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pezus said:
Augen said:
I'd like to give a hypothetical to the more PC gamers.

I have always wanted a gaming PC, but honestly the PCs I have owned (and do own) tend to be pretty poor and anything released in past five years struggle on my current one (Guild Wars 2 was hilariously bad on it). I went to my friend's place this past Summer to see Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim with all these texture mods and my jaw dropped at how much better it looked.

Let us say I have a budget of $2,000 at some point in the year 2013. This would be for the following items.

1. A desktop computer (So, the processor, the motherboard, the video card, etc.)
2. A monitor
3. Mouse and Keyboard and likely some sort of gamepad
4. All assorted cables

Is this reasonable to play a recent game like Skyrim WITH all those fancy mods? If not, what would I be looking at? $3,000? $4,000?

Thank you for any help, my main hurdle to PC gaming has been not being familiar with building on. Go easy on me, I admit my ignorance on this aspect of gaming.

$2000 should be more than enough if you pick the right parts and don't pick an insanely expensive monitor.

(I quoted you because I have posts set to 100 post per page, and I didn't want to find his on the last page)

@ Augen: Yeah, easily. If you want any suggestions on monitors, keyboards, and mice, let us know! =) $2,000 is wayyyyyyyy more than enough for all of that. You could probably get away with a $1,500 budget even (although depending on the monitor, it'll probably be higher).

 

Also, don't forget the external speakers! Unlesss of course you already have a great speaker setup.