
Help me build or find my Gaming pc for $3,000usd?
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With this budget.. i am jealous already lol
First you need to pick Intel and Nvidia or AMD. You can mix match the cards with any processor.
For Intel and no overclock i would recommend a Xeon cpu and for a oc i would recommend a i7 4770k.
For AMD no oc i would recommend the FX 9590 and for a oc i would recommend the FX 8350.
First you need to pick Intel and Nvidia or AMD. You can mix match the cards with any processor.
For Intel and no overclock i would recommend a Xeon cpu and for a oc i would recommend a i7 4770k.
For AMD no oc i would recommend the FX 9590 and for a oc i would recommend the FX 8350.
Man I love gaming and for just starting out on a Hp gaming laptop this answer is really hurting my brain.
I promise you I don't care which way AMD or Nvidia, they both have great high end graphics cards and I really have never studied processors and all these things. I was hoping to have us discuss what would be the best set up and where to buy everything and price and boom there the beauty is.
http://www.newegg.com/
I always spend my cash at newegg. They always take care of people fast if something with the order or Hardware is not right.
Well.. AMD cards are great and i would recommend a r9 290. Some of them come with really nice air coolers that get the job done but they show a weak point in real clock rate under load that is best stabilized with liquid cooling.
I always spend my cash at newegg. They always take care of people fast if something with the order or Hardware is not right.
Well.. AMD cards are great and i would recommend a r9 290. Some of them come with really nice air coolers that get the job done but they show a weak point in real clock rate under load that is best stabilized with liquid cooling.
I found out about pc build through this website. I have probably murdered myself in unnecessary things. This is a kinda overview of what I think... Think.. I might want. Change and give me info on what to change please. This is my first attempt... http://pcpartpicker.com/p/PJc66h
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You don't need a sound card. Motherboards have them built-in and they are perfect for everything except if you're working with music. You don't need an $130 keyboard - that's just wasting money. They are hundreds of good ones that cost less than $50. You could also not buy the Corsair fan - the ones inside the case should be fine, and you don't need more than one or two. You could also go further by getting a Mid ATX case. There are plenty of great ones that cost $100 or so. You could also look into getting 16GB of RAM, as sooner or later you're going to need it anyway and with your budget what's another $80 to go with your $3000 budget?
Well, I kinda splurged a bit but whatever... I took the price to $3,000 and changed somethings if you see anything I should worry about let me know but I got rid of some things and changed some. Tell me what you think!
http://pcpartpicker.com/user/liquidxeo/saved/vQKcCJ
http://pcpartpicker.com/user/liquidxeo/saved/vQKcCJ
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What the hell is wrong with you people. Just because he has a max budget of $3000 does not mean we should rip him off with 2x 480GB SSDs, an overpriced CPU, a sub-par SLI GPU build and quadrillions of case fans for a first time pc builder.
After the venting out, sorry everyone, I had a not pleasant discussion in my first custom pc build topic elsewhere and got totally ripped off for a system that did not even last for 3 years on ultra/high settings. I know your intentions are not to rip him off as I do not believe any of you work for a retailer
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Hey liquidxeo,
First off, you should know that custom build PCs can go from approximately $800 to $6000 (yep, even this thing exists) but the important factor is getting the most bang for your bucks, i.e. cost-efficiency. The world of custom PC building is really fun, especially with many beginner's guides on picking parts to actually building the system.
For prebuilt, my suggestions would be to check on Asus for Republic of Gaming (ROG) series desktops such as G30AB etc. Generally though, with enough practice and trial-and-errors via partpicker, a custom build system will be cheaper or better at same price than a prebuilt one and depending on you, can be upgraded for a small sum in the future(which is called future proofing).
For custom build, my suggested build is the following: http://pcpartpicker.com/user/acilikola/saved/GkqhP6
For CPU, although it says i7 4770K, get a recently released i7 4790K at ~$350. It was not listed yet in partpicker and I did not want to alarm you with Add Custom Part option. You can see the CPU here: http://ark.intel.com/products/80807/Intel-Core-i7-4790K-Processor-8M-Cache-up-to-4_40-GHz
For cooling, the stock case is pretty good in terms of cooling. But just to be safe, I included couple of fans. These are just the ones I like, fans totally depend on your own noise,power,appearance opinions.
After the venting out, sorry everyone, I had a not pleasant discussion in my first custom pc build topic elsewhere and got totally ripped off for a system that did not even last for 3 years on ultra/high settings. I know your intentions are not to rip him off as I do not believe any of you work for a retailer
.Hey liquidxeo,
First off, you should know that custom build PCs can go from approximately $800 to $6000 (yep, even this thing exists) but the important factor is getting the most bang for your bucks, i.e. cost-efficiency. The world of custom PC building is really fun, especially with many beginner's guides on picking parts to actually building the system.
For prebuilt, my suggestions would be to check on Asus for Republic of Gaming (ROG) series desktops such as G30AB etc. Generally though, with enough practice and trial-and-errors via partpicker, a custom build system will be cheaper or better at same price than a prebuilt one and depending on you, can be upgraded for a small sum in the future(which is called future proofing).
