Last summer I came around the forums looking to build a rig for around 1200 dollars I think. Not too keen on the exact number, but it doesn't matter. Well, turns out I never followed through. I blew through most of my money unwisely throughout that summer and ended up without the dream rig. Boohoo.
Now, with all the news from E3 and so forth on the new consoles, I'm pretty interested in seeing about ACTUALLY building a setup. This time I think I'd like to aim for around 750-850 dollars. A little less, but from what I've read that's the around the sweet spot to get a good computer that'll run most of the recent games and future games on high or max-ish settings. I've built up a pretty beefy backlog of games on Steam over the year or so, because I know eventually I'll invest in building myself a rig. I have around 36 games, which isn't too much, but it's more than I have physically on my current gen systems. The most graphically intense game on the list looks like Red Orchestra 2, and L4D2.
I'm currently running on a Gateway NV55C Notebook, and lemme tell you this thing is really not cutting it for me anymore. I keep convincing myself that it will possibly play less graphically intense games like FEZ and such, but it crashes the damn thing if I even try to boot it up. It can barely run Hotline Miami before crashing. So, with the help of the wonderful community, I'd like to put together a build. Last time I did it by just throwing a bunch of crap together cluelessly, but if anyone would be willing to help, I'd like the direction and advice of you guys. Last time I posted a topic, everyone who contributed was incredibly friendly and insightful. I'd like to be able to play games like BF3, Planetside 2, the upcoming BF4, as well as some of the other interesting ones coming out at 1080p at around 60fps, if that's possible on this budget. I'm not too familiar on how it works. I have a PS4 pre-ordered but if I can get a damn good build on the budget I have, I may hold back on purchasing one until the announcement of some more exclusives (especially from Naughty Dog).
Anyways, enough of the clutter. Conclusion: I'd like to build a gaming rig for around 750-850 dollars, that can run most games around 60fps on higher settings. I'd like your help and guidance on this one. Thank you guys very much.
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