Honestly if you can build something with legos, you can build a computer. If you run into any problems, google or youtube will normally have the answer. Also you will save a good bit of money. I am lazy at the moment but if you plug in all of those parts into http://pcpartpicker.com/ you will see how much you will save.
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This, I did it at 13 with 0 experience and it went smooth.
Anyways if you need to buy a pre-built OP, ecollegepc is much better...
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If you want someone to build it for you ecollege.com I think has something where you pick the parts and they build it for you for a much more reasonable cost.
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Dude, i own a fx-6300. I know its way inferior, but just saying, get a nice i5, with a good mobo that matches ur proc + mobo. Loooots of games cpu driven uses one core or 2 cores power. Even using my 6300 OC'd, it does not matches a good i5 by far.
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If you're buying a rig, make it reliable. Do not buy no-names like your:
no-name 600w 80+ is scary since 600w is minimum of 770's
no-name HDD
Do you really want a blu-ray burner?
Really, desktop on wi-fi?
If you have 1500$ budget, please go here
They'll be able to make a better build. Just state your usage, preference (2 monitors, you need peripherals)
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I like ibuypower's custom pcs the best. Also, change from 16gb of ram to 8gb if you only game and go to the GPU selection then check the EVGA selection under your current one for no cost as it is better. Your optical drive should be the cheapest one in the selection. Don't know if I missed anything else.
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Taking a look at all their available parts, and no matter what you choose, you're being ripped off. For example, the Samsung 840 EVO 250GB SSD their offering is for $218, while a normal one is $190 normally, but is currently only $152 on Newegg: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147248
I suggest finding a friend who knows how to build PCs (A first time build can be stressful if something goes wrong, but overall it's very easy), and have him or her do it.
My Recommendations:
-Intel i5 4570
-AMD R9 280x or Nvidia GTX 770 (Roughly the same price, the R9 280x is slightly better but a tad pricier depending on the manufacturer due to the Dogecoin farming craze)
-a decent 750W CPU so you can have some power overhead (Corsair is a good brand to look for, go for at least 80 Gold or Platinum ratings)
-An SSD and a 1TB Harddrive. Unless you're saving a galactic fuckton of porn + pirated TV shows & movies, there's no need for 2TB
-A case with a few pre-installed fans (like 3) that you think looks cool & is a reasonable price
-Normal airflow cooling; Someone who can't build their own PC SHOULD NOT be using liquid cooling. If something goes wrong and you don't know how to fix it, you're on a whole new level of fucked.
-8GB of RAM. You don't need 16GB, and even in the future when you may, you can just easily upgrade
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Ok that sounnds good. Maybe ill look into building my own but i just dont have the time to stress over something going wrong and troubleshooting. The only reason the 2TB was selected was because it was a free upgrade on that site, but what brand is a good hard drive, basically any other than the one selected right?
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To add to your recommendation:
-agreed. Since he does not want to build his own computer he probably should not be messing with overclocking (especially on a stock cooler). This one is plenty for his needs
-Both are solid choices. In the past 6 months I owned both on these cards and They performed absolutely amazing. They are actually quite close in the benchmark I have made and they are quite even outside of the odd game.
Amd card feature:
-mantle
-and reward raptr app (optimize your games, earn reward point to redeem games and more)
Nvidia card feature:
-physx
-geforce experience (optimize your games, automatically downloads new drivers)
-shadow play record your games with virtually no impact on your fps.
-I agree on the wattage but not the recommendation of only 80+ gold or platinum. Bronze and silver are fine too. What this rating tells you is the efficiency of your power supply under 20%, 50% and 100% load not necessarily the quality of it. Gold and platinum are obviously better but not nessecary. An 80+ bronze minimum is recommended however. Good PSU brands are corsair, Seasonic, cooler master. I highly recommend seasonic. Also make sure that the wattage of the PSU is continuous power and not peak.
-I like to have more than enough storage rather than just enough. If you have a lot of games and media, go with a 2tb+ drive. good brands are Wd and Seagate.
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http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/saved/1FYWMH
This is the machine I've made, and I was just wondering if I should change anything. That is my price point but maybe there's a smarter way to build it, besides doing it myself.
So one question is the two monitors I have with it is will they work with the setup I made?
It looks like it will but I just wanted ask the experts here.
Thank you friends, and I might have a couple keys for some helpful people :)
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