Carl Holcomb
Geek Trainee
For people with only $1,000 to spend, you will want a machine that can play games relatively well. My $600 rig that I built 8 months ago can play WoW at maximum graphics at over 200 FPS.
If you have a budget of around $9,000, go here for the worlds best computer http://www.hardwareforums.com/threads/building-your-own-gaming-masterpiece.28900/
Your Going to start with a video card, because it is the most important part of a gaming pc, and is going to take up close to half of your budget.
Video Card-Galaxy GTX 580 Fermi $465
Next you need a CPU that is at least dual core and 3.0Ghz, you want the best one you can find for under $200.
CPU-Intel i3-560 3.33Ghz $150
Then you need a cheap motherboard with the right socket for that processor which happens to be LGA 1156, which is good if you want to upgrade it in the future because of all the CPU's with that socket type. The motherboard makes no difference in performance, so cheap is good.
Motherboard-ECS H57H-M Black Series $80
Next you need RAM with a same maximum speed as the maximum speed as the motherboard and enough to fit both channels for maximum bit rate.
RAM-Corsair XMS3 4x2Gb=8Gb DDR3 1333Mhz $75
Then you need a simple hard drive. It should be at least 80Gb for at least two or three games.
HDD-Western Digital Caviar Blue 3.0Gb/s $40
You can buy a case down town at a computer shop with a power supply already in it, should be atleast 750W and should only be around $110-$200
Buy your own monitor based on what you want in a monitor.
A mouse and keyboard combo should only cost around $25.
Some 'OK' speakers should only cost about $20.
And don't be an idiot and forget your optical drive, you can buy one for around $15.
If you don't have quite $1,000, you could dumb down the video card quite a bit. My first build had a GT 440 from Galaxy. Its benchmarks are only half of a GTX 560, and the GTX 560 can't stand a chance against the GTX 580 that I have on this list. Yet my GT 440 could play World of Warcraft on max graphics at 90fps, and Crisis 2 on medium graphics at 41fps, and the video card only costed me $75.
If you are looking at purchasing your very own video card for less, go here http://www.hardwareforums.com/threads/picking-your-perfect-video-card.28899/
My second set up only costed me around $1020. And I am not advertising any of these products.
If you have a budget of around $9,000, go here for the worlds best computer http://www.hardwareforums.com/threads/building-your-own-gaming-masterpiece.28900/
Your Going to start with a video card, because it is the most important part of a gaming pc, and is going to take up close to half of your budget.
Video Card-Galaxy GTX 580 Fermi $465
Next you need a CPU that is at least dual core and 3.0Ghz, you want the best one you can find for under $200.
CPU-Intel i3-560 3.33Ghz $150
Then you need a cheap motherboard with the right socket for that processor which happens to be LGA 1156, which is good if you want to upgrade it in the future because of all the CPU's with that socket type. The motherboard makes no difference in performance, so cheap is good.
Motherboard-ECS H57H-M Black Series $80
Next you need RAM with a same maximum speed as the maximum speed as the motherboard and enough to fit both channels for maximum bit rate.
RAM-Corsair XMS3 4x2Gb=8Gb DDR3 1333Mhz $75
Then you need a simple hard drive. It should be at least 80Gb for at least two or three games.
HDD-Western Digital Caviar Blue 3.0Gb/s $40
You can buy a case down town at a computer shop with a power supply already in it, should be atleast 750W and should only be around $110-$200
Buy your own monitor based on what you want in a monitor.
A mouse and keyboard combo should only cost around $25.
Some 'OK' speakers should only cost about $20.
And don't be an idiot and forget your optical drive, you can buy one for around $15.
If you don't have quite $1,000, you could dumb down the video card quite a bit. My first build had a GT 440 from Galaxy. Its benchmarks are only half of a GTX 560, and the GTX 560 can't stand a chance against the GTX 580 that I have on this list. Yet my GT 440 could play World of Warcraft on max graphics at 90fps, and Crisis 2 on medium graphics at 41fps, and the video card only costed me $75.
If you are looking at purchasing your very own video card for less, go here http://www.hardwareforums.com/threads/picking-your-perfect-video-card.28899/
My second set up only costed me around $1020. And I am not advertising any of these products.