Looking to Build a $750 Gaming PC

[rishychawla]

This New Gaming Pc is for Youtube, Gaming (of course), and Photoshop/Editing.

SLI/Crossfire= Maybe (If in budget)

OS= Needed

Overclocking= If my computer won't explode yes

I need this for BO2, Arkham City, Borderlands 2, etc.


I need a monitor if possible, if not fine. Keyboard and mouse too and I can increase my budget to 850 if necessary.

Thank You I would prefer AMD though. Also a Wireless Card for internet.

 

[azathoth]

If you play Arkham City and Borderlands 2 a lot, it may be a good idea to go with Nvidia for the extra PhysX goodies. They are pretty much the only games that will make good use of PhysX but depending on how much you play them, it's something to think about.

 

[rishychawla]

Well it's for Youtube purposes too and Photoshop. I mean when I have time assuming tops 1-4 hours a week due to 4 honors classes then yeah.

 

[negative0007]

I don't understand.

What PC?

What's your budget?

 

[abekl]

CPU: Intel 2500K CPU or intel 3570k CPU either one is fine $209
MB: Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H $149
HDD: Western Digital Caviar Blue WD10EZEX 1TB, 64MB cache $79
Video: SAPPHIRE 100312-3L Radeon HD 6950 $169
Mem: G.SKILL Sniper 8GB F3-12800CL9D-8GBSR $39

 

[bemused_fred]

CPU: Intel 2500K CPU or intel 3570k CPU either one is fine $209
MB: Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H $149
HDD: Western Digital Caviar Blue WD10EZEX 1TB, 64MB cache $79
Video: SAPPHIRE 100312-3L Radeon HD 6950 $169
Mem: G.SKILL Sniper 8GB F3-12800CL9D-8GBSR $39

But does that allow budget space for O/S, case, psu and cooling?

 

[simon12]

Depends how much you want to spend on the monitor, some people prefer a monster PC with a cheap 19" monitor others prefer to spend $300+ on a monitor and play games on lowered settings on a nice 27" screen.

 

[Regor245]

Phenom II X4 965 BE
970 Motherboard
Hyper 212+/evo
Radeon HD 7850

 

[noob_g]

This New Gaming Pc is for Youtube, Gaming (of course), and Photoshop/Editing.

When u are saying for youtube, i am assuming you will be taking some videos, do some editting, and then uploading them.
I would recommend an i7 system like 2600k or 3770k for them.
I am not too sure where you are, but there computer shop where i am that sell
i7 3770k
8gb gskill memory
ati 7850 graphics card,
h77 chipset motherboard,
case + psu + fan + win7 os,
1TB hdd,

for @1,099. Quite cheap imo, but it is over your budget

 

[abekl]

But does that allow budget space for O/S, case, psu and cooling?

No. He's going to increase his budget by 200 if he wants a decent machine.

 

[jihtu]

Hi, I have put a list together with all your requirements included: it is almost 100$ over your budget, but i could not cut it down any further without crippling the machine.

case Antec Three Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case $40.00
mobo BIOSTAR TZ77B LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard with UEFI BIOS $100.00
Ram G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900) Desktop Memory Model F3-14900CL9D-8GBXL $40.00
cpu Intel Core i3-3220 Ivy Bridge 3.3GHz LGA 1155 55W Dual-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 2500 BX80637i33220 $129.00
gfx SAPPHIRE 100355L Radeon HD 7850 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready Video Card $200.00
screen ASUS VH236H Black 23" 2ms Full HD Widescreen LCD Monitor w/ Speakers 300 cd/m2 20000 :1 (ASCR) $155.00 Rebate of 15 included
HDD Seagate 1tb hdd $70.00
ODD LITE-ON DVD Burner - Bulk 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM Black SATA Model iHAS124-04 - OEM $18.00
OS MS Windows7 home premium 64bit $99.00
keyb+mouse Logitech Wireless Combo MK260 920-002950 Black 8 Hot Keys USB RF Wireless Standard Keyboard and Mouse $29.00
psu Thermaltake Toughpower XT TPX-675M 675W ATX 12V v2.3 / EPS 12V v2.91 SLI Certified CrossFire Certified 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply $60.00 Rebate of 30 included

Total $940.00

I rate this is pretty much the cheapest build for what you want to do. (I got all my pricing from newegg)

 

[Kamen_BG]

He doesn't need to increase his budget at all!
We can (or at least i can) build him a very good PC with all the other things for under 850$

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i3-2120 3.3GHz Dual-Core Processor ($109.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock H61M-DGS Micro ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($44.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Patriot Viper 3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($28.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($74.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 560 1GB Video Card ($134.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Antec Three Hundred ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.98 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 500W 80 PLUS Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($19.99 @ Newegg)
Monitor: Asus VS229H-P 21.5" Monitor ($138.66 @ NCIX US)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (64-bit) ($90.86 @ Amazon)
Keyboard: Logitech Call of Duty: MW3 Edition Wired Gaming Keyboard ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Mouse: Cooler Master CM Storm Sentinel Advance II Wired Laser Mouse ($39.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $808.41
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

The PC i built for him is pretty good.It will play every game at decent settings but admittedly it can get a lot more powerfull if he can spend another 100$ (40% more!)

