Hi everyone , I am currently looking into building my own gaming rig. For the past few years, I've been using a very weak machine to do my gaming, and I've finally decided it's time for an new computer. My budget is around $1000, and I don't need any accesories such as a monitor, keyboard, mouse, ect.
I don't have a lot of experience when it comes to building a gaming PC, so I could really use some advice. I don't plan on doing any video rendering or Photoshopping, I just want a PC that can play modern games on high settings without FPS drops. I don't want to do anything crazy like multiple graphics cards, either. I would like my new computer computer to future proof, and to be able to OC it.
After doing some research, I found this site that has a custom PC build inside of my price range. Here it is. (Sorry about not having links, I couldn't quite figure out how to add them.)
Motherboard:
GIGABYTE GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 Intel Z68 ($140)
CPU:
Intel Core i5-2500K ($220)
RAM:
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 8GB (2x4GB) ($45)
Video Card:
EVGA GTX 560 Ti 1GB ($230)
Sound Card:
Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy 7.1 ($30)
Hard Drive:
Seagate Barracuda 1TB ($115)
Optical Drive
Sony Optiarc 24x DVDRW Drive ($18)
Case
NZXT M59 Gaming Mid Tower ($50)
Power Supply
Corsair Builder Series CX600 (600W) ($50)
Total Cost: $873 (USD)
I am COMPLETELY open to any advice on these parts. Would this be a good build for a modern day gaming PC? I also read that Cool Master cases were very good for gaming. Is this true? If needed, I would be more than happy to chock up another $100-$150 for anything I would need (fans,cooling, better GPU). Any advice would be much appreciated.
-Sc2Fan
I don't have a lot of experience when it comes to building a gaming PC, so I could really use some advice. I don't plan on doing any video rendering or Photoshopping, I just want a PC that can play modern games on high settings without FPS drops. I don't want to do anything crazy like multiple graphics cards, either. I would like my new computer computer to future proof, and to be able to OC it.
After doing some research, I found this site that has a custom PC build inside of my price range. Here it is. (Sorry about not having links, I couldn't quite figure out how to add them.)
Motherboard:
GIGABYTE GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 Intel Z68 ($140)
CPU:
Intel Core i5-2500K ($220)
RAM:
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 8GB (2x4GB) ($45)
Video Card:
EVGA GTX 560 Ti 1GB ($230)
Sound Card:
Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy 7.1 ($30)
Hard Drive:
Seagate Barracuda 1TB ($115)
Optical Drive
Sony Optiarc 24x DVDRW Drive ($18)
Case
NZXT M59 Gaming Mid Tower ($50)
Power Supply
Corsair Builder Series CX600 (600W) ($50)
Total Cost: $873 (USD)
I am COMPLETELY open to any advice on these parts. Would this be a good build for a modern day gaming PC? I also read that Cool Master cases were very good for gaming. Is this true? If needed, I would be more than happy to chock up another $100-$150 for anything I would need (fans,cooling, better GPU). Any advice would be much appreciated.
-Sc2Fan