- Aug 3, 2014
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Hi Everyone,
I've been reading up on building my own PC for the last couple of days and comparing what I could get for around $1000 with what I could get in a laptop for the same money. Needless to say, putting a PC together myself seems like the sweetest deal.
But I'm a little hung up on exactly what to buy.
I will use my PC for photo editing in Lightroom, watching Netflix, listening to music, and playing games. I'm mostly interested in strategy titles, but would also like to give Skyrim, The Witcher, and the Dragon Age games a go. It would be very cool if I could get 40-50 FPS on medium to high settings at 1080p on my system. If I need to spend more money to get that, please let me know. But I'd like the price to include an OS (Windows 8.1 I suppose, though I like 7 just fine) and monitor.
I've been pretty blown away by some of the budget builds I've seen posted here, especially damric's budget Intel and AMD systems. But, I can spend a little more money than that, and I'm very much interested in having a system I can upgrade down the line.
If possible, I'd also like to have a "portable" desktop: something light and small that includes a Wireless NIC. Being able to output to my TV screen from time to time would be awesome. I'm thinking of something like option #3 here: http://elitegamingcomputers.com/the-best-gaming-computers-under-800/
Anyway - what would you all suggest for a system? If I have to buy low and then upgrade over time, that's perfectly fine. Just so long as what I'm getting can be upgraded relatively easily.
Thanks for your help!
I've been reading up on building my own PC for the last couple of days and comparing what I could get for around $1000 with what I could get in a laptop for the same money. Needless to say, putting a PC together myself seems like the sweetest deal.
But I'm a little hung up on exactly what to buy.
I will use my PC for photo editing in Lightroom, watching Netflix, listening to music, and playing games. I'm mostly interested in strategy titles, but would also like to give Skyrim, The Witcher, and the Dragon Age games a go. It would be very cool if I could get 40-50 FPS on medium to high settings at 1080p on my system. If I need to spend more money to get that, please let me know. But I'd like the price to include an OS (Windows 8.1 I suppose, though I like 7 just fine) and monitor.
I've been pretty blown away by some of the budget builds I've seen posted here, especially damric's budget Intel and AMD systems. But, I can spend a little more money than that, and I'm very much interested in having a system I can upgrade down the line.
If possible, I'd also like to have a "portable" desktop: something light and small that includes a Wireless NIC. Being able to output to my TV screen from time to time would be awesome. I'm thinking of something like option #3 here: http://elitegamingcomputers.com/the-best-gaming-computers-under-800/
Anyway - what would you all suggest for a system? If I have to buy low and then upgrade over time, that's perfectly fine. Just so long as what I'm getting can be upgraded relatively easily.
Thanks for your help!
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