New and Need Advice

[luckydutch23]

Hey guys, 

 

I'm new to the PC gaming world and need some advice. What would you say is the best pre-built gaming PC for $1000? It would help if its decent at 3D rendering as well, since my girlfriend is an Interior design major and will be using it to render her designs. I was looking into cyberpower and they seemed pretty good. Do any of the pre built come with wireless cards? 

 

Thanks for all the help.

 

[WAR Corporation]

You're better off learning how to build a pc. Trust me, there's some usefull youtube videos about it and you won't regret it!

[CatXice]

ye building a system is a lot easier then u will think and if u need the compute power for the 3d rander maybe vega and ryzen might be a good deal for u as vega's compute power is looking strong

[Zyndo]

10 minutes ago, luckydutch23 said:

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buying a prebuilt is like buying a laptop.... don't look at brands. look at hardware. if cyberpower has the best hardware for your price range, then get that. prebuilts are usually difficult to recommend since you don't get to choose their configurations, and they may not be properly balanced for your specific workloads.

Are you against building your own PC? its pretty darn easy and would allow you to better fine tune your needs. you also tend to get a slightly better deal on a build it yourself PC since you aren't paying someone else to spec it out and build it for you.

[Qi_Forever]

Does not matter what pre-built system you buy, as long as it has a spare PCI-E slot you could always add your own wireless card at a later date.

 

 $1000 will get you a decent mid range gaming pc.  Just do your homework on the Graphics Card and CPU inside.  Have a think about how you might want to upgrade the system in the future.

[AniJan]

Don't buy pre-build computers. Most are not good, or at least you can get something much better.

Build your own computer. 

[WAR Corporation]

1 minute ago, Zyndo said:

Are you against building your own PC? its pretty darn easy and would allow you to better fine tune your needs. you also tend to get a slightly better deal on a build it yourself PC since you aren't paying someone else to spec it out and build it for you.

We could probably give him the PC specs. (Also @luckydutch23, there's a great website to see if the parts are compatible: pcpartpicker.com).

[luckydutch23]

I'm definitely not against building my own, from what I can tell it really isn't that hard, would just need some recommendations for hardware, since like I mentioned i'm pretty novice and don't know much yet, especially when it come to hardware specs.

[Qi_Forever]

Is it not the law that ones first PC must be a pre-built hehe.  I remember back in 1999 blah blah ......

[WAR Corporation]

1 minute ago, luckydutch23 said:

I'm definitely not against building my own, from what I can tell it really isn't that hard, would just need some recommendations for hardware, since like I mentioned i'm pretty novice and don't know much yet, especially when it come to hardware specs.

Great!!

 

Alright, basically this video explains to you PC hardware compatibility: 

Also pcpartpicker.com helps you!!

 

This video shows step by step of putting a PC together:

 

 

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If you really want, we can select the PC parts you need and give you a list in pcpartpicker.com. Building a PC is not that hard

 

 

 

[WAR Corporation]

@luckydutch23 Also, you can watch some more videos about pc building and remember: If you have any question, post here and we'll help ya!

[Donut417]

6 minutes ago, luckydutch23 said:

need some recommendations for hardware

Stay away from USB networking products. Only use Internal PCI Express wireless cards, or better yet looking in to Power line, MOCA or Ethernet. 

[luckydutch23]

4 minutes ago, WAR Corporation said:

Great!!

 

Alright, basically this video explains to you PC hardware compatibility: 

Also pcpartpicker.com helps you!!

 

This video shows step by step of putting a PC together:

 

 

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If you really want, we can select the PC parts you need and give you a list in pcpartpicker.com. Building a PC is not that hard

 

 

 

if you wouldn't mind building a list and sending it to me that would be awesome. $1000 is my budget. And like I mentioned I'm going to need a wireless card as well. Don't need a monitor, I have one I can use for the time being.

 

Thanks

[Qi_Forever]

Just pop around his house WAR, you could be his personal guru/mentor.  

 

As the cliche goes it's so easy when you know how.  PC building in my experience can be learn by your mistakes. I made so many mistakes though the years (can laugh about them now). 

 

Wish I had known a lot more that I did, when I purchasing my first PC.  Eureka YouTube build guides where born   

 

Question is can you be a pre-build PC owner and call your-self an enthusiast.

[WAR Corporation]

@luckydutch23 What about this one? https://pcpartpicker.com/list/P9hYjc But it doesn't have the wifi card. Maybe a little help by @Qi_Forever, @AniJan, @Donut417 would be appreciated!

[AniJan]

Er.. I'm not too familiar with tech, but I'll try my absolute best to help.

[WAR Corporation]

@luckydutch23 That pcpartpicker list has pretty solid specs. The only thing you need is just a wifi card and since I'm not too familiar with those, I can't help you a whole lot.

[Donut417]

7 minutes ago, WAR Corporation said:

@luckydutch23 What about this one? https://pcpartpicker.com/list/P9hYjc But it doesn't have the wifi card. Maybe a little help by @Qi_Forever, @AniJan, @Donut417 would be appreciated!

You have to link the permalink. Because other wise we get to our own PCpartpicker builds. 

[WAR Corporation]

2 minutes ago, Donut417 said:

You have to link the permalink. Because other wise we get to our own PCpartpicker builds. 

How to do that though?

[Donut417]

Just now, WAR Corporation said:

How to do that though?

When you in the build area, there is a permalink text bar. It will have a link in it and you use that one instead. Right under the current parts list heading. 

[WAR Corporation]

@luckydutch23 @Donut417

[Donut417]

1 minute ago, WAR Corporation said:

@luckydutch23 @Donut417

yeah thats the link, it links directly to your build.