Hello,
I know next to nothing about PCs - I've owned one iMac after another since they first came out.
I'm considering building a Windows 8 PC to play games on (and keeping my Mac for "serious" apps). I don't have a specific budget, but I'd like to spend as little as possible while accomplishing the following goals:
-Play modest games like Sim City, League of Legends, and Starcraft II at max settings and high frame rates.
-Ability to upgrade down the road if I decide I want to play more intensive games
-I want my OS on a SSD for faster boot times
-Want a quiet, attractive machine. I like the look of Mac design and build quality, would be ok with something like the bitfenix prodigy (but is it quiet, and is the small size difficult for a newb to build in?).
So again, no specific budget - I'll spend whatever it costs to accomplish the above. I definitely need advice on how to choose a motherboard, PSU, and cooling. I watched a couple youtube videos, but so far they haven't discussed why a given piece of hardware was chosen.
If I could spend $1,000 + monitor and get a super stable, trouble-free rig that I could upgrade again in 1-2 years, I think I'd be happy with that.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
I know next to nothing about PCs - I've owned one iMac after another since they first came out.
I'm considering building a Windows 8 PC to play games on (and keeping my Mac for "serious" apps). I don't have a specific budget, but I'd like to spend as little as possible while accomplishing the following goals:
-Play modest games like Sim City, League of Legends, and Starcraft II at max settings and high frame rates.
-Ability to upgrade down the road if I decide I want to play more intensive games
-I want my OS on a SSD for faster boot times
-Want a quiet, attractive machine. I like the look of Mac design and build quality, would be ok with something like the bitfenix prodigy (but is it quiet, and is the small size difficult for a newb to build in?).
So again, no specific budget - I'll spend whatever it costs to accomplish the above. I definitely need advice on how to choose a motherboard, PSU, and cooling. I watched a couple youtube videos, but so far they haven't discussed why a given piece of hardware was chosen.
If I could spend $1,000 + monitor and get a super stable, trouble-free rig that I could upgrade again in 1-2 years, I think I'd be happy with that.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions.