Gaming pc build

[TinCann101]

Hello everyone,

I've looked into Gaming PCs for a while, and I don't really know where to start. I have a pretty decent computer already, and I want to know if I could move it into a different case for liquid cooling. The computer I have is an HP Pavilion HPE.

I want to know if there is a good case that is light-weight and not too big.

Thanks!

 

[St0rm_KILL3r]

Could you tell me the specs of your current pc and your budget for upgrading to new components. That would be more easy for me to understand what kind of specs do you need.

 

[geofelt]

What is your objective?

For gaming, the graphics card is all important. For balance, budget twice the value of the cpu for the graphics card.

Liquid cooling is useful only to achieve a higher overclock on a component. I prefer to spend that part of the budget on a stronger part in the first place.

Do you need portability? Like for lan parties?
If so, look at smaller aluminum cases like the lian li PC-Q08.

 

[Welshstig]

What is the size of your motherboard since alot of manufactures like Dell use pico btx form factor, cases are very hard to find for that.

 

[TinCann101]

Could you tell me the specs of your current pc and your budget for upgrading to new components. That would be more easy for me to understand what kind of specs do you need.

CPU: AMD FX-6120 Six-core processor 3.50 GHz
Video card: Nvidia Geforce GT 620
Memory (RAM): 10 GB
HDD: 2 TB SATA

I'm trying to keep things within $1000, if not lower...

 

[TinCann101]

What is your objective?

For gaming, the graphics card is all important. For balance, budget twice the value of the cpu for the graphics card.

Liquid cooling is useful only to achieve a higher overclock on a component. I prefer to spend that part of the budget on a stronger part in the first place.

Do you need portability? Like for lan parties?
If so, look at smaller aluminum cases like the lian li PC-Q08.

Yes, portability would be helpful as well.

 

[Tom Tancredi]

HOLD IT. You have a HP computer, which is OEM. That means the Windows included is OEM and you can't change the MOBO/CPU or case or Windows won't work, it is tied to that Make/Model. So if you do plan any significant changes, you will need to buy a copy of windows ($179) and wipe your drives and do a clean install.

That said, what sort of games are you intending, if your thinking BF4, NO YOUR CPU scores way to low in performance and would be stuck on LOW level graphics to 'play' the game. The normal 'charts' show AMD cores like that perform below or at i3 level, which is a entry level CPU for 'general use ' (i.e. Grandma doing email). The next level is the AMD 8xxx / i5, which is medium level and gaming performance. The 'gamer's CPU' is a i7.

Games like BF4 need BOTH a good GPU AND CPU because they use both to make the game happen. The 620 is too low end for BF4 performance as well.. normally you want at LEAST a 670, or better yet 7xx series from Nvidia. On AMD side there is the R7/R9. If you try and get a Titan or R9 only a i7 works BEST with it (pairing of CPU to GPU) as anything less will 'bottleneck' the GPU in comparison (i.e. take the i7 out and put in i5 or AMD 8xxx, etc.)

 

[TinCann101]

HOLD IT. You have a HP computer, which is OEM. That means the Windows included is OEM and you can't change the MOBO/CPU or case or Windows won't work, it is tied to that Make/Model. So if you do plan any significant changes, you will need to buy a copy of windows ($179) and wipe your drives and do a clean install.

That said, what sort of games are you intending, if your thinking BF4, NO YOUR CPU scores way to low in performance and would be stuck on LOW level graphics to 'play' the game. The normal 'charts' show AMD cores like that perform below or at i3 level, which is a entry level CPU for 'general use ' (i.e. Grandma doing email). The next level is the AMD 8xxx / i5, which is medium level and gaming performance. The 'gamer's CPU' is a i7.

Games like BF4 need BOTH a good GPU AND CPU because they use both to make the game happen. The 620 is too low end for BF4 performance as well.. normally you want at LEAST a 670, or better yet 7xx series from Nvidia. On AMD side there is the R7/R9. If you try and get a Titan or R9 only a i7 works BEST with it (pairing of CPU to GPU) as anything less will 'bottleneck' the GPU in comparison (i.e. take the i7 out and put in i5 or AMD 8xxx, etc.)

Not really a fan of those games.... I mostly play Team Fortress 2, and a few other games that do use 3D graphics. I also do a lot of animation, 3D animation and 2D animation. Getting a copy of windows? not a problem, My dad's got all of them. My computer actually can handle the games I play VERY well at the moment, but it could be better. I already have an Nvidia Quadro K4000 ready to install, I just needed to get the power adapter.

 

[Tom Tancredi]

Uhmmm your installing a Quadro? Then expect LESS 'gaming performance' as that is a Workstation card meant to make rendering of Animations, Videos, etc. take less time then a 'Gamer's card' which does the exact opposite work, trying to do rendering for games. Make a big improvement in yoru animations, but letting you knwo there is a impact for games (well more like you perceive you should get better but you don't get better performance in games).

 

[zichus]

For 1k $ you can build brand new gaming PC. Depends only on what resolution are you going to play 720 or 1080? Check this thread for intel:
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/id-1861789/bestconfigs-poll-budget-intel-gaming.html
Or this for AMD:
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/id-1868129/bestconfigs-poll-budget-amd-based-gaming.html

To my understanding the fx 6120 is ok CPU (a bit old but fine) and you need to add decent gaming GPU and your are fine for some time.

I do gaming on Pentium G2030 and HD 7770 and im satisfied with it. And team fortress isnt the most demanding game you face.

So basically but only decent GPU and you are fine.

Dont know anything about the rendering thing.