For custom build, my suggested build is the following: http://pcpartpicker.com/user/acilikola/saved/GkqhP6
For CPU, although it says i7 4770K, get a recently released i7 4790K at ~$350. It was not listed yet in partpicker and I did not want to alarm you with Add Custom Part option. You can see the CPU here: http://ark.intel.com/products/80807/Intel-Core-i7-4790K-Processor-8M-Cache-up-to-4_40-GHz
For cooling, the stock case is pretty good in terms of cooling. But just to be safe, I included couple of fans. These are just the ones I like, fans totally depend on your own noise,power,appearance opinions.
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acilikola :
What the hell is wrong with you people. Just because he has a max budget of $3000 does not mean we should rip him off with 2x 480GB SSDs, an overpriced CPU, a sub-par SLI GPU build and quadrillions of case fans for a first time pc builder.
After the venting out, sorry everyone, I had a not pleasant discussion in my first custom pc build topic elsewhere and got totally ripped off for a system that did not even last for 3 years on ultra/high settings. I know your intentions are not to rip him off as I do not believe any of you work for a retailer.
Hey liquidxeo,
First off, you should know that custom build PCs can go from approximately $800 to $6000 (yep, even this thing exists) but the important factor is getting the most bang for your bucks, i.e. cost-efficiency. The world of custom PC building is really fun, especially with many beginner's guides on picking parts to actually building the system.
For prebuilt, my suggestions would be to check on Asus for Republic of Gaming (ROG) series desktops such as G30AB etc. Generally though, with enough practice and trial-and-errors via partpicker, a custom build system will be cheaper or better at same price than a prebuilt one and depending on you, can be upgraded for a small sum in the future(which is called future proofing).
For custom build, my suggested build is the following: http://pcpartpicker.com/user/acilikola/saved/GkqhP6
For CPU, although it says i7 4770K, get a recently released i7 4790K at ~$350. It was not listed yet in partpicker and I did not want to alarm you with Add Custom Part option. You can see the CPU here: http://ark.intel.com/products/80807/Intel-Core-i7-4790K-Processor-8M-Cache-up-to-4_40-GHz
For cooling, the stock case is pretty good in terms of cooling. But just to be safe, I included couple of fans. These are just the ones I like, fans totally depend on your own noise,power,appearance opinions.
After the venting out, sorry everyone, I had a not pleasant discussion in my first custom pc build topic elsewhere and got totally ripped off for a system that did not even last for 3 years on ultra/high settings. I know your intentions are not to rip him off as I do not believe any of you work for a retailer
.Hey liquidxeo,
First off, you should know that custom build PCs can go from approximately $800 to $6000 (yep, even this thing exists) but the important factor is getting the most bang for your bucks, i.e. cost-efficiency. The world of custom PC building is really fun, especially with many beginner's guides on picking parts to actually building the system.
For prebuilt, my suggestions would be to check on Asus for Republic of Gaming (ROG) series desktops such as G30AB etc. Generally though, with enough practice and trial-and-errors via partpicker, a custom build system will be cheaper or better at same price than a prebuilt one and depending on you, can be upgraded for a small sum in the future(which is called future proofing).
For custom build, my suggested build is the following: http://pcpartpicker.com/user/acilikola/saved/GkqhP6
For CPU, although it says i7 4770K, get a recently released i7 4790K at ~$350. It was not listed yet in partpicker and I did not want to alarm you with Add Custom Part option. You can see the CPU here: http://ark.intel.com/products/80807/Intel-Core-i7-4790K-Processor-8M-Cache-up-to-4_40-GHz
For cooling, the stock case is pretty good in terms of cooling. But just to be safe, I included couple of fans. These are just the ones I like, fans totally depend on your own noise,power,appearance opinions.
I think this is a very good build aside from the HAF X. I personally own the case and it is a pain in the ass to handle. Full towers really aren't worth it. You can get the same amount of work space and cooling in a mid tower. Also the new z97 boards just came out and I think it would be better if one of those was used instead. Not only that but the power supply is just to much. Your really don't need more then 800w. I edited the build you made here: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/ZVmgQ7
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Hello liquidxeo, for a high end budget like that; first i recommend looking up some tutorials on how to build a PC and or how to simply put the parts together it's not that complicated if you look closely. 2nd I would definately 100% go Intel as Intel has the raw power and longevity that AMD doesn't however AMD CPU's are highly flexible and they come to good use with budget work such as 3D modelling graphic designing rendering etc. we are talking about the FX series AMD's here due to the fact of multicore utilization. So go Intel at your budget.
The first thing i would recommend would be to see what today's and latest components are and decide on that. I wouldn't go for a prebuilt PC, reasons: They are overpriced mostly, depending on what kind and company they might put in parts that have not much relevance with each other, they contain quite a bit of bloatware.
Would you want to game on lets say more than a single 1080P monitor or would you like a single monitor or even one included in the budget at all?
Here would be something to start off with. But first you should ask yourself do you want to put all the 3000$ into the PC or you want to save some.
With the 3000$ budget you could play with triple monitors
Here's where i would start off something like this: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/scmgQ7
The first thing i would recommend would be to see what today's and latest components are and decide on that. I wouldn't go for a prebuilt PC, reasons: They are overpriced mostly, depending on what kind and company they might put in parts that have not much relevance with each other, they contain quite a bit of bloatware.
Would you want to game on lets say more than a single 1080P monitor or would you like a single monitor or even one included in the budget at all?
Here would be something to start off with. But first you should ask yourself do you want to put all the 3000$ into the PC or you want to save some.
With the 3000$ budget you could play with triple monitors
Here's where i would start off something like this: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/scmgQ7
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