help picking a new gaming pc

[Lloyd92]

Hi I'm new to this site and I'm looking to buy a new gaming desktop I know a little about computers but not enough to be able to build one, so I'm trying to find a gaming computer for under $1200 the games I play the most are WoW and starcraft 2 and I want to be able to run them with no issues on high - ultra graphics if anyone has any suggestions it would be greatly appreciated thatnks!

 

[jonnyp11]

i would really recomend building, i will a link to our the sites tutorial below, otherwise the best thing is probably ibuypower or cyberpowerpc.com, then i normally pic the cheapest one and costomize it exactly how i want it.

 

[wolfeking]

I know a little about computers but not enough to be able to build one,

if you can make a compression connection (like a wall socket), know how to use a screw driver, and can read a pin based wire diagram, you can build a computer. Its not as hard as most people make it out to be.

Check out these tutorials:
http://www.computerforum.com/104641-how-build-computer-step-step-photos.html

 

[Lloyd92]

http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/saved/1DJJP2
I was wondering if I could get some opinions on this build like I said I only know a little about computers so I put this together the best I could. Thanks!

 

[wolfeking]

your better off building your own. its not difficult, and there are guides all over the internet.

 

[Lloyd92]

I don't want to build one myself I'm not going to spend money on parts and risk messing something up and not knowing how to fix it if I wanted to build one I would have asked for opions on how to build one but I feel more comfortable just buying one.

 

[wolfeking]

ok, try this one on for size, post what customizations you made to that cyberpower one. You linked the base one.

Building your own nets better warranty, better quality, and perfection in parts selection.

 

[Lloyd92]

http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/system/CyberPower_Z68_Configurator/ that is the basic $635
http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/saved/1DJJP2. That is the one I did $1021

 

[wolfeking]

you dont understand. we can not see YOUR saved computer builds. Thats dependent on your account. You are linking your saved one, but it is showing us the $635 basic one.

 

[Lloyd92]

I upgraded to:
16GB (4GBx4) DDR3/1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Module
AMD Radeon HD 6870 1GB GDDR5 16X PCIe Video Card
950 Watts - XtremeGear Gaming Power Supply
Zonet ZEW1642S IEEE 802.11b/g/n 300Mbps PCI Wireless Adapter Network Card
Microsoft® Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit Edition

That's all i upgraded from the basic

 

[wolfeking]

you need a branded PSU. that one is crap.

good brands XFX, seasonic, silverstone, antec, PCpowerandcooling.

 

[Exo]

just a thought for you, but the GTX cards seem to benchmarking higher on WOW fps tests.. here is a post about it:

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/world-of-warcraft-cataclysm-directx-11-performance,2793.html

I love my 570... maxes out WOW on ultra settings and pulls 70-80 fps easy.

 

[claptonman]

I upgraded to:
16GB (4GBx4) DDR3/1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Module
AMD Radeon HD 6870 1GB GDDR5 16X PCIe Video Card
950 Watts - XtremeGear Gaming Power Supply
Zonet ZEW1642S IEEE 802.11b/g/n 300Mbps PCI Wireless Adapter Network Card
Microsoft® Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit Edition

That's all i upgraded from the basic

8GB of RAM is all you need.

950w is over kill for one card. Go for around 550-650w.

That power supply pretty much sucks, like wolfey said. Another good brand is corsair.

 

[the182guy]

Don't scrimp on the PSU, you'll be forever replacing it and it could damage your expensive hardware. 8GB RAM is plenty for gaming, there is no need for 16gigs with the current games.

Also don't bottleneck - ie expensive GPU and cheap CPU etc.

 

[Lloyd92]

OK I have made some changes let me know what you think and I appreciate all the help thanks a lot.

MEMORY:8GB (4GBx2) DDR3/1600MHz Dual Channel MemoryModule
POWERSUPPLY:850 Watts - Corsair CMPSU-850TXV280Plus Power Supply- Quad SLI Ready
VIDEO:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti 1GB 16X PCIe Video Card

 

[Darren]

850 watts is still unneccessary. If you're not going to SLI or Crossfire, a 650 watt PSU would run almost every video card. Otherwise looks good.

 

[Lloyd92]

OK thanks is this power supply any good I don't know anything about power supplies

POWERSUPPLY:750 Watts - Thermaltake TR2 RX Modular 80 Plus PSU - PN: TRX-750M

 

[claptonman]

Not really. Look for corsair, antec, PC power and cooling, silverstone, seasonic, and XFX. 750w is ok since you'll have room for another video card if you decide to upgrade to another one. But that may not be possible if your motherboard doesn't have enough 16x slots.

 

[Lloyd92]

So this one should get the job done with no issues?

750 Watts - Corsair CMPSU-750TXV280Plus Power Supply- Quad SLI Ready

 

[wolfeking]

yes, that one will get the job done well, and have enough power to add another GPU in the future.