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beast-n-beauty-queen said:

his? i'm not a male for the last time!

Sorry I will remember next time.



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You can spend over $2500 on just the monitors. That said, with your budget I would probably spend about $1500-$2000 on the PC and $300-1000 on the monitor(s). Absolute minimum 8GB of RAM (16GB better), You should go with 2560x1440 or 25560x1600 for the monitors although 1080x1920p can keep the costs of the monitor down. Also get at least 200GB of SSD and a 2TB HDD for mass storage will not hurt.

Mid range PC is $400-800. High end is generally $1000-$3000 (and more). If you are looking at over $2000 for just the PC (no monitor), then you tend to be getting into more server class, probably with Xeon CPU(s) and ECC memory designed for 24x7 operation, etc...

The more you spend, the quicker it depreciates. For example, you might want to consider spending $1250 now (ie: $1100 for PC and a $150 monitor), and in 3 years buy another PC for $1250. Chances are, in 3 years you will be able to get a better PC for $1250 than you could today for $2500.



jlauro said:
You can spend over $2500 on just the monitors. That said, with your budget I would probably spend about $1500-$2000 on the PC and $300-1000 on the monitor(s). Absolute minimum 8GB of RAM (16GB better), You should go with 2560x1440 or 25560x1600 for the monitors although 1080x1920p can keep the costs of the monitor down. Also get at least 200GB of SSD and a 2TB HDD for mass storage will not hurt.

Mid range PC is $400-800. High end is generally $1000-$3000 (and more). If you are looking at over $2000 for just the PC (no monitor), then you tend to be getting into more server class, probably with Xeon CPU(s) and ECC memory designed for 24x7 operation, etc...

The more you spend, the quicker it depreciates. For example, you might want to consider spending $1250 now (ie: $1100 for PC and a $150 monitor), and in 3 years buy another PC for $1250. Chances are, in 3 years you will be able to get a better PC for $1250 than you could today for $2500.


thanks your very helpful!



I will try to make a good config...

  • $250 Ivy Bridge motherboad
  • $300 Core i7-3770K
  • $600 SLI 2x GTX 760 or $650 GTX780
  • $150 16GB DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2400 (4 x 4GB)
  • $250 1250W Power Suppy or $150 850W Power Supply (SLI/Single)
  • $130 120GB SSD for boot/os/apps
  • $150 1TB HDD for data
  • $50 Case of your choice
  • $50 Keyboard and mouse of your choice
  • $1880 for Single GPU config
  • $1930 for Dual GPU (SLI) config

So the others $500 you can use to buy a really great Monitor of your choice

Guys... what do you think about this config? There are something better to add or remove? Choosing the component you can have even a cost close to $1500 with similar config.



ethomaz said:

I will try to make a good config...

  • $250 Ivy Bridge motherboad
  • $300 Core i7-3770K
  • $600 SLI 2x GTX 760 or $650 GTX780
  • $150 16GB DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2400 (4 x 4GB)
  • $250 1250W Power Suppy or $150 850W Power Supply (SLI/Single)
  • $130 120GB SSD for boot/os/apps
  • $150 1TB HDD for data
  • $50 Case of your choice
  • $50 Keyboard and mouse of your choice
  • $1880 for Single GPU config
  • $1930 for Dual GPU (SLI) config

So the others $500 you can use to buy a really great Monitor of your choice

Guys... what do you think about this config? There are something better to add or remove? Choosing the component you can have even a cost close to $1500 with similar config.


i already got the monitor..so i guess i just add some more power to it?



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ethomaz said:

I will try to make a good config...

  • $250 Ivy Bridge motherboad
  • $300 Core i7-3770K
  • $600 SLI 2x GTX 760 or $650 GTX780
  • $150 16GB DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2400 (4 x 4GB)
  • $250 1250W Power Suppy or $150 850W Power Supply (SLI/Single)
  • $130 120GB SSD for boot/os/apps
  • $150 1TB HDD for data
  • $50 Case of your choice
  • $50 Keyboard and mouse of your choice
  • $1880 for Single GPU config
  • $1930 for Dual GPU (SLI) config

So the others $500 you can use to buy a really great Monitor of your choice

Guys... what do you think about this config? There are something better to add or remove? Choosing the component you can have even a cost close to $1500 with similar config.


The case will be slighly more expensive and I'd pick an extra 1TB HDD. They fill up rather quickly as your gaming library grows. Otherwise that's a great example of a build right there, me thinks. A lot of futureproofing, really.



 

 

 

 

 

haxxiy said:

The case will be slighly more expensive and I'd pick an extra 1TB HDD. They fill up rather quickly as your gaming library grows. Otherwise that's a great example of a build right there, me thinks. A lot of futureproofing, really.

I just get some part in the newegg... they are better configs if you research... I just tried to make a example.

If I will buy a gaming PC then I will check and research the part I want but the things will be close to that I guess ... maybe a 250GB SSD or other things.



If you are into notebooks, I have one of these and it seems like a good start point for you:

http://www.dell.com/us/p/inspiron-15r-se-7520/pd

It can play many games on good configs (runs GTA IV on a good 30 FPS average - give or take - on 720p and also the last Max Payne in 900p with ease). I am playing Darksiders 1 on it now on 1080p and almost 50 FPS average. The dual Video Cards thing can be a bit tricky for beginners tough, but it is good value for money in my opinion.



If you're gaming at 1080p, I'd say $1500 will let you max just about everything on the market out. I play at 2560x1440 so my system is closer to $2200.



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TheDarkShape said:
If you're gaming at 1080p, I'd say $1500 will let you max just about everything on the market out. I play at 2560x1440 so my system is closer to $2200.


hmm interesting...it seems like theres not too many pc gamers in here...mostly playstation fans around here..which is okay though.