How much money do you really Need for a good pc

[TheMadMadness]

I think that you need about 500-600 $ to run basic games and to still keep enough money to save for good peripherals and future upgrades .

 

what do you think

[APrettyCoolWalrus]

$500? Maybe $800 or $900.

[Altecice]

depends what you want/expect to be able to do with it.

[Fred Castellum]

$800 for me. 

 

Depends on where you live too, extra taxes and whatnot are costly. 

[xXxYOLOxSWAGxXx_420BlazeIt]

£1500+ for one that will last a good ammount of time ( 3 years or so).

 

My current desktop was around £2000 for everything including monitors, and other peripherals. I dont plan on replacing it for at least another 1 or 2 years.

[Rorgash]

i want my games to look great and run at 60, soo.. quite high

[Admiaczking]

mine was close to $900, so probably $800 - $1000

[Umair]

Depends on location as prices can vary quite a bit.  But I would say more than $600.  I spent almost £600 on my PC and I still took a shortcut or two.

[Guest]

$700 for high-ultra settings at 1080p

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2CGwyc

[kristaps552]

Define ''good''.

[ForsakenLive]

For a good 1080p gaming rig, $800 is enough, if you are fine with high settings, and medium on some games, then a $600 PC can do wonders.

[Sauron]

Define ''good''.

 

this.

[Heisenbleurgh]

For a good 1080p gaming rig, $800 is enough, if you are fine with high settings, and medium on some games, then a $600 PC can do wonders.

I agree with this range, should be enough to get you going with pretty much any game if you're willing to lower quality in some of the newest ones.

[Probenja]

£1500+ for one that will last a good ammount of time ( 3 years or so).

My current desktop was around £2000 for everything including monitors, and other peripherals. I dont plan on replacing it for at least another 1 or 2 years.

Mine was less than $500 and I am sure it will last for more than 3 years, it might not be as powerful or as nice to use but it can do the same stuff as a hugely expensive PC.

[spwath]

mine was 600

[Briggsy]

I personally prefer to start with a solid base of higher end mobo/cpu/psu, and upgrade incrementally over time on the rest of the components. An unlocked i5/i7/fX8xxx cpu will likely be more than capable for high end GPUs 5 years from now, when 4k gaming has replaced 1080p as standard fair and dx12/Mentle have cut out a lot of cpu overhead. heck sandy bridge, even Nehalem cpus are still rockin high end rigs with new GPUs.

 

I think somewhere around $700-$1,000 for the PC itself (not including display, mouse/keyboard, speakers/headphones/microphone, other peripherals) is where rubber hits the road at 1080p for 2014 AAA titles. older titles, or less intensive gaming and you can probably cut your cost down to $400-$600.

[Solkia]

Most games don't require the horsepower of games used in benchmarks such as FarCry 3 or Crysis 3

 

You can get away with an Athlon X4 750K and a entry-level GPU like the R7 260, but it's not ideal.

[Jdogbf]

for a PC that can run BF4 On ultra at 100fps+, $700.

[Trik'Stari]

well, for what I want? somewhere between $10K and $20K

[SirReallySam]

$800 for me. 

 

Depends on where you live too, extra taxes and whatnot are costly. 

Agreed

[-iSynthesis]

Probably around 1000€ to run any current games at ultra at least on 1080p.

[13CA350]

I think US $750 is good, including shipping (From Newegg). I'm able to ship everything to a family member's address tax-free.

[Briggsy]

for a PC that can run BF4 On ultra at 100fps+, $700.

play on a low enough resolution, and you could theoretically play bf4 on a potato.

[chilicheeseburger]

About 1000 euros I guess.

Hardware ain't exactly cheap over here

[ThatAngryGnome]

650-800$ depending on your games and current sales.