I'm thinking of building 2 new budget gaming PCs for myself & my wife. We don't play any high-end games (at least now) - she plays LOTRO and I play SW:TOR. We both may graduate to newer MMOs at some point. I might want to play the new Star Wars: Battlefront, but I'm fairly certain that a PC in this range won't be up to that, so it's not a dealbreaker.
My goal is to build each PC for about $400-$450. This will only be the second time I've ever built a PC and the first one wasn't very stable (I'd rather not go into that now), so I'd like to keep this as simple and easy as possible.
I'm leaning towards the G3258 for the CPU. I know that chip is best known for its easy overclocking, which I've never done before but might try to do - however, I'd like to stick with the stock fan & cooling. I'm planning on keeping these PCs for 4-5 years, and I'm wondering if I'll regret going with a 2-core CPU.
These are also our general use / everyday PCs for e-mail, light Photoshop, etc., so they're generally left on - it would be great if they were efficient & booted up quickly. I'm thinking of going with SSDs to help with this.
As to the graphics card - for a $400ish build, I figure I can spend about $100-$150 on the graphics card. I'm leaning towards the GTX 750 Ti, as it seems to perform well in that price range, & consumes less power so I could go with a smaller power supply too. However, I'd be open to any other options.
So, I think the G3258 + GTX 750 Ti would work well for my current requirements and fit within the budget, but I'm not sure how flexible it would be in the future. Any comments or alternate build suggestions would be appreciated.
My goal is to build each PC for about $400-$450. This will only be the second time I've ever built a PC and the first one wasn't very stable (I'd rather not go into that now), so I'd like to keep this as simple and easy as possible.
I'm leaning towards the G3258 for the CPU. I know that chip is best known for its easy overclocking, which I've never done before but might try to do - however, I'd like to stick with the stock fan & cooling. I'm planning on keeping these PCs for 4-5 years, and I'm wondering if I'll regret going with a 2-core CPU.
These are also our general use / everyday PCs for e-mail, light Photoshop, etc., so they're generally left on - it would be great if they were efficient & booted up quickly. I'm thinking of going with SSDs to help with this.
As to the graphics card - for a $400ish build, I figure I can spend about $100-$150 on the graphics card. I'm leaning towards the GTX 750 Ti, as it seems to perform well in that price range, & consumes less power so I could go with a smaller power supply too. However, I'd be open to any other options.
So, I think the G3258 + GTX 750 Ti would work well for my current requirements and fit within the budget, but I'm not sure how flexible it would be in the future. Any comments or alternate build suggestions would be appreciated.
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