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Gaming Desktop

Wallet17

Wallet17

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It's been over 6 years now since i've owned a desktop :|. I've been playing on a laptop since because I travel so much.

I don't even know where to start on building a gaming computer. Anyone have suggestions? I have a budget of $2,000.
 
Wow, CS, Overwatch will be the games I play. Honestly, thats the reason i'm looking for help I have no clue what i'm doing when it comes to buying computers.

I'm saving my old laptop to run bots on wow.
 
Wallet17 said:
It's been over 6 years now since i've owned a desktop :|. I've been playing on a laptop since because I travel so much.

I don't even know where to start on building a gaming computer. Anyone have suggestions? I have a budget of $2,000.
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Its always the same:

Start from choosing platform - nowadays 5th or 6th generation of Core i7 4x cores is the best in performance/price/heat-generation ratio, like Intel® Core™ i7-6700K Processor (8M Cache, up to 4.20 GHz)

Choose cooling platform for it, either on Air, with/without pipes, or water etc.

Then choose appropriate MB for it, any top/premium line MB works, since they are generally built off premium components and survive much more years than the most mainstream/cost-effective ones, so adding extra 50bucks on MB always worth it.

Choose the amount of RAM, which suits you best - for general gaming even 8GB would be enough. For multibotting, 16-32 should be better!

Pick the Gaming videocard, which you can afford. Keep in mind, nVidia recently announced their new 1080 series, so in the next month all the "old" models will get a price dump and you could be lucky to snipe some really nice deals!

Equip the above with a fast 128GB/256GB SSD and some 2-3 TB Hard disk.

Then taking into account on all the components power consumption above (Mostly CPU+VideoCard), you need to choose Power supply. Generally, any 650W+ premium PSU should work.

And finally choose the Mid/Max-Tower case, which suits you most. Keep in mind, most of the premium ones are bundled with premium PSU too, so take this into account.

Good luck!
 
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mmo-champion post alot of "builds" each month with 3 different budgets

Good place to start imo
 
UnderratedPost said:
gaming laptops are for the dunces of the world, don't be a dunce
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What about Fly in Fly out workers? What about people that do business and travel heaps and need a strong portable gaming machine. You aint a "dunce" for getting a gaming laptop not sure why you bring up such words pointless and not needed.
 
I actually bought a gaming laptop because I was in the military and we moved all over the place, buying a desktop soon boys - H Y P E
 
Wallet17 said:
I actually bought a gaming laptop because I was in the military and we moved all over the place, buying a desktop soon boys - H Y P E
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Whatever you do, either wait for GPU price drops, or buy the new GPU 10xx line from Nvidia.
 
I have a 6 month old gaming rig with 5th gen i5 in it, 16GB ram and a 3GB radeon r9 280 in it. Selling it for $700. Paid $1200 six months ago to build it, then I got into music production and video production, and needed something way beefier. Hit me up, more than happy to ship it. Listed it on some local for sale or trade Facebook pages, but no bites. Everyone wants shit for free these days. One guy offered me $100. lol

Everyone wants nice shit, but don't want to spend the money. $700 for a $1200 gaming rig, with a 22" monitor is a good deal. Pulled 9860 on 3D Mark 11 benchmark, never overclocked, strictly used it for gaming.
 
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I'm just going to drop this here.

/r/Buildapc

buildapc.reddit.com

They got guys that live and breathe building you a perfect gaming pc give them a budget or browse and steal other peoples builds. the information is there on the counter, be a sponge and absorb it.
 
Total cost:$1304

Case Corsair Air 540 $130

Power Supply EVGA G2 650W $90

CPU Intel 6600K $247

Heatsink Noctua 6 NH-D15 $90

Motherboard ASUS Z170-A $135

Memory 16GB Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 $70

Graphics Card GTX 970 $289

Hard Drive Western Digital Black 2TB $123

SSD SanDisk Extreme PRO 240GB $127

DVD Asus 24X SATA DVD+/-RW $23
 
2000 dollars can get you some great performance... here are my picks. This PC should run GREAT for the next several years! Mostly, I think going forward, most people are going to want to run games at 4k with high FPS. I got ALL of these prices from Newegg, with the exception of the GTX1080, which is coming out at the end of the month at the price I listed below (you'd be a fool to buy anything else right now on a 2k budget).

