"I was sort of thinking just a small-medium SSD".
Define small-medium? Because a 120 GB SSD, on its own, is gonna run you just under $100. $70-90 range. Minus your hdd since you already have one, there's still going to be 6 essential parts after that, and they're each gonna be in the $100 range, give or take, too.
Save for the processor, that could be a bit more.. $200 range for an i5.
Generally speaking, you can probably get away with setting about $700-800 aside for a budget build.. but I wouldn't go much lower than that if you want it to run modern games. And run them well. And last awhile. You did mention wanting it to be stable and long-term.
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I saw a neat looking youtube one on this forum a month ago. Guy was playing like BF3 ultra setting on it or something. It worked, you don't need 12 gb of ram to play the latest games.
Now, I am seeing a bunch of OK spec rigs in the 4-5 range. http://www.gamersnexus.net/pc-builds/1407-ultra-budget-gaming-pc-april
I would feel comfortable stepping it up to $6 possibly, this definitely does not look like too bad: http://lifehacker.com/5840963/the-best-pcs-you-can-build-for-600-and-1200
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Here it is, in my youtube history.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtLVktnzO2M
At the time really looked like he did his research, will need to go over in more detail.
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Well, I myself would want to get best thing for my money too. That's why I'm saving up to buy 1000$ gaming PC. Then I really wouldn't have to buy new parts over a year (at least for a while). What I'm trying to say, you probably have better computer than I have. Try to save up for around a year and you won't regret it :)
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They just often use AMD CPUs which a bunch of hillbillies still talk down for not tearing apart synthetic benchmarks introduced to make Intel CPUs look less pricey. So no, they're not necessarily bad, however 400$ is a tight budget so don't expect too much, usually graphics cards are insanely expensive already and outdate fast, so go for mid-range hardware and replace it every 2-3 years.
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400$ is not enough to run the current games on max.
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Well 400 bucks is too less to build a proper pc for current games.
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If your budget is $400, save another $100 and you can get a $500 PC that will run all modern games on max
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/jMPPvK
for $600 you can get this that will run any game you throw at it at 1080p 55-60 FPS on max settings
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Not Crysis 3, probably not AC 4 and ARMA 3 :P This is me saying that without seeing it though as I can't click in links with my tablet. BTW there's a 200$ differential between 400$ and 600$.
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http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2bnKnQ
What do you guys think of this, as shown here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUJxg-GFDoQ&feature=youtu.be).
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They are actually really nice. Two input ports, old and new style. So you can hook each one up to two PCs at a time (or actually do a "dual" monitor setup with only one monitor, with a push button to switch between them). Great for tech work and multiple tower setups.
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Most of the pages contains charts in which they compare the GPU they review with other GPUs. I find it useful when comes to read reviews for most of new and some of old hardware.
Anyway if you plug only one of the monitors to the PC I doubt you will have much of trouble when comes to gaming.
Also you may try to get 450w power supply just to be on save side.
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+1 for LinusTechTips also recommending his other channel Techquickie
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channel ##hardware on http://webchat.freenode.net/
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I'd personally wait until you get about a 1000 dollars to buy a nice rig that will last at least 2 console generations. Thats what I did and I'm still able to run the latest games on at least high without problems and I got it about 2 years ago.
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"At least two console generations"? That would be a PC lasting for 12-16 years without any upgrades, don't think that would work too good.
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Either wait and save more for a killer rig or just get a shitty console.
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I was thinking of building my own PC around christmas this year, and I have previously seen some pretty good looking advise on this topic on this forum.
What site/forum/channel/person is best? Whose advise should I take and when? Is it best to buy all your parts on boxing day, or some other sale day?
I am not looking for anything specific, just a nice stable long lasting PC that will play new games. I would sort of like it compact, if possible, and do not really need large storage abilities as the one I am running now has a lot of room left (I was sort of thinking just a small-medium SSD). In the $400 dollar range, seemed more than good enough to me.
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