Sweet thread! I can finally begin working on a great desktop for gaming, hopefully I can do it fast before this one blows up....   +1 to you!

Edited January 21, 201313 yr by AlaskaStateTroopers224

Thanks for the input. I am going to go ahead and buy this setup with my income taxes, and then once I find a job I will upgrade the psu and cpu. Thanks Again! 

 

I hope you didn't spend the money yet. CPU is awful and will bottleneck the graphics card. The Pentium is an i3 that didn't meet spec at the factory, and has hyper-threading disabled because it didn't test stable. It's simply a cost saving CPU and nothing more. The name 'Pentium' doesn't belong anywhere near the word 'gaming' anymore.

Hello, i really want to upgrade/switch video cards from a Radeon to a GTX, but im not so much hardware smart as i am PC smart if that makes any sense. Im just not sure if a GTX Will work with my current setup. below is my specs and the cards im looking at.

 

My current setup

 

Manufacturer BIOSTAR Group
Processor AMD FX-4100 Quad-Core Processor (4 CPUs), ~3.6GHz
Memory 4096MB RAM
Hard Drive 640 GB
Video Card AMD Radeon HD 6700 Series
Physics Card No
Monitor HP 2009m
Soundcard Speakers (High Definition Audio Device)
Keyboard USB Root Hub
Mouse USB Root Hub
Mouse Surface Razor DeathAdder
Computer Case CM-311

 

 

Cards im looking at

 

http://www.amazon.com/EVGA-GeForce-Mini-HDMI-Graphics-01G-P3-1460-KR/dp/B0050I1PHO/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1358138670&sr=8-2&keywords=NVIDIA+GeForce+GTX+560

 

http://www.amazon.com/EVGA-GeForce-2048MB-Graphics-02G-P4-2651-KR/dp/B00966IOYS/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&qid=1358138700&sr=8-10&keywords=nvidia+geforce+gtx+660

 

Or if you have any recommendations they would be greatly appreciated.

Current Build:

3.4 ghz Phenom II 965 (Just popped it in on Friday, it's awesome; upgraded from a Phenom II 910 2.6ghz)

8GB DDR3, 666mhz RAM

300W PSU

Radeon HD 4350

 

With my current $185 budget, I was looking into the Radeon HD 7770 and a 600W PSU. Anyone have a 7770 now? How does it perform with GTAIV? Will a 500W PSU be good enough to handle it along with my PC, which also has 2 monitors, 2 HDDs? I saw someone maxed out BF3 and GTA IV with like 40 FPS with the 7770, but how will it do with an ENB or ICEnhancer? I'm probably gonna buy GTA V as well, do you think it might be handle to handle that? 

 

Not sure on the 7770 angle, Marine, but I would go higher with the PSU than 500 watts.  The higher the better, especially considering you've got two HDDs.

Ill go with a 600W one, only $10 more. The 4350 I have now is a >250W card, with a 125W CPU and those HDDs all on a 300W, but meh

Is there a good desktop i can buy at bestbuy or sams or frys something cuz i dont feel like waiting for an computer i have a little over 1000 dollars to spend

What would you guys suggest for a price point of about $600-$800?  I'm seeing a lot of the CyberPowerPC, which seems like alot of PC for the money.  Any other suggestion in that price point?  

 

I'm thinking of the following listed on Amazon:

 

CyberpowerPC Gamer Ultra GUA250 AMD FX-4100 Gaming Desktop PCCyberpowerPC Gamer Ultra GUA250 AMD FX-4100 Gaming Desktop PC

http://www.amazon.com/CyberpowerPC-GUA250-FX-4100-Gaming-Desktop/dp/B005TJKGTM/ref=sr_1_12?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1358350088&sr=1-12&keywords=desktops

 

Any suggestions on a good place to look for competitive prices?  I'm checking out Amazon, MicroCenter, Newegg.  Not sure where the best bargains can be found.  Other than my laptop I picked up 6-months ago, haven't looked into a new PC (desktop) in a few years.  I'm thinking if Microcenter has one, I'll be more than happy to spend a little more to have my new box immediately.

 

 

Thanks in advance!

 

Good day,

 

DrDetroit

 

3rd Generation Intel® Core™ i5-3570 Processor6

Operating system Windows® 87

Memory (RAM) 10GB PC3-10600 DDR38

Hard drive 2TB (7200RPM) SATA; 16GB disk-caching 2.5 solid state drive9

Wireless Integrated Bluetooth 4.0 and Wireless LAN 802.11a/b/g/n featuring Dual-band (2.4GHz and 5GHz) 2x2 MIMO technology10

Optical drive SuperMulti DVD Burner11

Video graphics AMD Radeon™ HD 7670 graphics card with 1GB GDDR5 dedicated memory. Up to 4830MB Total Available Graphics Memory as allocated by Windows® 8

Will this run good? Its an hp evny phenoix

Edited January 16, 201313 yr by TomballPD

You should be set and good to go, TomballPD. :D

 

XFX CORE Edition FX-777A-ZNF4 Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card

Asus p8b75m-mlga11

Windows 7

Intel core i5

Corsair 500watt

8gb ddr3-1333 st

500gb wd50000aakx 1

How is this?

More info on the processor? Also, a 500W is cutting it very close for a 7770

More info on the processor? Also, a 500W is cutting it very close for a 7770

Its a intel i5-3570 quad processor and how much should i run

Edited January 18, 201313 yr by TomballPD

Are you going to custom build this PC, or is this pre-built?

 

I'm going with a 600W PSU, and if you want to save even more money, get a Phenom II 965 (you probably need a new mobo), it's way cheaper for about equal performance. 

Custom build and this is just what the guy at the store recommended it came

Up to 1000 bucks

Edited January 18, 201313 yr by TomballPD

Most of the time, guys in stores have little to no clue what they're talking about. If you're starting from scratch, a good gaming PC shouldn't be more than maybe $600, or you can upgrade if you have a desktop now, for maybe like $360. If you want, PM me and I can help you find better parts for less.

hey im about to buy a pc parts i own as of now are a 650 watts power unit and a 1 GB nvidia gtx 550 ti

 

and this is what im looking at right now im not looking to spent 1000 on a computer just for a game lol, but im looking for a pc so that i can play the game much batter and not crash every 5 mns all so not looking to run 100 mods just looking to run the game better

 

here my combo plz tell me what you think

 

http://secure.newegg.com/Shopping/ShoppingCart.aspx?Submit=view

 

should i or not

Edited January 18, 201313 yr by colombia123

You have to link us to each part, not your basket

Does anyone think they would be able to find parts off newegg for me around $500-$600 for a custom gaming rig? 

Are you starting from scratch or upgrading?