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Hi, im trying to make my own pc for the first time. I started off wanting a gaming pc because i wanted to play some of my favorite console games with mods, games like gta 4, l4d2, skyrim, and also mmo's. Before i decided to make my own pc i was gonna get an alienware x51, since i didnt know anything about computers and all i knew is what i read on their site. I thought why not, 740 dollars for a pc that can run skyrim on low thats all i want. After a while thought i started to want more, and whenever you look up alienware there's always people preaching about how much more you can have for that price. I decided to look for myself, and i found out that yes, yes you can but i guess you all know that lol. I got excited and was starting to look up what the parts on the AWx51 cost. Then i looked up parts that were high end. I spent days watching videos of people building computers from picking parts to installing the os and drivers. After getting a little more confident i decided i was gonna finally start, so i went to pick out parts. I went through alot of builds aiming towards one similar to the alienwares cost, im only 17 and my job doesnt really give me enough money to buy a pc more than 800 without not having money for clothes and gas. I decided anything under between 700-800 and im set.
I came up with some builds i wanted, found nice prices, but in the end it became obvious i wasnt gonna get the best thing i could for 800 because of one thing. That OS.. Windows 7 Full costs 164, so no matter what i end up at over my budget without getting what i want completely. I finally gave in, i found a nice video series by a youtuber named duncan33303 that gave a decent build for 600. Adding taxes and the OS that came to 806 for me. I know sounds like perfect, exactly what i wanted right.
But i decided to edit it a little because ->i would rather upgrade a gpu later than a cpu since im new to this i dont want to fondle with the cpu and its socket more than i have to after reading all those horror stories on newegg<- . Thats all i changed though.
NOW FINALLY. SORRY, ACTUAL REASON FOR POSTING THIS NOT MY LIFES STORY IS-
Are these parts ok?
Intel Core i5-3470 Processor
EVGA Geforce GTX650 ti
Asus P8-H77-I Motherboard
8GB Ram
Bitfenix Prodigy Case
500W Corsair CX500 Power Supply
Random DVD burner and reader.
The reason im buying win 7 full is because i read in a few places that with an eom or builders liscence if you change your motherboard you have to buy another key.
So if you guys think this is ok for now, i can change the gpu later when i have more money. What im trying to achieve with this is play atleast skyrim with decent fps around 40+ and at a decent ress, i never played anything besides consoles so i can appreciate any kind of decent quality in my games. The reason i didnt choose and i3 processor to bring my cost down is because i looked at some system req's for an upcoming game i want to play and microcenter has i5's at $150 so i decided might as well.
If there's just no way this can get 40 plus fps on skyrim at a high-ish setting, then i might buy an i3 instead. I didnt include a cpu cooler because im not overclocking, but might i still need one? Other than that i could ask my dad to buy windows for me as a favor.
I didnt include an HDD or SSD because a friend of mine gave me 2 250 gb caviar blue drives, i was wondering if i could actually use those. One of them has Win 7 pro, and the other one has Windows XP. they're both pretty new and i know they work just wondering if i can format it and put Win 7 Premium on an HDD with windows 7 all ready on it.
Thanks anyone who can help me with my noob questions! Before this week all i could recognize in a computer was the ram, so sorry if i sound like i dont know anything its because i dont. And the overkill with detail, bad grammar, and unnecessary info like this my bad also lol, thanks again.
Hi, im trying to make my own pc for the first time. I started off wanting a gaming pc because i wanted to play some of my favorite console games with mods, games like gta 4, l4d2, skyrim, and also mmo's. Before i decided to make my own pc i was gonna get an alienware x51, since i didnt know anything about computers and all i knew is what i read on their site. I thought why not, 740 dollars for a pc that can run skyrim on low thats all i want. After a while thought i started to want more, and whenever you look up alienware there's always people preaching about how much more you can have for that price. I decided to look for myself, and i found out that yes, yes you can but i guess you all know that lol. I got excited and was starting to look up what the parts on the AWx51 cost. Then i looked up parts that were high end. I spent days watching videos of people building computers from picking parts to installing the os and drivers. After getting a little more confident i decided i was gonna finally start, so i went to pick out parts. I went through alot of builds aiming towards one similar to the alienwares cost, im only 17 and my job doesnt really give me enough money to buy a pc more than 800 without not having money for clothes and gas. I decided anything under between 700-800 and im set.
I came up with some builds i wanted, found nice prices, but in the end it became obvious i wasnt gonna get the best thing i could for 800 because of one thing. That OS.. Windows 7 Full costs 164, so no matter what i end up at over my budget without getting what i want completely. I finally gave in, i found a nice video series by a youtuber named duncan33303 that gave a decent build for 600. Adding taxes and the OS that came to 806 for me. I know sounds like perfect, exactly what i wanted right.
But i decided to edit it a little because ->i would rather upgrade a gpu later than a cpu since im new to this i dont want to fondle with the cpu and its socket more than i have to after reading all those horror stories on newegg<- . Thats all i changed though.
NOW FINALLY. SORRY, ACTUAL REASON FOR POSTING THIS NOT MY LIFES STORY IS-
Are these parts ok?
Intel Core i5-3470 Processor
EVGA Geforce GTX650 ti
Asus P8-H77-I Motherboard
8GB Ram
Bitfenix Prodigy Case
500W Corsair CX500 Power Supply
Random DVD burner and reader.
The reason im buying win 7 full is because i read in a few places that with an eom or builders liscence if you change your motherboard you have to buy another key.
So if you guys think this is ok for now, i can change the gpu later when i have more money. What im trying to achieve with this is play atleast skyrim with decent fps around 40+ and at a decent ress, i never played anything besides consoles so i can appreciate any kind of decent quality in my games. The reason i didnt choose and i3 processor to bring my cost down is because i looked at some system req's for an upcoming game i want to play and microcenter has i5's at $150 so i decided might as well.
If there's just no way this can get 40 plus fps on skyrim at a high-ish setting, then i might buy an i3 instead. I didnt include a cpu cooler because im not overclocking, but might i still need one? Other than that i could ask my dad to buy windows for me as a favor.
I didnt include an HDD or SSD because a friend of mine gave me 2 250 gb caviar blue drives, i was wondering if i could actually use those. One of them has Win 7 pro, and the other one has Windows XP. they're both pretty new and i know they work just wondering if i can format it and put Win 7 Premium on an HDD with windows 7 all ready on it.
Thanks anyone who can help me with my noob questions! Before this week all i could recognize in a computer was the ram, so sorry if i sound like i dont know anything its because i dont. And the overkill with detail, bad grammar, and unnecessary info like this my bad also lol, thanks again.
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