- Jan 27, 2013
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I am a completely new to building my own custom PC and I hate to ask the TomsHardware community to do all the hard work for me, but I feel that I really have absolutely no idea what I am talking about and you guys do.
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Approximate Purchase Date: In about 2 months or so, whenever I can get the money. (But with my mind continually thinking about the build, the price with fluctuate. As will the approx. Purchase date.)
Budget Range: 500-600 don't include shipping/rebates...
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, Surfing the net, watching shows/movies, skype... More than average use of my computer (as described below)
Are you buying a monitor: No
Do you need to buy OS: Yes but I am not going to count that into the total...
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg.com and TigerDirect.com
Location: United States
Parts Preferences: BUILD SPECS BELOW
Overclocking: No
SLI or Crossfire: No
Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080
Additional Comments: Software and Games: Pretty much just like Battlefield 3 games and Crysis and stuff, I have never had a gaming PC so I don't know what games I would really be into.
Why I am Upgrading: Sick of trying to run games/applications/etc. on a laptop. I want more power in my computer than what my laptop provides, on a daily basis.
Now, to my computer dilemma. I found specs for an "on a budget" gaming PC and I wanted to see what you guys had to say about it. Should I go for a better CPU or motherboard or graphics card. (I am not too worried about RAM, the hard drive or optical drive because those are all pretty upgradeable/universal)
******SCROLL DOWN FOR THE CUSTOM BUILD SPECS I am talking about********
My situation is that I have only a laptop and like a 10 year old desktop computer that is terribly slow, and I want a PC that is for hardcore daily use. Meaning like I will use it for over 8 hours+ a day on it (estimation) with lots of software open at once. And my tiny little laptop is just not cutting it some days. I want a "gaming" PC that will handle my experimentation of games/software. I don't want the highest end graphics card. I just want a gaming PC that will run a game, I don't know, at like 50 to 60 FPS on High-ish graphics settings. I don't care about it on Ultra settings, I just want to play a game smooth with nicer graphics than like a PS2 or something. Which I think only the graphics card matters there (Again, I am new at this) and then also handle my average tasks.
Laptop Specs:
Operating System
MS Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1
CPU
Intel Core i3 @ 2.20GHz
Sandy Bridge 32nm Technology
RAM
8.00 GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 665MHz (9-9-9-24)
Motherboard
Hewlett-Packard 3585 (CPU1)
Graphics
Intel(R) HD Graphics Family
Hard Drives
625GB SAMSUNG SAMSUNG HM641JI (SATA)
Optical Drives
hp DVDRAM GT50N
For example, daily (On my Laptop) I run at the same time Firefox, Google Chrome, VLC media player and Skype, plus others. Then in the off chance I want to play something like Minecraft. And if I had a PC that could handle it, other games like Battlefield 3, Crysis, Skyrim or anything really... Anyway, I want a computer that can handle all that. But what is the graphics card I have down below (EVGA GeForce GTX 650 Ti - 2 GB) capable of, in this set up? I am not really interested in spending like 400 dollars on just a graphics card, because really graphics to me is just a BONUS, and in this set up with my "criteria", is this the right graphics card for me?
Then, I am guessing the multi-tasking is where the CPU, motherboard and RAM come into play.(I really don't know what I am talking about :lol: ) I just would like to know if the build below, would be a good build for the price, the specs, and for what I actually want it to do. OR if you have another suggestion on another build, or that this is too expensive/cheap or you have an alternative to one component, go for it. Anything will help me.
It would just really help me if I had another opinion, especially someone that actually has experience with building computers, before I go off and take a "gamble" with a 500 dollar machine.
This is the "on a budget" gaming PC SPECS:
Motherboard: ASUS M5A97 LE R2.0 AM3+ ($85)
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition ($95)
RAM: Crucial Ballistix 4GB (DDR3 1333Mhz) ($24)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 650 Ti (2GB) ($160)
Hard Drive: Western Digital Blue 500GB (7200 RPM, 16MB Cache) ($60)
Optical Drive: Samsung Internal DVD Writer ($18)
Case: Thermaltake V3 Black Edition Mid Tower ($30)
Power Supply: Corsair CX Series 430 Watt ($45)
Total Cost: $517 (USD)
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Approximate Purchase Date: In about 2 months or so, whenever I can get the money. (But with my mind continually thinking about the build, the price with fluctuate. As will the approx. Purchase date.)
