First PC Build Ever! Suggestions needed!

[BigD1ckJankins]

Hi All,

 

I live in St. Louis, Missouri and I am interested in building a gaming oriented pc within the 800-900 dollar range. I'm not very knowledgeable about how to avoid bottlenecking in a system so any suggestions would be great! I'm not really in the need of a keyboard or a mouse, but any suggestions on cheap, relatively nice monitors (not included in overall budget itself) are more than welcome. I'd like to be able to game in ultra settings on whatever game I play with decent frame rates. Budget is tight so I'd really like to stick to the price that has been set. This is going to be my first build so please help! If you have any questions for me, I'll try my best to answer in a timely fashoin.

 

Thanks Again,

Alec

[Semper]

First, welcome to the forum!

 

This would be my recommended build:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($169.98 @ NCIX US) 

Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($64.99 @ Newegg) 

Memory: Team Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($56.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($98.98 @ SuperBiiz) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.99 @ Newegg) 

Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 2GB WINDFORCE Video Card  ($249.99 @ Newegg) 

Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($39.99 @ NCIX US) 

Power Supply: NZXT HALE82 V2 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($59.99 @ Newegg) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit)  ($90.26 @ OutletPC) 

Total: $881.16

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-29 02:27 EST-0500

 

You could easily drop the SSD and pickup a GTX 970, get better raw performance, however, I feel that an SSD generally improves your overall computer, and Windows experience.

As for monitors, based off of your budget, i'm assuming that you're looking at 1080p monitor(s)?

You looking for a single, dual, triple, or larger setup?

[BigD1ckJankins]

Thank you so much for the super speedy response! Regarding the parts you recommended, what type of performance could I expect from this machine? And in regards to the monitors a single bright 1080p display would be fine for my needs.

[Semper]

Thank you so much for the super speedy response! Regarding the parts you recommended, what type of performance could I expect from this machine? And in regards to the monitors a single bright 1080p display would be fine for my needs.

You could expect to max out, or reach high levels on everything but the most demanding games. The 770 is a very solid card. It's a generation old, and not top of the line from the previous generation - that title goes the 780Ti) but still plenty sufficient for 1080p gaming.

 

My recommendation on a monitor would be the Asus VS238H-P

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-monitor-vs238hp

it's a 23" 60hz 1080p TN panel.

[BigD1ckJankins]

Thank you very much for taking the time to respond!

[Semper]

Thank you very much for taking the time to respond!

Any time!

Should you have any more questions, ask away, this forum is here to help!

As a side note, quoting posts allows people to see that you've responded to them.

[Recon97]

Hi All,

 

I live in St. Louis, Missouri and I am interested in building a gaming oriented pc within the 800-900 dollar range. I'm not very knowledgeable about how to avoid bottlenecking in a system so any suggestions would be great! I'm not really in the need of a keyboard or a mouse, but any suggestions on cheap, relatively nice monitors (not included in overall budget itself) are more than welcome. I'd like to be able to game in ultra settings on whatever game I play with decent frame rates. Budget is tight so I'd really like to stick to the price that has been set. This is going to be my first build so please help! If you have any questions for me, I'll try my best to answer in a timely fashoin.

 

Thanks Again,

Alec

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/bVW9FT

 

There you go!

[BigD1ckJankins]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/bVW9FT

 

There you go!

Thanks!

[Recon97]

Thanks!

Its much better and reasonable

[natelliot123]

no offence to any1  but all the builds mentioned above sucks

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($169.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: A-Data Premier Pro SP600 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB WINDFORCE 3X Video Card  ($334.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair CSM 450W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Monitor: LG 22MP55HQ-P 60Hz 22.0" Monitor  ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $904.89
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-29 09:05 EST-0500

 

u spend about 1/3rd of budget on gpu if u build a gaming pc