Hardware Entry level gaming pc

[Thanatos Telos]

Just as a side note - Kirito-kun seems to be advocating the purchase of the cheapest mainboard possible... don't do that, lest you wish to risk poor performance.

The motherboard connects all the components together and feeds them electricity, you don't want that part to be crappy. You can squander on some less important components like the disc drive or the case, but the components that are directly responsible for the performance of the rig have to be appropriate.

Crappy motherboard means crappy capacitors and crappy capacitors mean poor current stability, overall instability of the rig and terrible overclocking prospects, if any at all. A mid-range PC requires a mid-range motherboard, plain and simple.

Right.
Brands to avoid:

Biostar, ECS, low end ASRock.

Chipsets to avoid:
Anything below 970 for AMD

B85/B75 for Intel and lower.

 

[niklakis]

Let me clarify some things. What I need is a computer that can play all current and recently released games on high (or medium) settings at an acceptable framerate (35 fps and up). I also want to be sure that it will be able to run games in these setting for atleast a year before I have to upgrade.I do not want a monster computer that will be able to play games on ultra-mega-hyper settings for the rest of my life. I am going to buy the pre built pc or the parts (whatever I decide) from the retailer I posted because everything is on sale and I have to pay a small amount of money a month. That's why I decided to buy a gaming pc in the first place. I don't know the variety of parts that the store has I just ask for suggestions about either parts or a pre built pc listed on their website (the store may actually have a wider variety of pc's). Thank you for the suggestions so far, I will take them all into consideration.


P.S. I also want it to run cooler than a stove.

 

[jonthedit]

Brands to avoid:

Biostar, ECS, low ASRock

I second that against ASRock. The board are definitely cheaply crafted, and the 3.0 subs are actually slower then most intel 2.0s (ASROCK Z77 Extreme4 or Extreme6)

Let me clarify some things. What I need is a computer that can play all current and recently released games on high (or medium) settings at an acceptable framerate (35 fps and up). I also want to be sure that it will be able to run games in these setting for atleast a year before I have to upgrade.I do not want a monster computer that will be able to play games on ultra-mega-hyper settings for the rest of my life. I am going to buy the pre built pc or the parts (whatever I decide) from the retailer I posted because everything is on sale and I have to pay a small amount of money a month. That's why I decided to buy a gaming pc in the first place. I don't know the variety of parts that the store has I just ask for suggestions about either parts or a pre built pc listed on their website (the store may actually have a wider variety of pc's). Thank you for the suggestions so far, I will take them all into consideration.


P.S. I also want it to run cooler than a stove.

From what you are saying I would definitely recommend a NVIDIA GeForce card. They aren't too expensive but maybe you will bump up to the 760. I don't recommend buying this prebuild as you will be paying more than buying the parts yourself.

 

[kristianity77]

For 750 euros (which I believe is about £650 GBP, you can build a fantastic PC for gaming. Dont let anyone tell you otherwise. Prices may vary slightly in your country , but for your budget, in the UK you could get the following:


Qty Description QuickFind Stock Price Total
Asrock H61M-DGS Socket 1155 VGA DVI 5.1 Channel Audio m-ATX Motherboard 429725 23 in stock £33.54 £33.54
LiteOn iHAS124 24X Internal DVD Writer with SATA - OEM 410560 > 200 in stock £13.34 £13.34
WD 1TB 3.5" SATA-III Caviar Green Internal Hard Drive - 64MB Cache 321341 > 25 in stock £46.76 £46.76
Sapphire HD 7850 OC Edition 2GB Dual DVI HDMI DisplayPort PCI-E Graphics Card 390921 45 in stock £129.99 £129.99
(free accessory) Never Settle Forever Silver for 7800 Series Coupon 544925 1270 in stock £0.00 £0.00

LG 22EA53VQ 22" IPS LED LCD HDMI Monitor 466111 > 100 in stock £110.50 £110.50
Kingston 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600MHz HyperX Blu Memory Kit CL9 1.65V 272176 66 in stock £65.03 £65.03
CoolerMaster Silent Pro Gold 550W - 80 Plus Gold Certified 545509 301 in stock £44.99 £44.99
Intel Core i5 3570K 3.4GHz Socket 1155 6MB Cache Retail Boxed Processor 349029 25 in stock £174.94 £174.94
Casecom K5-9388 Black ATX Case 239238 196 in stock £21.98 £21.98

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Cart total inc vat: £641.07
So thats £640 (or under 750 euros) for a cpu and graphics card combo which will quite comfortably allow you to play all games in 1080p on this monitor on pretty much high-max settings on most games and closer to 60fps as opposed to the 35 minimum which you specify

 

[jonthedit]

For 750 euros (which I believe is about £650 GBP, you can build a fantastic PC for gaming. Dont let anyone tell you otherwise. Prices may vary slightly in your country , but for your budget, in the UK you could get...
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So thats £640 (or under 750 euros) for a cpu and graphics card combo which will quite comfortably allow you to play all games in 1080p on this monitor on pretty much high-max settings on most games and closer to 60fps as opposed to the 35 minimum which you specify

Go with what he chose. Fits you perfectly. The only thing I disagree with is the video card but this is definitely what the OP needs.

 

[cdoty]

Is there something wrong with using your tv as your pc monitor?

The dot pitch on an inexpensive TV is usually not very good. It's ok for gaming, but doesn't work too well for normal operations (surfing, e-mail, text editing, etc.)

 

[vayanui8]

Id say swap to an amd gpu as you'll get more bang for your buck. stick with a good cpu if you intend to run stuff like dolphin and pcsx2, and make sure you learn about overclocking, it really comes in handy