Question regarding how much to spend on pc

[rg62898]

I am building my first PC and have already saved up a lot of the money. I was originally going to spend $1,200-1,500$ I am about 900$ ish. Should I go ahead and build my computer now and upgrade later or should I keep saving up for a more powerful rig?

 

[187Flatliner]

depends on what your wanting to do with the pc, if your just surfing the web then about 800 for a complete set up is a good budget, if you want to game heavy then the 1200-2k range is great.

lmk and ill get a decent build started

 

[187Flatliner]

do you need everything or just the tower? operating system?

 

[rolli59]

$1000 and you have a good gaming rig little more if you need monitor and other accessories. $1000 if you skip the SSD http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3nU83

 

[187Flatliner]

$1000 and you have a good gaming rig little more if you need monitor and other accessories.

true, under 1000 here and that card is a beast

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($189.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Gigabyte G1.Sniper B5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($99.79 @ Amazon)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($146.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Asus Radeon HD 7770 2GB Video Card ($140.91 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($57.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: Corsair RM 450W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($99.99 @ Micro Center)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($19.98 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit) ($99.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $975.60
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-07 21:01 EDT-0400)

 

[rg62898]

I will be doing heavy gaming maybe multiple monitor. I also want it to be future proof. That is just the tower I will already have the operating system and peripherals.

 

[187Flatliner]

theres no such thing as future proof man....

 

[187Flatliner]

a great rig will be about this

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($189.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($107.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus Maximus VI Hero ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($189.99 @ NCIX US)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($89.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($146.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Video Card ($709.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($57.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: Corsair RM 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($99.98 @ OutletPC)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($19.98 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit) ($99.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1802.86
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-07 21:03 EDT-0400)

just take off the os