Recently I've been looking into building my first PC, and I've been searching around to see what my budget should be to include everything I would need for what I want to be doing with the PC. However, I've stumbled upon a few things that have given me some questions.
I researched around to see what people suggest for a medium gaming pc that is great for multitasking multiple programs and running high end software for when I need to do work, and also play some medium end games if I would like. I also researched this at different price ranges and I have become confused a bit.
When I look at PC's in the $600-$800 range, there seems to be a great list of parts that will supposedly work well for what I need. However, the problem occurs when I start to look at higher price ranges to see how much extra performance I can get for my money. At the $800-$1000 range, I notice the only differences in the builds, are that a slightly more expensive video card is used, and that's about it. I am confused if that slightly more expensive video card is really that much better that it is worth increasing my budget. When I look at PC's at the $1000-$1200 range, I still see the same thing, people continue to pick the same processor and ram and other parts as the $600-$800 build, but choose a slightly better video card and sometimes add in an ssd hard drive. I guess my question is, how much performance boost does this actually bring? I realize the video card is supposed to be the most important piece of a gaming pc, but is it really worth it to get a $350 video card when you can get a $180 one that according to others, seems to be worthy of a buy?
I researched around to see what people suggest for a medium gaming pc that is great for multitasking multiple programs and running high end software for when I need to do work, and also play some medium end games if I would like. I also researched this at different price ranges and I have become confused a bit.
When I look at PC's in the $600-$800 range, there seems to be a great list of parts that will supposedly work well for what I need. However, the problem occurs when I start to look at higher price ranges to see how much extra performance I can get for my money. At the $800-$1000 range, I notice the only differences in the builds, are that a slightly more expensive video card is used, and that's about it. I am confused if that slightly more expensive video card is really that much better that it is worth increasing my budget. When I look at PC's at the $1000-$1200 range, I still see the same thing, people continue to pick the same processor and ram and other parts as the $600-$800 build, but choose a slightly better video card and sometimes add in an ssd hard drive. I guess my question is, how much performance boost does this actually bring? I realize the video card is supposed to be the most important piece of a gaming pc, but is it really worth it to get a $350 video card when you can get a $180 one that according to others, seems to be worthy of a buy?
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