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NEED HELP 1k to 1500 dollar gaming comp

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Im looking for a 1000-1500 dollar gaming comp to build. i also would like to mess around with video footage and media things like that. This is what i researched so far but i have room in my budget to upgrade, my question is what kind of upgrades should i get to make a better comp. I am planning on having 3 screens with maybe a touchscreen as the middle one, thanks for the help!


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Homebuilt system Master
Gaming Authority

3 or more screens - you definitely want to go Eyefinity. Now are your monitors included in your initial budget or are you planning a separate budget for that?
Homebuilt system Master
Gaming Authority

jpapa3113 said:
monitors included in the price i mean ill go 2 monitors to save some money to start but eventually 3 monitors


What size monitors are you looking at - 23"? 21.5"? - that will make a huge difference as to what hardware you can get for the price. I'd recommend a Sapphire Flex video card - they're one of the easiest Eyefinity cards on the market and make setting up so much easier, plus you get the advantage of having all 3 in HDMI or not.
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Homebuilt system Master
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True it does. Try this - it should give you some ideas:

Case: Corsair Carbide 400R - $99.99
PSU: Corsair Enthusiast Series TX650 V2 - $99.99
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3P - $154.99
CPU: 3.30GHz Intel Core i5-2500K - $154.99
Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo - $34.99
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 16GB (4 x 4GB) 1600MHz 1.5V - $99.99
SSD: 64GB Crucial M4 - $111.99
HD: 500GB Western Digital Caviar Blue 7200RPM - $129.99
Optical: Lite On 24X DVD Burner - $16.99
Video: Sapphire Radeon Flex HD 6950 - $269.99
OS: Windows 7 Pro - $119.99
Monitor: 3 x Acer VH213H 21.5" 1080p monitors - $398.97 ($139.99 each)

Total: $1729.99
Homebuilt system Master
Gaming Authority

I'm not sure if you can use a Windows license across machines or not - you may have to get one anyways. But if you cut that out and you cut the monitor down to 2 it'll run about $1500 even.
Homebuilt system Master
Gaming Authority

jpapa3113 said:
thanks so much man if you think of anything else that would help me out please post on the forum. with love jp


No problem - that build should last a long time with very few upgrades.
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