Hello all . As you can probably tell, I'm new to this site, so hopefully this is the correct area for this type of question (I'm rather certain that it is). I decided to make an account and ask a question because it seems that every time I look for a PC related question I somehow end up at this site one way or another. So I figured you guys would be the perfect people to ask!
I'd love to get into PC gaming but I don't want to drop a lot of money into. Reasonable right? I recently decided to purchase an HD monitor (Asus VE228H) to finally get away from the SDTV I had been using for my PS3. And since I use it solely for gaming, I'm completely satisfied with my purchase. Now, I want to be able to play PC games. I'm not really as interested in the whole "PC has better graphics than consoles" argument (Though, I agree). However, more of the fact that you can just do so much more with games like Fallout and Skyrim. But that being said, I want to be able to play current and future releases rather easily.
I personally don't really know much about choosing a PC for gaming or building one myself. I asked a friend about it and pretty much his only advice was: "look for something with at least an Intel I5 processor and at least an Nvidia 560 or Radeon 6670 card. At least 8GB of ram". I've read that it's better to build the PC yourself because you get to choose what you want and so on?
So with all that being said, I would LOVE to be able to spend less than $500. As long as it wouldn't be something that I'd have to upgrade frequently. I'd pay more, but I would highly prefer it to be under $500.
Sorry for the big wall of text. Thanks in advance.
I'd love to get into PC gaming but I don't want to drop a lot of money into. Reasonable right? I recently decided to purchase an HD monitor (Asus VE228H) to finally get away from the SDTV I had been using for my PS3. And since I use it solely for gaming, I'm completely satisfied with my purchase. Now, I want to be able to play PC games. I'm not really as interested in the whole "PC has better graphics than consoles" argument (Though, I agree). However, more of the fact that you can just do so much more with games like Fallout and Skyrim. But that being said, I want to be able to play current and future releases rather easily.
I personally don't really know much about choosing a PC for gaming or building one myself. I asked a friend about it and pretty much his only advice was: "look for something with at least an Intel I5 processor and at least an Nvidia 560 or Radeon 6670 card. At least 8GB of ram". I've read that it's better to build the PC yourself because you get to choose what you want and so on?
So with all that being said, I would LOVE to be able to spend less than $500. As long as it wouldn't be something that I'd have to upgrade frequently. I'd pay more, but I would highly prefer it to be under $500.
Sorry for the big wall of text. Thanks in advance.