so as an estimate Coli brehs what would you say is the cost of building a decent rig to play games like skyrim, witcher 2, me3, etc. at full settings? I'd rather save money on constructing one than buying some shyt.
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yseJ
Empire strikes back
without a monitor you can get a real nice machine for 700-800. especially if you just need shyt to run games and dont go fancy on sound card and other extra stuff like solid state drive (although I do recommend ssd, its still a bit pricy)
especially since those games arent anything special at this point, I was able to run skyrim at high (not ultra) on my laptops crappy videocard on 1920x1080...until the vc would overheat
one thing Id recommend is not to try to save too much on power supply/cooling. ie, dont buy those 20 buck cases at your local chinese joint
without a monitor you can get a real nice machine for 700-800. especially if you just need shyt to run games and dont go fancy on sound card and other extra stuff like solid state drive (although I do recommend ssd, its still a bit pricy)
especially since those games arent anything special at this point, I was able to run skyrim at high (not ultra) on my laptops crappy videocard on 1920x1080...until the vc would overheat
one thing Id recommend is not to try to save too much on power supply/cooling. ie, dont buy those 20 buck cases at your local chinese joint
so what would be the basic parts needed to start this. I'm not afraid of actually putting the shyt together since it sounds like tetris lol, but would appreciate a rundown of the stuff I need to buy (graphic cards and such) and a few suggestions if its not too much of a hassle.
what is the benchmark game nowadays too, the one where you have a
setup to play optimally.and yeah I was just throwing games out. I can run Skyrim pretty well on my Lenovo P580 already
I just see where these consoles are heading and i want no part of it.so what would be the basic parts needed to start this. I'm not afraid of actually putting the shyt together since it sounds like tetris lol, but would appreciate a rundown of the stuff I need to buy (graphic cards and such) and a few suggestions if its not too much of a hassle.
what is the benchmark game nowadays too, the one where you have a
and yeah I was just throwing games out. I can run Skyrim pretty well on my Lenovo P580 already
first you gotta decide if you're gonna spend the extra money on Intel or cheap out a little bit and go with AMD.
yseJ
Empire strikes back
basic main parts:so what would be the basic parts needed to start this. I'm not afraid of actually putting the shyt together since it sounds like tetris lol, but would appreciate a rundown of the stuff I need to buy (graphic cards and such) and a few suggestions if its not too much of a hassle.
what is the benchmark game nowadays too, the one where you have a
and yeah I was just throwing games out. I can run Skyrim pretty well on my Lenovo P580 already
video card (your main friend to make graphics look pretty on highest settings)
CPU (with heatsink)
RAM (16 GB is more than enough for now, you can game well with 8GB)
(newegg has motherboard+cpu combos if you dont want to manually apply paste and put heatsink on the cpu and attaching it. although its really nothing complicated)
then a case with power supply strong enough to support your video card and motherboard.
thats pretty much it for most stuff that affects performance besides SSD
you want a SSD drive for those fast load times if you can afford paying nearly a hundred for like 50GB and a SATA HD either way for data. regular hard drives are mad cheap nowadays.
sound card of course, nothing fancy if youre not into production
blu ray/dvd burner, whichever one you like.
and usual shyt like monitor, mouse, keyboard, controllers, headphones...all that junk that is just plug and play almost literally.
thats it ! once you get a motherboard, attach the cpu to it, attach mobo to case, put ram, video/sound cards in their slots, mount the hds on the rack and connect everything except ram by cables to respective mobo sockets and power if needed....and youre pretty much set with a new computer
yseJ
Empire strikes back
personally I would never recommend going amd over intel these days. its not worth it. theyre not that much cheaper to warrant a huge downgrade in performance
basic main parts:
video card (your main friend to make graphics look pretty on highest settings)
CPU (with heatsink)
RAM (16 GB is more than enough for now, you can game well with 8GB)
(newegg has motherboard+cpu combos if you dont want to manually apply paste and put heatsink on the cpu and attaching it. although its really nothing complicated)
then a case with power supply strong enough to support your video card and motherboard.
thats pretty much it for most stuff that affects performance besides SSD
you want a SSD drive for those fast load times if you can afford paying nearly a hundred for like 50GB and a SATA HD either way for data. regular hard drives are mad cheap nowadays.
sound card of course, nothing fancy if youre not into production
blu ray/dvd burner, whichever one you like.
and usual shyt like monitor, mouse, keyboard, controllers, headphones...all that junk that is just plug and play almost literally.
thats it ! once you get a motherboard, attach the cpu to it, attach mobo to case, put ram, video/sound cards in their slots, mount the hds on the rack and connect everything except ram by cables to respective mobo sockets and power if needed....and youre pretty much set with a new computer
that sounds hella easy! why would people not go about it this way lol?i fukk around a bit in Fruity loops but as far as production not a big thing atm so I can probably skip on that. Is the SSD thing a noticeable difference in loading? like going from nothing to i5 (what my laptop is) it was pretty huge. So its either SSD for perfomance or HD for price? sounding like I can put together a pretty good (not optimal) rig with like 400 dollars
i fukk around a bit in Fruity loops but as far as production not a big thing atm so I can probably skip on that. Is the SSD thing a noticeable difference in loading? like going from nothing to i5 (what my laptop is) it was pretty huge. So its either SSD for perfomance or HD for price? sounding like I can put together a pretty good (not optimal) rig with like 400 dollars
you'll need a HDD regardless (unless you're really balling). SSD is a luxury
ahh okay some of these motherboard combos on Newegg are breaching 500. Is it more efficient to just buy the shyt and hook it up myself?
also is i7 a requirement for greatness?
also is i7 a requirement for greatness?
The Coli brehs let me know when I was building mine that I didn't even need a sound card because the motherboard I had already had it.
It's worked out for me.
I don't even have a DVD/CD drive either.
itsyoung!!
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they are like $100-200+ cheaper... thats a big gap.
to a gamer like me, NOW it isnt worth it. But a few years ago they were almost priced the same and has similar results.
intel came and crushed the buildings like I never seen before when it comes to video gaming now.
amd
what happened 
