Could somebody help me build my PC?

[asado999]

Hello! I am 13 years old and I was thinking of building my own PC. Is this risky? Or maybe too challenging? Either way, I have a budget of 3,000$ which I think would be more than enough for a monster gaming system.
So first of all, could anybody of you contact me on Skype to discuss this in more depth and perhaps guide me through the process of actually building it.

 

[John Bauer-1363825]

For a first build I wouldn't recommend a rig over $1,000, too much risk.

 

[hpdeskjet]

Hello.

Have you checked out this very informative guide yet?

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/274745-31-step-step-guide-building

 

[asado999]

For a first build I wouldn't recommend a rig over $1,000, too much risk.

Thanks, I'll build a test rig for 300$ and then I'll get to buuilding the real thing.

 

[Sangeet Khatri]

For a first build I wouldn't recommend a rig over $1,000, too much risk.

Thanks, I'll build a test rig for 300$ and then I'll get to buuilding the real thing.

It is not a solution at all. Building a budget rig is nowhere as close as building a 3000 dollar beast. Anyways you do not need a build for more than 1200-1500 dollars. Going over that would be like foolishly throwing money away. Hence I will soon post a good build for around that price. You do NOT need a 3000 dollar build to max out all games. The 1500 rig should be able to do that too.

 

[asado999]

For a first build I wouldn't recommend a rig over $1,000, too much risk.

Thanks, I'll build a test rig for 300$ and then I'll get to buuilding the real thing.

It is not a solution at all. Building a budget rig is nowhere as close as building a 3000 dollar beast. Anyways you do not need a build for more than 1200-1500 dollars. Going over that would be like foolishly throwing money away. Hence I will soon post a good build for around that price. You do NOT need a 3000 dollar build to max out all games. The 1500 rig should be able to do that too.

I don't just want to play today's games, I want to be able to edit 4K video and play games that will come out in 3 or 4 years.
I was thinking of getting two 780's and an i7 Extreme with 32Gigs ram ofcourse. Is that a good build?

 

[Sangeet Khatri]

This is the most powerful rig for gaming right now (unless you want to throw money for no reason). This build should be able to max out any game at 1080p easily. It should also play with 30+ FPS even at 1440p Ultra without problem. So this is a very good rig. And you really should not spend more than this much amount of money for a gaming rig. There is no point in throwing money away for no reason. So here is the beast :

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($199.99 @ Microcenter)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock Z87 Extreme4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($144.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Gaming Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($119.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: Galaxy GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card ($649.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Corsair 500R Black ATX Mid Tower Case ($84.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 750W 80 PLUS Gold Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($89.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.74 @ Amazon)
Total: $1574.64
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-07-24 11:45 EDT-0400)

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