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Hello all!
I am trying to decide on building a budget gaming pcs(400-500$ each). One for the wife and me.
The other option is to slowly part them together with nicer parts like a nice mother board and power supply and ram. Then get decent(with in budget CPU w/ integrated video.)
The problem I'm having is it worth it being that I will probably be unable to buy any more parts for at least 1-2 years. Saving to move...
All I want is a pc that can play weld of warcraft on high and runs other games nicely.
I am trying to decide on building a budget gaming pcs(400-500$ each). One for the wife and me.
The other option is to slowly part them together with nicer parts like a nice mother board and power supply and ram. Then get decent(with in budget CPU w/ integrated video.)
The problem I'm having is it worth it being that I will probably be unable to buy any more parts for at least 1-2 years. Saving to move...
All I want is a pc that can play weld of warcraft on high and runs other games nicely.
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sparestuff
October 22, 2014 8:20:17 PM
Nerdlove639 said:
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/LJMNBmAs far as gaming mostly wow, starbound, skyrim, fallout, bioshock, halflife,portal and the expansions.
What do you guys think?
Other then the video card it's almost with in budget. I think I can scrap 40$(20 each)
But that is pushing it quite a bit on my budget
For those games, especially skyrim I would go with the extra v-ram and get a r9 280/280x w/e is in your budget.
Nerdlove639
October 22, 2014 2:49:18 PM
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/LJMNBm
As far as gaming mostly wow, starbound, skyrim, fallout, bioshock, halflife,portal and the expansions.
What do you guys think?
Other then the video card it's almost with in budget. I think I can scrap 40$(20 each)
But that is pushing it quite a bit on my budget
As far as gaming mostly wow, starbound, skyrim, fallout, bioshock, halflife,portal and the expansions.
What do you guys think?
Other then the video card it's almost with in budget. I think I can scrap 40$(20 each)
But that is pushing it quite a bit on my budget
Nerdlove639
October 21, 2014 6:36:24 PM
sparestuff
October 21, 2014 12:28:02 AM
Nerdlove639 said:
One computer isn't an option and is kinda of a dumb suggestionThis is to play world of warcraft with my wife as it's main purpose other then for her surfing the web and my other games.(skyrim/elderscrolls, fallouts, and some other games.)
So it has to be two
As far as processors would you pick the g3258 over an i3?
For now I can canabalis my old laptop and tower for hard drives and optical drives. My father said he might grab me so ram for the wife and I for Xmas
So that two parts off the list would you use that extra money on the CPU or gpu?
Alright, I'll strip off the hard drives and other things you listed from my build, and I will show you what I would do with the extra money
If you need ram
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i3-4150 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($64.78 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($70.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280 3GB DUAL-X Video Card ($189.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Cougar Solution (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($54.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $507.73
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
If you do NOT need RAM
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/nrCnNG
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/nrCnNG/by_merchant/
CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($174.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($64.78 @ Newegg)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280 3GB Black Edition Double Dissipation Video Card ($184.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Cougar Solution (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($54.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $509.74
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Nerdlove639
October 20, 2014 11:27:05 PM
Nerdlove639
October 20, 2014 11:24:34 PM
One computer isn't an option and is kinda of a dumb suggestion
This is to play world of warcraft with my wife as it's main purpose other then for her surfing the web and my other games.(skyrim/elderscrolls, fallouts, and some other games.)
So it has to be two
As far as processors would you pick the g3258 over an i3?
For now I can canabalis my old laptop and tower for hard drives and optical drives. My father said he might grab me so ram for the wife and I for Xmas
So that two parts off the list would you use that extra money on the CPU or gpu?
This is to play world of warcraft with my wife as it's main purpose other then for her surfing the web and my other games.(skyrim/elderscrolls, fallouts, and some other games.)
So it has to be two
As far as processors would you pick the g3258 over an i3?
For now I can canabalis my old laptop and tower for hard drives and optical drives. My father said he might grab me so ram for the wife and I for Xmas
So that two parts off the list would you use that extra money on the CPU or gpu?
sparestuff
October 20, 2014 12:15:13 AM
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($64.78 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($70.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 270X 2GB DirectCU II Video Card ($155.75 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($59.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $501.46
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
This is an alright build, should be able to run pretty much anything except for hardcore games, a lot of games will be able to be easily run but the more extreme games like BF4 will have a bit of trouble with this build, might have to drop settings to run those kind of games. No need to build everything slowly, and this build should be good for a few years for WoW at high settings, it should work pretty well. You can do a slight overclock with the G3258 as the stock coolers can handle a small overclock without getting too hot.
Black Friday is coming up so there are going to be a lot of deals and price drops, don't buy anything now, wait for then.
CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($64.78 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($70.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 270X 2GB DirectCU II Video Card ($155.75 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($59.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $501.46
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
This is an alright build, should be able to run pretty much anything except for hardcore games, a lot of games will be able to be easily run but the more extreme games like BF4 will have a bit of trouble with this build, might have to drop settings to run those kind of games. No need to build everything slowly, and this build should be good for a few years for WoW at high settings, it should work pretty well. You can do a slight overclock with the G3258 as the stock coolers can handle a small overclock without getting too hot.
Black Friday is coming up so there are going to be a lot of deals and price drops, don't buy anything now, wait for then.
Nerdlove639 said:
Any reason for Radeon over nvidiaIt's the best GPU you can get for 170$. The 750 Ti are worse than the 270X and the GTX 760 costs 30$ more, unless you want to stretch your budget:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 760 2GB Superclocked ACX Video Card ($222.58 @ Amazon)
Total: $222.58
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-12 19:03 EDT-0400
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