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Thread ID: 131146	2013-04-28 04:16:00	Budget Gaming	darkoverlord123 (16996)	Press F1

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1338610	2013-04-29 03:31:00	you can easily build a full rig including monitor keyboard etc for $1100. you just wont get amazing graphics on every game.	jonovw (16835)
1338611	2013-04-29 03:51:00	you can easily build a full rig including monitor keyboard etc for $1100. you just wont get amazing graphics on every game.I agree it's doable, just requires some smart choices. For example sticking with a smaller screen @ less than 1080p will let you game better on a cheaper graphics card. The higher the resolution you plan to game at the more graphics horsepower required.	dugimodo (138)
1338612	2013-04-29 04:30:00	You could get something like this built: nz.pcpartpicker.com (psu is a place holder for this: pricespy.co.nz). You could also go the i3 route, I figured more cores would help out in newer games hence the 6300. You could also get a 660 instead of the 7850, I'm recommending the 7850 because I know how well it overclocks. If you needed a screen I'd ditch the SSD and maybe roll the cpu back to a quad core or even an APU? (don't know what the NZ prices are like on those), you could also ditch 4gb of ram if you needed to.	icow (15313)
1338613	2013-04-29 05:09:00	I agree it's doable, just requires some smart choices. For example sticking with a smaller screen @ less than 1080p will let you game better on a cheaper graphics card. The higher the resolution you plan to game at the more graphics horsepower required. I find when im gaming that the highest possilbe resolution is better than other graphics settings put higher. Everything just looks sharper and better.	jonovw (16835)
1338614	2013-04-29 05:48:00	Without a monitor or any other peripherals, $1100 could actually get an ok gaming system (would be even better without having to include an OS if you already have a licensed copy).	pablo d (15490)
1338615	2013-04-29 06:20:00	I find when im gaming that the highest possilbe resolution is better than other graphics settings put higher. Everything just looks sharper and better. Of course yes, LCD's do not scale well and only look good at native resolution. My point was not to get a monitor with too high of a native resolution to begin with. A 1440 x 900 monitor at native resolution will game more smoothly than a 1920 x 1080 one on a budget machine but will be smaller. On the other hand if you get a 1920 x 1080 monitor and have to reduce the resolution to make it run smoothly as you point out it will not look good. Another note, while it's completely possible that you can get a reasonable gaming machine on that budget it will not likely be able to keep up with all new games that come out over the next 6-12 months. My expectation would be for a high end gaming machine to last 2-3 years without need for a major upgrade, a mid range machine to last 1-2 years, and a budget gamer to last 6-18 months. That's not to say they become useless, just that more and more new games will struggle or fail to run after that amount of time. On the other hand a good thing about PC gaming is the huge and cheap back catalogue of old games available without massive hardware requirements. I'd call $3k plus (if spent wisely) high end, $1.5K - $3K mid range, and <$1500 budget gaming. That's very rough though, by picking and choosing parts you can sometimes build a sub $2k machine that will game as good as most high end rigs. It might seem cheaper to get a budget machine, but if you game a lot over a period of years it can end up costing more. Depends on your situation of course.	dugimodo (138)
1338616	2013-04-29 06:24:00	Of course yes, LCD's do not scale well and only look good at native resolution. For gaming they aren't usually too bad at a lower resolution though as long as it's the same aspect ratio as the native resolution.	Agent_24 (57)
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