IMO the only real improvements above this PC would likely be luxury stuff that is always exponentially more expensive (crazy motherboards with tons of options, super high end enthusiast 1000 dollar CPU's, HUGE SSDs, etc...)


Intel i7-6700k - 339.99
ASUS Z-170-P LGA1151 (Z170 Chipset) - 119.99
G.SKILL Ripjaws Z Series 16GB (4x4GB) DDR32400 - 89.99
EVGA 220-G2-0750-XR 750W Modular Power Supply - 109.99
NVIDIA GTX 1080 - 599.99
Samsung 850EVO 2.5 500GB 500GB SSD - 167.99

Samsung U24E590D 23.6'' 4ms 4K Monitor - 349.99
Corsair 600C Black ATX Full Tower - 139.99 (Also has 20.00 Rebate)
Razer Naga Chroma Mouse (For WoW :D) - 64.99
Razer Blackwidow Ultimate Mechanical Gaming Keyboard - 79.99


Total: 2072.90

I think the 6700k is just ok compared to the 4790k (older unlocked CPU), but it benefits from being LGA1151 socket which is rumored to be what the next, 8th generation, Intel chip will use as a socket - thereby extending the upgradability of the system over time.

Good Luck!
 
Don't do it, either wait another year for the tech to advance, and become cheaper and invest into a new gaming laptop. Or spend the extra money for it now. New gaming laptops have thunderbolt ports which allow you to connect an external desktop graphics card to an external monitor. Letting you have the both of best worlds.

Wallet17 said:
It's been over 6 years now since i've owned a desktop :|. I've been playing on a laptop since because I travel so much.

I don't even know where to start on building a gaming computer. Anyone have suggestions? I have a budget of $2,000.
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PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/GFPCpg
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/GFPCpg/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($339.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler1: Noctua NH-D14 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($72.69 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler2: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($147.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($119.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($84.49 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($71.99 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($71.98 @ Newegg)
Monitor: BenQ GW2765HT 60Hz 27.0" Monitor ($352.98 @ Newegg)
Other: GTX 1080 ($600.00)
Total: $1944.07
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Choose either CPU cooler depending on whether you intend to overclock.
Monitor is 1440p IPS (good colors and viewing angles): The overall gaming performance of the BenQ GW2765HT was reasonably good for an IPS-panel. The AMA 'High' setting seemed to offer the optimum balance between response times and overshoot. - TFTCentral
It's also the second cheapest 1440p monitor easily available, and 4K gaming is just not ready yet if you wanna max settings.
Leaves you a few dollars for mouse and keyboard. I'm a big fan of Logitech and, certain, Corsair products.

Above mentioned build lacks a CPU cooler (doesn't come with this processor) and fills all memory slots in the most ineffecient way possible. For 33% more $ you get 50% more RAM with the possibility to upgrade for more in the future.
 
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You can pretty much make any gaming PC for less than £600. ($800)

i7 4790k = £230
1150 mobo (b85m is more than enough) = £50
3x8gb crucial ballistix ram = £75 total (You will most likely never use more than 20gb ram and be less than 100% cpu)
Decent external cpu heatsink = £20
Case = £20-50
250gb SSD = £50
2TB HDD = £40
GTX 950-980 = £100 to £300 (I run 750 TI for £70 on all my PC's except main, its the most energy efficient GPU, packs 2gb and will run most top games at mid settings no problem)
Corsair PSU (depending on GPU, I usually get the CX 430 or CX 500 - you'd want 750 if you plan to use 980 ti or above) £40-100. Do NOT buy cheap/unknown PSUs, this is probably the most important aspect of the PC, you can do of with other shitty parts but not the PSU. I only trust Corsair and Delta.

= £600-800 ($800-1000)

If you want to spend more, upgrade to 6th gen i7, get a z mobo and a slightly better ram.

I'd also suggest the LG 34UM ultra wide monitor, its godly (32um9x is 1440, 32um5x-6x is 1080) and is quite energy efficient too.
 
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