I need some help. I am a first timer.

theduckofnein · Oct 7, 2015

I am very new to the whole pc thing. I have very little experience. I am wanting to build a gaming pc that is not the expensive. These are the parts I am looking at. ASUS M5A97 LE R2.0 AM3+ AMD 970 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard, EVGA GeForce GTX 950 Ref Graphics Card 02G-P4-2951-KR, Corsair CX600 CP-9020048-US 600W Power Supply, and AMD FX 4-Core Black Edition FX-4300, FD4300WMHKBOX. I was thinking of getting Battlefield 4. Could it run it?

James Mason · Oct 7, 2015

How much money do you have and what country are you in?

But yes, it could run BF4.

theduckofnein · Oct 7, 2015

James Mason :

I am in the USA. My budget is around $500. What level of settings can it go to on Bf4 (like medium, high, or ultra high)?

theduckofnein · Oct 7, 2015

I am torn now. I was talking to a friend and he said that I can't get an equality pc for $450. I have done some research and I think things could run games the same as a ps4: XFX RADEON R7 260X 1075MHz 2GB DDR5 DP HDMI 2 X DVI Graphics Card (R7260XCNF4), EVGA 500 W1 80+, 500W Continuous Power, 3 Year Warranty Power Supply 100-W1-0500-KR, WD Blue 1TB Desktop 3.5 Inch SATA 6Gb/s 7200rpm Internal Hard Drive, GIGABYTE GA-F2A88XM-D3H FM2+ AMD A88X (Bolton D4) HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard, and AMD Athlon X4 860K Black Edition CPU Quad Core FM2+ 3700Mhz 95W 4MB AD860KXBJABOX. Or should I get a alienware alpha? Sorry, I know I am a major noob at this whole thing.

zallim · Oct 7, 2015

Made a little different combination.

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/brPKrH
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/brPKrH/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($98.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($79.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Blue 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($43.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($45.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 2GB SuperSC ACX 2.0+ Video Card ($175.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $489.74
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-07 20:49 EDT-0400

James Mason · Oct 8, 2015

Assuming you don't need an OS, this is pretty good:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($59.00 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper T2 54.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($15.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A68HM-DS2H Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($46.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: PNY Anarchy 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($35.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($52.33 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card ($184.00 @ Adorama)
Case: Cougar Spike MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($33.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: Antec EarthWatts Green 380W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($38.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHDS118-04 DVD/CD Drive ($13.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $481.17
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-08 12:17 EDT-0400

Building your own computer is easy. Building it takes 2-3 hours, and installing windows takes about 30mins to 45mins, and after that downloading and installing drivers takes another 30-45 mins. After all that, have it download windows updates at night, it may take a 2-4 passes to get them all.

Building a PC:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIF43-0mDk4
Installing Windows:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zAdwedmj1M

Protip for installing drivers safely, install them one at a time and restart the computer after each install to avoid breaking the OS, which can happen if you try to install them all at once.

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