Looking for a gaming PC, medium budget.

[AndrealphusVIII]

Hello all

 

I'm thinking of buying myself a new gaming PC. But I'm not really that much into Hardware to decide which one to pick.

 

I do know the following:

• My budget is around 1000 euros, 1100 at max. (equals roughly 1300-1500 USD)
• I want my new PC to last for at least 5 years.
• I'll be using my PC for gaming: Skyrim, TESO, and other future titles. (But also for watching DVD and Blu Ray movies)
• I'm not buying a new screen, keyboard, mouse or speakers. I'll keep using my old ones. So no need to include those in the total price.
• I'm looking in particular for a decent PSU, GPU and CPU and sufficient RAM. Ones that will last for at least 5 years before needing to upgrade.
• 1 TB HDD is more than enough (maybe an extra HDD with 500 GB for backup)
• Win7 64bit (no Windows 8 yet, because of possible incompability issues)
• Motherboard, possibility for possible future upgrades.
• GPU-wise, I prefer a NVIDIA card, a decent one. (DDR5, at least 2 GB VRAM)
• PSU: powerful enough to support the future upgrades.
• CPU and RAM: I don't know that much about those, but they should be decent as well. (8 GB RAM at least) (For future game titles)
• Optional, a decent Blu Ray Drive if possible. (Which can also read DVDs/CDs)
• Also, optional, a decent cooling system (CPU and GPU) that doesn't make too much noise.

I don't know if it's possible to get all that for my budget though. As I said, my knowledge is Hardware is pretty limited. But all advice is welcome.

 

Thanks in advance

 

Kind regards

Andre

[FMod]

USA? /eligible for major online retailers

Are you able and willing to order parts right today or tomorrow if there are expiring deals etc?

 

 

(DDR5, at least 2 GB VRAM)

You shouldn't concern yourself with such matters, these are only means of achieving desired performance, what matters is the end result. Or would you pick a GTX460/2048 over GTX580 because the latter only has 1.5GB?

 

To begin with, look at other recent builds in this section.

[hoofhearted4]

my build was in your price range and this is what i got:

 

Fractal Arc Midi (Arc Midi 2 is out now)

128gb SSD (though id recommend a 256gb)

1tb HDD

i5-3570k CPU

ASRock z77 Extreme 4 mobo

Corsair H100i

8gb ddr3 ram

Gigabyte 7950 2gb GPU

Seasonic 650W 80 Plus Gold PSU

Corsair K90 mechanical Keyboard

Dell U2312HM 23" IPS Monitor

Asus CD/DVD RW player (though you want Blu Ray)

 

though i was able to get Win7 Pro x64 for free through school, so youll have to figure that (~$100) into your build as well. also i bought my GPU a little later, couldnt afford it at the time of my build, so i think it came a month or less later. take that into concideration too. is there stuff you dont need right off the back (such as a second HDD?)....including replacing all the fans in my case with Corsair Air series ones, and adding some RBG lights, i think the total build came up to around ~$1600....but you dont need a monitor or keyboard, so theres $300+ saved right there. replacing fans and adding lights is non essential so take another ~$200 off. and now youre looking at ~$1200 to build what i have (i think lol. im going off the top of my head and memory for prices)

Edited June 18, 2013 by hoofhearted4

[AndrealphusVIII]

I did some searching. Does this build look any good?

• Intel Core i5 3570k 3.40 GHz Sa 1155 BOX (CPU)
• Thermalight HR-02 Macho (CPU Cooler)
• 8 GB Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR-3 1600 DIMM CL9 Dual Kit (RAM)
• ASRock Z77Pro3 Intel Z77 So.1155 Dual Channel DDR3 ATX (Motherboard)
• 1TB Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 ST1000MD03 64MB 3.5 (8.9cm) SATA 6 GB/s (HDD)
• 2048 MB Palit GeForce GTX 770 JetStream (GPU)
• 480 Watt be quiet! Straight Power E9 CM Modular 80+ Gold (PSU)
• Standard DVD Drive from Samsung (or Blu Ray, if it's not too expensive)
• Win7 64bit

Is this a realistic and decent future-proof (4 yrs-5 yrs) build? Or should I change something? All advice is welcome

 

Thanks in advance

 

Kind regards

Andre