Its been a while since I put a system together for myself. My 15yr old daughter is interested in pc gaming, and her birthday is coming up in a couple months. Planning to put together a system for her.
Hoping to come under 1K. She does not need a 64core with 2TB or RAM, but would be nice to have a system she can have for a while (Win 10 is my target - she wants windows, has Mac and does not use it for gaming at all - uses my box which is annoying now).
She has been playing multiple games off steam, origin, etc. So I assume not just Minecraft here.
Case, power supply, kb, mouse, all easy.
What I would love advice on is mboard, CPU, and GPU.
Questions:
1. Is AMD good for system (mboard/CPU/APU)?
2. What GPU card would you recommend?
3. Whats the best/cheapest way to get Win 10 x64 (pref not home) these days?
I know folks out there that will comment both ways, but if you can provide guidance on mboard, CPU/APU, and video card, would be great. Planning on DIY box, not a fully assembled one where I have limited expansion options. I want a clone box that will be great for gaming.
HERE IS MY TEMPLATE FOR HARDWARE - FEEL FREE TO PUT IN YOUR SELECTION:
1. MBOARD: ~~~
2. CPU/APU: ~~~
3. RAM: ~~~
4. HDD: ~~~ prefer SSD but open to platter since for DT. Price/performance decent compromise here (maybe can hit 1TB).
5. VidCard: ~~~ was thinking AMD, but open to nVidia
5. Case: ~~~
6. Pwr Sup: ~~~
7. KB: ~~~
8. Mouse: ~~~
9. Monitor: ~~~
10. Speakers: ~~~
Thank you very much for help.
Hoping to come under 1K. She does not need a 64core with 2TB or RAM, but would be nice to have a system she can have for a while (Win 10 is my target - she wants windows, has Mac and does not use it for gaming at all - uses my box which is annoying now).
She has been playing multiple games off steam, origin, etc. So I assume not just Minecraft here.
Case, power supply, kb, mouse, all easy.
What I would love advice on is mboard, CPU, and GPU.
Questions:
1. Is AMD good for system (mboard/CPU/APU)?
2. What GPU card would you recommend?
3. Whats the best/cheapest way to get Win 10 x64 (pref not home) these days?
I know folks out there that will comment both ways, but if you can provide guidance on mboard, CPU/APU, and video card, would be great. Planning on DIY box, not a fully assembled one where I have limited expansion options. I want a clone box that will be great for gaming.
HERE IS MY TEMPLATE FOR HARDWARE - FEEL FREE TO PUT IN YOUR SELECTION:
1. MBOARD: ~~~
2. CPU/APU: ~~~
3. RAM: ~~~
4. HDD: ~~~ prefer SSD but open to platter since for DT. Price/performance decent compromise here (maybe can hit 1TB).
5. VidCard: ~~~ was thinking AMD, but open to nVidia
5. Case: ~~~
6. Pwr Sup: ~~~
7. KB: ~~~
8. Mouse: ~~~
9. Monitor: ~~~
10. Speakers: ~~~
Thank you very much for help.
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