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So I was wondering just how much a next gen gaming PC would cost.  Found this seller on ebay who will assemble for you (one of many).  If you have a better place that builds it themselves out of your custom parts please feel free to link (I suspect there are better places).  I don't want anything too crazy as in no multi monitor stuff or capturing or anything.  I just want a PC that can do 60fps+ on next gen games at 1080p+ resolution.  The GPU is easy enough to look up but stuff like power supply, motherboard, cpu, and cooling systems is hard to tell.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/INTEL-I7-2600-QUAD-CORE-CUSTOM-GAMING-BAREBONES-PC-DESKTOP-SYSTEM-NEW/370833590589?_trksid=p5197.m1992&_trkparms=aid%3D111000%26algo%3DREC.CURRENT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D14%26meid%3D8453504395456204258%26pid%3D100015%26prg%3D1006%26rk%3D1%26sd%3D370833590589%26

EDIT: Guys it's customizable.  Scroll down and you'll see that you select the parts from a dropdown list.

EDIT2: Also guys I wasn't going to buy from this guy just because the parts are a bit pricey I think but just wanted to know what specs I would need so please post a link to this PC customized to the point where it could do at least 60fps on next gen games at 1080p (by your estimates).  Or post a link to another seller or site where I could see such a PC but like I said it's the power supply, motherboard, and other small things mostly that I'm curious about since CPU, GPU, and RAM are fairly easy to see with next gen system specs and of course factoring in customization.




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That's not even a "Next Generation" PC. It's about 2 generations old with the CPU.

And if you hope to play games on it, you will be incredibly disappointed with it's On-board Intel graphics and a Power Supply that will probably blow up if you threw any semi-decent graphics card into it, maybe even taking the entire system with it or setting your house on fire.

You get what you pay for.

I highly suggest you build it yourself, plenty of guides on Youtube, heck AMD showed a monkey upgrading a PC. - It really is that easy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DPQW0e9ufM

You will save money and/or get a faster PC, learn something and possibly better reliability with higher quality components.




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Don't bother with that PC.



I'm no expert, but based on what I've heard, this guy is cutting corners. His power supply thing is the bare minimum for a gaming PC of THIS day and age, and considering how many things are left out (Operating System, Hard Drive, Memory, etc) you're almost certainly being ripped off for that price. Even if that PC is somehow good, you'll need at least a Windows 7 for about $60, at LEAST 8 GB of RAM for $60, and a hard drive for another $70. That brings you up to a total of nearly $700 for a PC of questionable quality that does not come with a Screen, Mouse or, Keyboard.

I have friends that do PC gaming, and they all pretty much agree on one point. You CAN get a PC that plays any game you want, if at a low quality, for as little as $400. HOWEVER, you have to either put it together yourself, have a friend do it for you, or be prepared to spend twice as much.

One last thing to note: what games are you going to play? To this day, playing Crysis with maxed out settings can set you back over $1500. However, you can play most games on High settings for $1000, provided you shop and assemble intelligently.

Do you already have a PC? Maybe you can use parts of that.



Salnax said:
I'm no expert, but based on what I've heard, this guy is cutting corners. His power supply thing is the bare minimum for a gaming PC of THIS day and age, and considering how many things are left out (Operating System, Hard Drive, Memory, etc) you're almost certainly being ripped off for that price. Even if that PC is somehow good, you'll need at least a Windows 7 for about $60, at LEAST 8 GB of RAM for $60, and a hard drive for another $70. That brings you up to a total of nearly $700 for a PC of questionable quality that does not come with a Screen, Mouse or, Keyboard.

I have friends that do PC gaming, and they all pretty much agree on one point. You CAN get a PC that plays any game you want, if at a low quality, for as little as $400. HOWEVER, you have to either put it together yourself, have a friend do it for you, or be prepared to spend twice as much.

One last thing to note: what games are you going to play? To this day, playing Crysis with maxed out settings can set you back over $1500. However, you can play most games on High settings for $1000, provided you shop and assemble intelligently.

Do you already have a PC? Maybe you can use parts of that.

it's a custom PC.  Scroll down and you select the parts from a dropdown list.  Sorry maybe should've explained that better in the OP




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Pemalite said:
That's not even a "Next Generation" PC. It's about 2 generations old with the CPU.

And if you hope to play games on it, you will be incredibly disappointed with it's On-board Intel graphics and a Power Supply that will probably blow up if you threw any semi-decent graphics card into it, maybe even taking the entire system with it or setting your house on fire.

You get what you pay for.

I highly suggest you build it yourself, plenty of guides on Youtube, heck AMD showed a monkey upgrading a PC. - It really is that easy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DPQW0e9ufM

You will save money and/or get a faster PC, learn something and possibly better reliability with higher quality components.

see EDIT




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Build your own PC. Much cheaper and you have the feeling of accomplishment.



Salnax said:

playing Crysis with maxed out settings can set you back over $1500. 


Spent £600 on my PC 3 years ago and can run Crysis on Max with no problems.

Shop around and look for deals on parts and assemble them yourself and you can build a very high power machine for a small amount of money.



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CGI-Quality said:
Cleary397 said:
Salnax said:

playing Crysis with maxed out settings can set you back over $1500. 


Spent £600 on my PC 3 years ago and can run Crysis on Max with no problems.

What's the max fps you get?

max? around 55

minumum around 32 with alot going on.



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