 

[jihtu]

Kamen_Bg, I think you have a good choice of components. Looking back on the choice of components I have picked, I could have saved a few bucks and brought the total closer to the max budget(850$)

 

[Regor245]

He doesn't need to increase his budget at all!
We can (or at least i can) build him a very good PC with all the other things for under 850$

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i3-2120 3.3GHz Dual-Core Processor ($109.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock H61M-DGS Micro ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($44.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Patriot Viper 3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($28.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($74.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 560 1GB Video Card ($134.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Antec Three Hundred ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.98 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 500W 80 PLUS Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($19.99 @ Newegg)
Monitor: Asus VS229H-P 21.5" Monitor ($138.66 @ NCIX US)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (64-bit) ($90.86 @ Amazon)
Keyboard: Logitech Call of Duty: MW3 Edition Wired Gaming Keyboard ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Mouse: Cooler Master CM Storm Sentinel Advance II Wired Laser Mouse ($39.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $808.41
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

The PC i built for him is pretty good.It will play every game at decent settings but admittedly it can get a lot more powerfull if he can spend another 100$ (40% more!)

A4-Tech OP-620 Patented V-Track Wired Laser Optical Mouse ($9 @ newegg)

Rosewill RK-700M Black 104 Normal Keys 12 Function Keys USB Wired Multimedia Keyboard ($9.99 @ newegg)

Save a few bucks( $85 - $15 = $70 ) by downgrading Mouse and Keyboard: take an i5 processor.

i3-2120 - $109 + $70 = i5-2310 2.9Ghz ($179.99 @ newegg)

 

[Mousemonkey]

This topic has been moved from the section CPU & Components to section Systems by Mousemonkey

 

[rishychawla]

Alright, so I am moving budget 950-1000 but monitor, keyboard, and mouse i have already saved 200-300 dollars for. Give me the computer in 950-1000 without the monitor keyboard and mouse. Then add an extra section for the monitor keyboard mouse and os. Thank You! And I have also said, I prefer AMD because I have used Intel but never tried AMD so I want to try AMD.

 

[rishychawla]

What about:

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/j4yx

Anyone can respond to this.

 

[IamAutiz]

Alright, so I am moving budget 950-1000 but monitor, keyboard, and mouse i have already saved 200-300 dollars for. Give me the computer in 950-1000 without the monitor keyboard and mouse. Then add an extra section for the monitor keyboard mouse and os. Thank You! And I have also said, I prefer AMD because I have used Intel but never tried AMD so I want to try AMD.

there are no good powerful amd cpus..

 

[IamAutiz]

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[IamAutiz]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/j4Co this should work

 

[rishychawla]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/j4Co this should work

Cheaper Motherboard and SSD. Also, can the processor be something else I mean you could get 6 core 3.8 ghz of AMD and 3.4 3750k of intel. So I don't really see how AMD could really be that bad. Can you explain it to me?

 

[IamAutiz]

Cheaper Motherboard and SSD. Also, can the processor be something else I mean you could get 6 core 3.8 ghz of AMD and 3.4 3750k of intel. So I don't really see how AMD could really be that bad. Can you explain it to me?

im not an expert, but for example, the amd fx 8150 is an 8 core cpu at 3.6 ghz or something like that, but they arent 8 physical cores. and also, the technology in intel is thought to be better so physical core for physical core, intel beats amd, the 2500k is even and higher in most benchmarks compared to the fx 8150. were talking 4 vs 8 cores. do you see?

 

[rishychawla]

im not an expert, but for example, the amd fx 8150 is an 8 core cpu at 3.6 ghz or something like that, but they arent 8 physical cores. and also, the technology in intel is thought to be better so physical core for physical core, intel beats amd, the 2500k is even and higher in most benchmarks compared to the fx 8150. were talking 4 vs 8 cores. do you see?

Alright but do you think you could still get a better card by using SSD and knocking things down about aka motherboard?

 

[IamAutiz]

Alright but do you think you could still get a better card by using SSD and knocking things down about aka motherboard?

well a 128gb ssd is the same as a 1TB HDD, what you would get is a 30gb and that wont be any good, but ill look into a different motherboard

 

[rishychawla]

well a 128gb ssd is the same as a 1TB HDD, what you would get is a 30gb and that wont be any good, but ill look into a different motherboard

All right thanks!!