How should I go about building my first PC?
A good site to use when putting together a system build is PC Part Picker. Click on the button to start a new system build. It will present you with a template for looking up and adding each component of the build. Once you click the link for a component (e.g., the CPU is generally first), it switches to a list of CPUs with the current lowest price it knows of for each one. On that list, there are a whole set of filters to whittle down what's might be a huge list to a smaller list pretty quickly. For CPUs, it's things like Intel vs AMD, price range, clock speed CPU socket type (which is specific to Intel or AMD, so some filters are duplicative).If you click on a specific CPU model (e.g., Intel Core i5-6600K), it will display more details about that part including a list of from one to ten (seems to be the limit - maybe eight) resellers for the part. Newegg, Microcenter, Amazon, B&H Photo Video are typically included.It's smart enough that once you add one component - let's say a CPU, it will by default gray out other components that are compatible such as a motherboard that doesn't have the same type of socket as the CPU you've already added to the build. It also tallies up an estimate of the worst case power draw, so you can size the power supply correctly. As a case in point, I was putting together a system recently, which included an optical Blu-Ray reader DVD/CD writer. PC Part Picker warned me that the case I added later had no external 5 1/4" bays for the optical drive in which the optical drive could be mounted. I hadn't even noticed that all the 5 1/4" bays were internally accessible only. That was a pretty good catch in my opinion.If you sign up (which is free to do) you can save and publish your list (for others to comment on). There are dozens of sample builds other people have recently put together.
How much should i spend on my first gaming pc?
Hmm! sounds that you are buying a new PC. Here it goes what i recommend to play all the latest games of 2013 and after FOR LIMITED BUDGET AMD FX-6300 Processor which has SIX CORES of 3.5 GHz with Turbo Boost of 4.1 GHz and it uses 95 Watts Power or any AMD Processor but at-least it should be of 4 Cores also knows as Quad Core and should be above 3.0 GHz. Never buy Dual Core Processor or you will not be able to play latest games and main thing buy FX Processors only because it is new like Intel i5 or i7 Crosair 4 GB RAM DDR3 of 1333 MHz or 1600 MHz depending on your motherboard (4GB X 2) Sticks = 8GB RAM. Buy only Crosair Company RAM if you want your games to run very smoother like butter 1 GB DDR5 Graphics Card or 2 GB DDR5. Note: Never buy any DDR3 Graphics card because you will not get high picture details and your game can lag very much. Buy only DDR5 Graphics Card which have 128-Bits or above. Never buy 64-Bits graphics card or you have to forgot playing latest games. I will recommend you to buy Nvidia Graphics Card if your budget is high or else AMD/ATI Graphics Card they produce less heat and its cheaper and consume less power than Nvidia Cards Any Mouse and Keyboard Hard Disk of 500 GB Any Motherboard with AM3 Socket for AMD Processors. Buy Motherboard of Gigabyte, Asus Companies they are best Power Supply Unit (PSU) of above 500 Watts if you are using graphics card FOR HIGH BUDGET The only thing here is processor buy Intel i5 3570k which is third generation processor but costs 2 times more than AMD FX-6300 but the performance is 10%-15% high than AMD FX-6300 Processor Specs are 3.4 GHz Quad Core with Turbo Boost of 3.8 GHz Crosair 16 GB RAM (8GB X 2) = 16 GB Nvidia 1 GB DDR5 or 2 GB DDR5 of 128-bits or if you need higher go for 192-Bits HDD 1 TB of 9600 RPM (Rotation Per Minute) or above. More RPM means higher write and read speeds
I want to build a gaming pc but i know nothing about computers can anyone help?
i bought a cheap gaming pc about a year ago for an mmo that was coming out and i didnt care it was one of the worse pc's out there i just didnt want to play on my laptop. However, in the last year i have gravitated more and more away from consoles and towards pc gaming i got a steam account and i have bought about 20ish games on there in the last year and now game on my pc almost exclusively. Thus, i have realised that this pc just is not up for the job and i want to get something better however, i know nothing (absolutely nothing) about pc's and what is best for gaming. all i know is that the internet has a majority of people saying it is better to build your own pc than buy a pre-built one. but like i said i cant make heads or tails of anything else so i was wondering if anyone could help me with this and give me tips or just plain outright tell me what i should do in a simple enough way that i could understand For example if it is better to build instead of buy should i build a new pc from scratch or should i upgrade my current pc? My current PC: http://support.acer.com/product/default.aspx?modelId=4111 http://us.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/series/predatorg
When building a gaming pc what specs do you want?
What im trying to learn is what specs actually matter when it comes to gameing. For the CPU will the cores or Ghz affect FPS the most and whats the difference between intel and AMD? For the GPU is it the speed that you want to pay attention to or the amount of GB it has?
Should i build a gaming pc or buy a desktop?
im going to buy a new desktop basically gonna make a gaming set up (new desk, monitors for my xbox one and ps4 etc..) now i was just gonna buy a desktop from bestbuy either a hp or lenovo but bunch of my friends say build your own gaming pc. now, i dont really play games on pc i just want a very good performing desktop. 600-700 is what im willing to spend and i want to know should i buy a desktop or build one? would a gaming pc perfom better than a desktop that i would buy at best buy?
I'm really nervous about building my first computer?
I have built several computers... really it is pretty easy... don't force anything...memory installation, CPU, plugs, wires.... all should come into place easy. If your cpu and memory is already installed half the battle is done... if not remember only a small dot of thermal paste is required between CPU and heat sink. Be VERY careful with CPU install - those gold pins bend EASY... Careful with mobo install to case and plug power to the mobo LAST after all other connections. make sure everything is seated properly and you should be fine.