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What is a good Average price for a gaming pc
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jmsellars1
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Depends on your country really. I'd be looking at an i5 and a GTX 970 or R9 390 with 8GB RAM assuming you're playing at 1080P.
Assuming you're in the US with 1080P resolution, I'd look at this as a minimum really:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($176.95 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M Anniversary Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($67.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($39.49 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($41.00 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card ($319.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Rosewill FBM-02 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Antec Green 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($48.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $724.30
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-23 11:22 EDT-0400
Assuming you're in the US with 1080P resolution, I'd look at this as a minimum really:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($176.95 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M Anniversary Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($67.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($39.49 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($41.00 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card ($319.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Rosewill FBM-02 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Antec Green 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($48.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $724.30
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-23 11:22 EDT-0400
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jmsellars1
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Cool, assuming you're playing at 1080P and not overclocking, this would be great:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($265.00 @ PLE Computers)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M Anniversary Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($99.00 @ IJK)
Memory: Corsair 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory ($69.00 @ CPL Online)
Storage: Crucial BX100 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($135.00 @ Umart)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($69.00 @ Centre Com)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card ($449.00 @ Centre Com)
Case: Silverstone PS09B MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($45.00 @ Umart)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 450W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply ($90.00 @ Umart)
Total: $1221.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-24 09:31 AEST+1000
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($265.00 @ PLE Computers)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M Anniversary Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($99.00 @ IJK)
Memory: Corsair 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory ($69.00 @ CPL Online)
Storage: Crucial BX100 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($135.00 @ Umart)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($69.00 @ Centre Com)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card ($449.00 @ Centre Com)
Case: Silverstone PS09B MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($45.00 @ Umart)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 450W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply ($90.00 @ Umart)
Total: $1221.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-24 09:31 AEST+1000
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jmsellars1
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I wouldn't spend it on anything performance related because that build is in a nice little sweet spot where $100 wouldn't get you much more.
- If you don't like that Silverstone case, you could get a different one?
- If you care about quietness, you could spend it on good quality fans?
- Maybe a good quality headset or some speakers if you don't have them already?
- You could spend the extra on smaller components to make a much smaller build if you care about size?
- You could add more/bigger hard drives if more storage would be useful to you?
- If you don't already have a good mouse and keyboard you could spend it on those?
If you want any specific suggestions on any of these things, let me know.
- If you don't like that Silverstone case, you could get a different one?
- If you care about quietness, you could spend it on good quality fans?
- Maybe a good quality headset or some speakers if you don't have them already?
- You could spend the extra on smaller components to make a much smaller build if you care about size?
- You could add more/bigger hard drives if more storage would be useful to you?
- If you don't already have a good mouse and keyboard you could spend it on those?
If you want any specific suggestions on any of these things, let me know.
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