Gaming Rig. Will this work ok?

[moktarr]

Hey all I have about a $750 budget for a pc, I have the monitor, disk drive and a 500gb mechanical hard drive. Also believe my old OS will work on this new pc. So the link is what I was thinking about getting.

Is micro atx a problem? I never had one before, always had a full size tower.

Here is the link.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.2145197

I plan on playing Borderlands 2, Diablo 3, WoW, and some newer games down the line. My monitor is 1920x1080 I believe.

 

[turkey3_scratch]

Yes that will play games well. Micro ATX is not much of a problem, it just can get a bit tight with all the cables (I know from experience) but it's not at least gigantic, nor is it small. Just a nice size.

 

[spooky2th]

That system should work OK for you. Only thing that I would improve is to get another exact memory stick and have dual channel memory which would provide more bandwidth.

 

[yatys93]

the pc should be fine, the only issue I've seen with micro is that they are a pain to upgrade later due to lack of space, normally just sticking a HDD with an OS on it doesn't work, the OS knows you have changed the computer and will lock down, you will need the activation code for that copy of windows. like spooky said though, more ram will help a fair bit

 

[moktarr]

Yeah I know the ram situation is not ideal. I plan to get an exact stick to match that one when the $$ is there.

I plan to use my OS on the SSD and then use the 500gb as a storage drive. I do have the disk and original packaging with the serial number on it, so the OS should work right?

 

[yatys93]

have you used the SSD with the OS on it already in another PC?

 

[mas7873]

You could get better parts for that price if you built it yourself

 

[spooky2th]

The OS will more than likely work. If it won't activate on-line, other options to activate will show up for you like calling a phone number and following the instructions.

 

[moktarr]

No I havent not used to OS on the SSD. I am kind of new to building.

If there are better parts for less, please show me a build. This is essentially the same thing as building myself, all the parts come separately and I have to put them together. I prefer to only order from newegg, but would order from other places if the shipping was reasonable.

 

[spooky2th]

http://pcpartpicker.com

Enter the parts or other parts and you will have options on prices at various sellers.