Yeah :)
I made 2 myself now, for the first I was bloody nervous, scared that my clothing or hair would get static and burn the house down :P
But nothing scary happened, I dropped a screw once, and I took my bloody time looking twice at everything I did, but I did not electrocute anything, including myself.
The second build I did with more confidence, but just as slow, and I was pretty proud after that one too :)
Youtube is full of guides, and in my country there is a big tech forum with lots of helpful people that even offered to come help for a few beers.
I had no experience with anything electrical, but it all went smooth, on my own, with just my own general knowledge of what goes where.
It's way less daunting than it seems, it just takes that first step.
Do you have anyone in your family or group of friends that like building stuff (and are neat)? Cos it's not really about computers, its about parts :)
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For a thousand bucks, I'd say something along the line of a motherboard with H170 chipset, an i3-6100 (considering that I assume you cannot wait for the AMD Zen chips to hit the market in a few months… supposedly), an AMD RX 470, some decent Corsair 400-450 W PSU, 1 TB HDD (Toshiba, preferably, or Western Digital Blue), a cheap 120 GB Adata (or similar cheap) SSD for system; a Logitech K120 keyboard, some similar cheap Logitech mouse (I like the RX 250, although it may be out of production by now), and a cheap 21-inch LG/Philips/Fujitsu monitor with 1920×1080 resolution and a VA panel. With a random cheap case, it should tightly fit into that budget.
If you mix and match parts well enough, you may even get an i5-6400 CPU, which is a much more solid choice for gaming.
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The scariest thing is incompatibility, but only because it requires sending stuff back and getting new stuff. When new processors come out the drivers/bios of some motherboard for instance might not be up-to-date yet and not recognise it. Or memory is not listed as compatible.
Just post your gear on a forum with knowledgeable people and they can double-check.
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If it were entirely my funds I'd likely go the DIY route, but since family members have a financial stake they'd rather spend a few extra bucks to get me a fully built pc. As it happens, I found one very cheap but with the assets I am looking for, and easily upgradeable in the future:)
Whitelisted you for trying to help though!Thanks:)
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I'm technologically inept and I've been building my own PCs for years. Sometimes I have to ask for advice but it isn't really much more difficult than Lego. Stuff mostly just fits into the right shaped holes. When I have a hole that nothing fits into then this happens and it gets sorted.
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If it were entirely my funds I'd likely go the DIY route, but since family members have a financial stake they'd rather spend a few extra bucks to get me a fully built pc. As it happens, I found one very cheap but with the assets I am looking for, and easily upgradeable in the future:)
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If you get parts that are actually compatible, the only really finnicky part is probably attaching the CPU cooler—but with an Intel stock cooler, even that is literally just pressing down four plastic clamps.
Building a PC is actually easy, as the connector shapes ensure that you put stuff where it belongs. If you watch a few PC building videos, you can cover most anything. It needs some dexterity, since some screws and connectors are extremely small, but if I can do it with my large and clumsy hands, anyone can do it. :)
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If it were entirely my funds I'd likely go the DIY route, but since family members have a financial stake they'd rather spend a few extra bucks to get me a fully built pc. As it happens, I found one very cheap but with the assets I am looking for, and easily upgradeable in the future:) Thanks for the very useful input though, about the various bits of hardware, it affected my purchase.
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Just got the parts for this 11 Watt PC delivered today, it's my holiday project :) Check the components.
With your budget you can even go for a better GPU, in which case they recommend to go with a 400W PSU, which is what I did. Actually - since you're buying screen etc. as well you may be stuck with the GPU they got.
These guys are great at testing the combination of parts and it's guaranteed to work well, they do this every year and never let me down.
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Something like https://pcpartpicker.com/list/qh8Ghq which is bit over budget. How ever geting windows from different site comes cheaper. And so does changing mouse&keyboard on to different brand. And assuming you have nobody to help build with and goes for store +100$ or something.
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If it were entirely my funds I'd likely go the DIY route, but since family members have a stake they'd rather spend a few extra bucks to get a fully built pc. As it happens, I found one very cheap but with the assets I am looking for, and easily upgradeable in the future:) Thanks for the website recommendation though, I whitelisted you for the link!
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Preface: I haven't owned a gaming desktop...ever. I had an ASUS gaming laptop for 4 years until it croaked. I currently own an HP laptop and, well, it's serviceable.For this Xmas I made a deal with my family: I can afford $500 for a new pc and asked if they'd match it and to my humble surprise they did.~$1000 Including peripherals like monitor, speakers, headset, etc.
I know Alienware gets mixed reactions from gamers, I don't admit to being a pc aficionado, and almost none of my RL friends have gaming computers,which is why I am asking you folks here.
Here are the specs for the Aurora I am considering
Most important to me are a solid video card (I prefer AMD), and a reliable processor.
I am looking for recommendations that are cheaper, around the same price, or simply confirmation that I should buy the AA. Thanks for reading!
If you have suggestions, links to the storepages or websites where the information can be found would be really helpful. I don't know how to build a pc myself (ie get the tower, parts, etc and try to install them all myself) and don't really want to.
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