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| Thread ID: 124136 | 2012-04-08 16:38:00 | $1000 gaming computer build needed | sneaky devil (16740) | Press F1 |
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| 1268921 | 2012-04-08 16:38:00 | basically, all I have is a grand to make a computer (not including monitor, key board etc) which I intend to use for gaming. I'm fairly new to choosing parts so help would be much appreciated Cheers. |
sneaky devil (16740) | ||
| 1268922 | 2012-04-08 19:25:00 | If you are from New Zealand you wouldn't get much for 1000 NZ $, but if you are you could look at something like this www.computerlounge.co.nz :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 1268923 | 2012-04-08 20:58:00 | Well I thought it was a fun Idea to see if I could do it, using www.pp.co.nz I came up with this list; www.pp.co.nz case $69 www.pp.co.nz PSU $108 www.pp.co.nz Motherboard $96 www.pp.co.nz i3 2100 $179 www.pp.co.nz RAM $51 www.pp.co.nz 6850 $269 www.pp.co.nz DVD $50 www.pp.co.nz HDD $120 www.pp.co.nz windows 7 $152 Total $1094 (+$65 if you want them to assemble it) Personally I think for gaming it's about as good as you can do for around $1000, you could swap the Video card for www.pp.co.nz and save $65 but I would go the 6850 myself because of it's superior gaming potential. Also I normally go for Nvidia cards but on a budget this tight ATI/AMD have better pricing and they are great cards still. I like paradigm pc's but if you shop around you can probably save a little, I just use them for links because I find they have one of the better selections of cheaper parts and an easy to use website. If you go for cheaper parts don't buy a crappy PSU, it's one part you really want to be quality. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1268924 | 2012-04-09 01:03:00 | Yeah the 6850 isn't bad, I'd keep that and maybe scrimp another few dollars off the CPU if you really had to. Nicely done though by dugimodo! :D | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1268925 | 2012-04-09 04:17:00 | hiya. thanks a bunch dugimodo :) I just noticed that the mother board has an on board graphics which i was wondering if I'd need as I was planning to get a separate graphics card :illogical |
sneaky devil (16740) | ||
| 1268926 | 2012-04-09 04:37:00 | No you don't need onboard graphics as the card will be what your using but since a lot of boards come with it I wouldn't worry as it's cost and performance not features your looking at here | gary67 (56) | ||
| 1268927 | 2012-04-09 05:49:00 | yeah sneaky devil dugimodo has really done a nice job of putting that together for ya. and yes it will run minecraft very well :P | Slankydudl (16687) | ||
| 1268928 | 2012-04-09 10:07:00 | All sandybridge CPU's except a few new models have inbuilt graphics only the P67 boards don't give you access to it but the CPU still has the feature. Can be handy for trouble shooting too. The Motherboard I linked is a cheaper model, and all the cheap ones have onboard graphics curiously enough. It doesn't affect gaming and you will actually have to spend more to get a board without this feature - one of the quirks of PCs :) I just linked what I would buy on that budget, my actual machine is a lot more powerful but I also have a 2nd computer with a 6770 and it does surprisingly well. The beauty of going sandybridge is you should have upgrade options for a decent amount of time if you decide later you need more power, serious gamers would usually buy a Z68 board but slap an i7, 8GB of RAM, and a high end graphics card on one of these cheap boards and they'd have trouble showing you the difference (short of multiscreen SLI gaming anyway) edit; Just noticed the case has a 370W PSU with it, don't attempt to use it. I just picked that one because of the price but if you do get it, throw away or sell the PSU and buy a decent one. 370W is not suitable for gaming. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1268929 | 2012-04-11 05:01:00 | so if i were to get a case with any 500W PSU would it work fine, or do i need a specific 500W PSU? | sneaky devil (16740) | ||
| 1268930 | 2012-04-11 05:26:00 | In theory any 500w psu should work but the problem is that generally cases that come with psus come with cheap nasty psus. Which generally aren't even the listed wattage. This basically sums up cheap power supplies: www.youtube.com buying a good brand significantly reduces your chances of accidentally blowing up the rest of your computer. | icow (15313) | ||
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