Approximate purchase date: Within 2 weeks
Budget: $800-1000 w/o rebates
System usage: Gaming
Parts not required: Monitor, mouse, keyboard
Parts preference: Buying from local retailers Country of origin: Taiwan
Parts preference: Intel cpu, Radeon 5xxx gpu
Overclocking / Crossfire: No / No
Monitor resolution: 1920x1080
Additional comments:
A while ago Ive asked for help on a ~$2000 gaming build and now both my cousins are wanting to build a new system too since their current is too old to upgrade. The listed budget is for a single computer tho, my cousins both have the same budget so i'll be building two identical PC's for them. I'm able to put together a computer just fine but as far as choosing parts for tighter budgets I'm lost for what gets the best performance. They want a Radeon 5xxx gpu for DX11 and prefer an intel cpu for some reason, no OC and CF. They mostly play fps games, occasionally mmorpgs and strategy.
Now, I have one concern myself. I couldnt really find a better category to post it in so Ill add it along in this post >_< I used to leave my computer at my cousins house and game with them during the weekends, since thats the only time I have to play and I dont have internet at my place. Ever since I've built my $2000 system I've not left it at their place anymore. Reason being, my cousins house is running on two prong outlets, probly ungrounded! I've heard that over time, static electricity will be able to collect and eventually build up to harmful levels. However, my parents house is the same and theyve used 3 laptops and 2 PC's for as long as I can remember and have no issues of hardware failures. My cousins and their parents have been doing this for years too and same, no problems. All the computers at my parents and cousins houses are probly no more than $300 each so they probably didnt care about the risk.
Would the size of the PSU affect this at all? What I mean is would a 750W or greater psu be more vulnerable to possible damages than a 450W or smaller psu on ungrounded two prong outlets? Or were they just lucky with their cheaper systems that are running just fine on two prong outlets until now and probably for years to come? If any of you guys have any input its more than welcome ^^
Thanks!
Budget: $800-1000 w/o rebates
System usage: Gaming
Parts not required: Monitor, mouse, keyboard
Parts preference: Buying from local retailers Country of origin: Taiwan
Parts preference: Intel cpu, Radeon 5xxx gpu
Overclocking / Crossfire: No / No
Monitor resolution: 1920x1080
Additional comments:
A while ago Ive asked for help on a ~$2000 gaming build and now both my cousins are wanting to build a new system too since their current is too old to upgrade. The listed budget is for a single computer tho, my cousins both have the same budget so i'll be building two identical PC's for them. I'm able to put together a computer just fine but as far as choosing parts for tighter budgets I'm lost for what gets the best performance. They want a Radeon 5xxx gpu for DX11 and prefer an intel cpu for some reason, no OC and CF. They mostly play fps games, occasionally mmorpgs and strategy.
Now, I have one concern myself. I couldnt really find a better category to post it in so Ill add it along in this post >_< I used to leave my computer at my cousins house and game with them during the weekends, since thats the only time I have to play and I dont have internet at my place. Ever since I've built my $2000 system I've not left it at their place anymore. Reason being, my cousins house is running on two prong outlets, probly ungrounded! I've heard that over time, static electricity will be able to collect and eventually build up to harmful levels. However, my parents house is the same and theyve used 3 laptops and 2 PC's for as long as I can remember and have no issues of hardware failures. My cousins and their parents have been doing this for years too and same, no problems. All the computers at my parents and cousins houses are probly no more than $300 each so they probably didnt care about the risk.
Would the size of the PSU affect this at all? What I mean is would a 750W or greater psu be more vulnerable to possible damages than a 450W or smaller psu on ungrounded two prong outlets? Or were they just lucky with their cheaper systems that are running just fine on two prong outlets until now and probably for years to come? If any of you guys have any input its more than welcome ^^
Thanks!