I've been gaming on my laptop for quite a few years now but I have been researching a lot while trying to save getting back into the desktop PC game. I love my laptop but unfortunately, it is not able to keep up with the games I play heavily (along with the fact that I'm fairly certain my wireless internet adapter is going to die on me within a year so I rather act now than let that piece of hardware force my hand hastily). I've done a lot of research and am definitely looking for a build that will allow me to upgrade in the future, if what I want to do now is simply not within the budget. My priority is being able to run the games I play, at decent settings, with the ability to upgrade as I go. I'm sorry if this is wordy, I'm just trying to give the best possible explanation of my situation
Budget
-For purely the PC build itself, I'd like to stay under $1000, however I would be thrilled to be spending around $800 on the build and the extra $200 used for OS,keyboard,mouse,and speakers Resolution
1920x1080 would be perfect Games / Settings Desired
I play a lot of games but my top 4 are in order of importance: WoW Legion(Highest setting possible), The Sims 4 (I run with a ton of custom content, but not a lot of mods), Minecraft (run with mods and shaders), and Black Ops 3 (currently unrunnable on my laptop so I'd like to actually experience the game) Any other intensive software or special things you do (Frequent video encoding, 3D modeling, etc)
Nope! Just a lot of gaming/modding of games Country
United States Parts that can be reused
Possibly? I have a Xion Black Pearl II case that if it can be reused, that would be awesome, however I would looooove to get into watercooling (that's fine if it has to come later on due to budget, but I do want the flexibly to fit it in the case later on). I need literally everything else, power supply, cpu,gpu, soundcard, network adapter, hdd, optical drive,etc Do you need an OS?
I do...I guess my best best is Windows 10 Do you need peripherals (e.g. monitor, mouse, keyboard, speakers, etc)?
I do need everything that encompasses a new build. Depending where the pricing comes in is how I will determine if I want to spend more on the lovely RGB keyboard/mouse set ups I've seen now or if I'll have to opt for the budget versions from Big Lots for now, and upgrade later. A monitor is essential though (eventually also want the ability to have a dual monitor set up)
Now that I feel like I've written a book, I really hope I was able to explain clearly without being too confusing or flip-floppy.
Thank you all in advance!
You have a very tight budget but i was able to get everything you needed only going over 20 bucks. You really dont need liquid cooling for an i5 but the case allows for up to a 280mm radiator in the front, its one of the best selling cases on the market. Keyboard/mouse have 3 different color options, i just put red in there as it matched the case lol. They are actually pretty good quality mouse/keyboard for such a low price, ive onwed them before.
This is awesome! Thank you so much! The budget isn't a super hard one, and more so based on how quickly I would be able to pull this off. So going over a bit is fine, just another 2 weeks until my next check. If you had another $100-$200 to play with, what would you suggest putting it towards?
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