Budget Range: 500-600 don't include shipping/rebates...
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, Surfing the net, watching shows/movies, skype... More than average use of my computer (as described below)
Are you buying a monitor: No
Do you need to buy OS: Yes but I am not going to count that into the total...
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg.com and TigerDirect.com
Location: United States
Parts Preferences: BUILD SPECS BELOW
Overclocking: No
SLI or Crossfire: No
Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080
Additional Comments: Software and Games: Pretty much just like Battlefield 3 games and Crysis and stuff, I have never had a gaming PC so I don't know what games I would really be into.
Why I am Upgrading: Sick of trying to run games/applications/etc. on a laptop. I want more power in my computer than what my laptop provides, on a daily basis.
Now, to my computer dilemma. I found specs for an "on a budget" gaming PC and I wanted to see what you guys had to say about it. Should I go for a better CPU or motherboard or graphics card. (I am not too worried about RAM, the hard drive or optical drive because those are all pretty upgradeable/universal)
******SCROLL DOWN FOR THE CUSTOM BUILD SPECS I am talking about********
My situation is that I have only a laptop and like a 10 year old desktop computer that is terribly slow, and I want a PC that is for hardcore daily use. Meaning like I will use it for over 8 hours+ a day on it (estimation) with lots of software open at once. And my tiny little laptop is just not cutting it some days. I want a "gaming" PC that will handle my experimentation of games/software. I don't want the highest end graphics card. I just want a gaming PC that will run a game, I don't know, at like 50 to 60 FPS on High-ish graphics settings. I don't care about it on Ultra settings, I just want to play a game smooth with nicer graphics than like a PS2 or something. Which I think only the graphics card matters there (Again, I am new at this) and then also handle my average tasks.
Laptop Specs:
Operating System
MS Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1
CPU
Intel Core i3 @ 2.20GHz
Sandy Bridge 32nm Technology
RAM
8.00 GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 665MHz (9-9-9-24)
Motherboard
Hewlett-Packard 3585 (CPU1)
Graphics
Intel(R) HD Graphics Family
Hard Drives
625GB SAMSUNG SAMSUNG HM641JI (SATA)
Optical Drives
hp DVDRAM GT50N
For example, daily (On my Laptop) I run at the same time Firefox, Google Chrome, VLC media player and Skype, plus others. Then in the off chance I want to play something like Minecraft. And if I had a PC that could handle it, other games like Battlefield 3, Crysis, Skyrim or anything really... Anyway, I want a computer that can handle all that. But what is the graphics card I have down below (EVGA GeForce GTX 650 Ti - 2 GB) capable of, in this set up? I am not really interested in spending like 400 dollars on just a graphics card, because really graphics to me is just a BONUS, and in this set up with my "criteria", is this the right graphics card for me?
Then, I am guessing the multi-tasking is where the CPU, motherboard and RAM come into play.(I really don't know what I am talking about :lol: ) I just would like to know if the build below, would be a good build for the price, the specs, and for what I actually want it to do. OR if you have another suggestion on another build, or that this is too expensive/cheap or you have an alternative to one component, go for it. Anything will help me.
It would just really help me if I had another opinion, especially someone that actually has experience with building computers, before I go off and take a "gamble" with a 500 dollar machine.
This is the "on a budget" gaming PC SPECS:
Motherboard: ASUS M5A97 LE R2.0 AM3+ ($85)
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition ($95)
RAM: Crucial Ballistix 4GB (DDR3 1333Mhz) ($24)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 650 Ti (2GB) ($160)
Hard Drive: Western Digital Blue 500GB (7200 RPM, 16MB Cache) ($60)
Optical Drive: Samsung Internal DVD Writer ($18)
Case: Thermaltake V3 Black Edition Mid Tower ($30)
Power Supply: Corsair CX Series 430 Watt ($45)
Total Cost: $517 (USD)
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