Cassity14
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Title says it all. I'm considering building a gaming PC and I've heard it's not a very difficult feat. However, I'm completely new to this stuff, so I need as much feedback as possible. I've always been a console gamer and know next to nothing about components, building a rig, etc. I have a few questions for those of you out there who are familiar with it:
Is it really as easy as everyone says? The physical assembly, I mean. Do I literally just snap some parts together and arrange wires like everybody says online? I find it hard to believe, but I haven't heard anything but that it's a pretty easy feat. Am I better off buying parts and then paying someone to put it together?
What's a fair price point? I'm hoping to build a legitimate machine for around 1000$. Is that too little of a budget to build something that will last me at least a few years? Right now I don't play very high requirement games on my computer (WoW, LoL, Diablo) because it's a macbook pro from 2011. I love my computer for everything else and am hoping if I build a gaming rig I can keep this baby around for quite a while longer.
That said, I feel like if I invest this much into something, I won't be using a console anymore at all. That means stuff like fps games, Skyrim type stuff, etc. would be played on it in an ideal world. If a grand isn't enough, what am I looking to spend? This is all for the machine itself, I'm not including peripherals in this budget. That's further down the line when this preliminary stuff is sorted out.
What are the most important parts of this hypothetical machine? I've done preliminary research on what all I would need, but I don't know the priority list of things. Should I put more into my motherboard vs gpu vs cpu etc. What are the most important pieces? I'd think a GPU would be priority number one since I'm gaming, but I have no idea. What's the value of RAM vs VRAM, etc. Should I go i7 or hold back and stay with an i5? I'm very new to this.
Are there retailers out there I should go through to just buy all the parts at in one trip or should I shop around online? Is online better than going into a computer store?
I've always loved my consoles, but this new generation feels really underwhelming to me and I'm not sure I want to invest into them for the long term. I was 13 when I got an xbox 360 and am 21 now. I also am able to buy my own shit this time around, so I want to make sure I make a quality choice.
I know it's a lot. Any feedback is highly appreciated. Perusing other threads in this forum, there's definitely a quantity of people here who know their shit when it comes to this stuff. Please don't try to fit any response into a budget or argument of X brand vs. Y brand. I need basics before anything else and will go from there.
Is it really as easy as everyone says? The physical assembly, I mean. Do I literally just snap some parts together and arrange wires like everybody says online? I find it hard to believe, but I haven't heard anything but that it's a pretty easy feat. Am I better off buying parts and then paying someone to put it together?
What's a fair price point? I'm hoping to build a legitimate machine for around 1000$. Is that too little of a budget to build something that will last me at least a few years? Right now I don't play very high requirement games on my computer (WoW, LoL, Diablo) because it's a macbook pro from 2011. I love my computer for everything else and am hoping if I build a gaming rig I can keep this baby around for quite a while longer.
That said, I feel like if I invest this much into something, I won't be using a console anymore at all. That means stuff like fps games, Skyrim type stuff, etc. would be played on it in an ideal world. If a grand isn't enough, what am I looking to spend? This is all for the machine itself, I'm not including peripherals in this budget. That's further down the line when this preliminary stuff is sorted out.
What are the most important parts of this hypothetical machine? I've done preliminary research on what all I would need, but I don't know the priority list of things. Should I put more into my motherboard vs gpu vs cpu etc. What are the most important pieces? I'd think a GPU would be priority number one since I'm gaming, but I have no idea. What's the value of RAM vs VRAM, etc. Should I go i7 or hold back and stay with an i5? I'm very new to this.
Are there retailers out there I should go through to just buy all the parts at in one trip or should I shop around online? Is online better than going into a computer store?
I've always loved my consoles, but this new generation feels really underwhelming to me and I'm not sure I want to invest into them for the long term. I was 13 when I got an xbox 360 and am 21 now. I also am able to buy my own shit this time around, so I want to make sure I make a quality choice.
I know it's a lot. Any feedback is highly appreciated. Perusing other threads in this forum, there's definitely a quantity of people here who know their shit when it comes to this stuff. Please don't try to fit any response into a budget or argument of X brand vs. Y brand. I need basics before anything else and will go from there.