Maxwell110
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This looks like it's already gotten a pretty decent answer but I just want to throw in my two cents. Give sites like reddit.com/r/buildapc a check to find some similar builds, or even some more help. Msy is a pretty good place to get stuff from, I also got some parts from Amazon because they were pretty cheap at the time, not sure what they're like now the exchange rate has changed a bit. Also, some American things won't work here because we use a different voltage. I remembered this when I bought the most important stuff, but not the speakers. So I basically fried my speakers as soon as I plugged them into the wall and then I remembered the voltage thing.Sorry for the thread revival, but it's relevant to what the thread has been about.
I'm looking to jump into a bit of PC gaming, with no knowledge or idea of what I'm looking for.
Is a budget of 1000-1500 enough to play the latest games on pretty high settings?
I'd prefer to buy a PC pre-made (links to places that aren't going to rip me off are welcome), but if the price gulf is sizable I might consider building one myself. I have no idea where to start. Try to find a decent website selling PC's that aren't a rip off ( http://www.msy.com.au/home.php, is this site alright? ).
I have no idea what I'm doing. If anyone could help me get a decent computer that plays decent games for a decent price that would be decent. Thanks.
I'm not too sure about pre-builts, maybe check PC Case Gear? Whirlpool might be a better place to ask about that. I decided to build my own because it's like lego, big expensive lego. Pre-builts can be a better option if you want simple warranties and all that, but it will be cheaper to build your own and you just need to watch over some tutorials on YouTube. Just weigh up the options and see what best suits you.
FWIW my build consists of:
NZXT H440 case - a blue one because I wanted it to look nice, you could certainly get cheaper cases though.
ASRock Z97 Extreme4(?) motherboard - this was fairly cheap, I could have gone cheaper but I wanted a blue one
Intel 4670k CPU - I haven't overclocked it yet, but I certainly could and am looking to do so soon. I have no experience with OCing though. Unless you're certain you don't want to overclock, get an unlocked CPU so you have the potential to OC in the future.
EVGA GTX 770 - Runs games great, I assume you'd be going for a 970 in your price range. Be wary of the 970, I remember there being big issues about the VRAM or something and I don't quite remember what happened with that big shitstorm, or you might be interested in an AMD system. I have little knowledge on AMD so I can't comment.
Some 1TB HDD along with an old 500GB HDD that I wanted to reuse. I really wish I got an SSD and then waited a little longer to get also get an HDD. upgrading from my HDD to an SSD is just going to be annoying task I could have avoided.
8GB Corsair Vengeance RAM - I only chose it because it's blue and matches my case and motherboard. Most RAM is pretty similar though, I'm looking to upgrade to 16GB soon though.
I forgot the PSU, but it's overkill for my system. I could have gone with a lower wattage. Do not skimp out on your PSU, always get a quality one.
For a KB+M I just got some $40 combo thing that has blue LEDs in it and it's served me just fine. I wouldn't mind upgrading the keyboard to a mechanical one.
Some Acer monitor I saw on LinusTechTips that has a magnet in the base.