Is it a good time now to build a gaming PC?
Due to fluctuating prices of individual components, one could argue that it’s never a good time to build a PC. For the most part, component prices aren’t bad. The exception to this is the GPU market. Due to the cryptocurrency mining mess, GPU prices are a lot higher than what they should be. Prices are slowly returning to normal which would lead me to the conclusion that one should build now because once nVidia’s next generation stuff comes out, prices for that will likely skyrocket and won’t be worth the purchase.Besides, one doesn’t need the bleeding edge of video cards to have a good experience. I still run a GeForce Titan which is a 7th gen GPU and I can still play most games on max settings at 1080p with no major frame rate issues. Bearing in mind that a GTX 1080 (10th gen) is about 130+% faster than my Titan, you could do 1440p gaming at max settings with no major frame rate issues.I usually budget about $2500 for a gaming rig. This gets me pretty close to top end and is usually the biggest bang for the buck. Spending more than this leads to diminishing returns on the investment. Unless of course you have money to burn and want the bleeding edge of gaming power. The rig I’m using currently, I built 5 years ago knowing that I wouldn’t have any opportunity to really upgrade so I sunk about $4000 into it, the Titan being $1000 of that cost at the time. It still works well for me today.A decent resource for keeping track of what’s going on is Maximum PC magazine. Especially when it comes to PC builds.
Could an alienware m14x r2 play next gen games?
Ok, so I'm a long term PC gamer (I build my own computer at the age of 9) and i tell you, DO NOT BUY ALIENWARE, It is waaaayyyy over priced, you can make the same exact computer with the same specs for about 700$. But since the PS4 is going to be cheap yet very powerfull (keep in mind it has 2 processors) Now if we are talking PC vs. Console. Steam, thats the xbox live or PSN on PC's, it has weekly/daily deals on big hit or indie games, which quite frankly the Xbox Live and PSN do not have. But if you don't have any experience with building computers (which is cheaper and better than buying a built one) I suggest you stay with console, because PC requires a lot of attention! Hope this helps
I5 2500k enough for next generation games ?
To offer a different perspective, instead of an R9 270X you could get another GTX 560 TI, or two for an SLI configuration, for possibly cheaper and better performance, certainly better temps for each card. For games, I wouldn't worry about upgrading the processor, unless you do other things too, or worried about a bottleneck. Of course, to save money, you could get the same socket-CPU, for compatibility with your current heatsink, and motherboard. You could always overclock what you already have too (RAM, CPU, GPU). Maybe upgrade PSU, if you change video cards/ add some. Adding another 8gb of RAM would increase peppiness but not necessary. (You could overclock your RAM too) An SSD would be the best upgrade in my opinion, as the speed increase is not task specific(Speeds up gaming, video editing, rendering, word processing, file access times, etc). But the downside is the high expense for large quantities. You could overclock(speed up rpm) your current HDD, or do a RAID config, to get higher access speeds too. Good Luck
I'm trying to get I to PC gaming is this good?
I will be honest I have absolutely no education about PC but I wanna play next gen games without being ripped off by Microsoft or Sony I specifically want one game Fallout 4 >:D but antsy ways here are the details tell me if it can run fallout 4 Details: at high performance Acer Aspire R3-471T-53LA Convertible Touch Notebook comes with these high level specs: 5th Generation Intel Core i5-5200U Processor 2.2GHz with Turbo Boost Technology up to 2.7GHz, Windows 8.1, 14" HD (1366 x 768) widescreen LED-backlit display, Multi-touch screen, supporting 10-finger touch, Intel HD Graphics 5500, 6GB of DDR3L SDRAM Memory, 1TB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive, Secure Digital (SD) card reader,