Help building my first High-end gaming computer

[Shepard1]

This is my first time building a computer. I have no idea what goes with what. I know what I need Motherboard, cpu, graphic card,etc But I do not know what is completable. I do have a budget since I need to build two of the same computers one for myself and a family member. Ideally I would love to get each computer for around $800-$900, I do not know if that is realistic.

We want to use the computer for gaming. I looking for a computer to play Skyrim and Sims 3 with all expansions in max settings both games will have mods. I would love a i7 but I do not know if my budget allows for a i7 computer. I found two motherboards but I do not know if they are any good for gaming.

http://promotions.newegg.com/gigabyte/13-2850/index.html

and

http://promotions.newegg.com/Asus/13-2182/index.html

There are so many different Rogs and Gigabyte version which one do I need? Some of these motherboard cost from around $200 to $400, what is the difference between them?

Or does anyone have suggestions of another build for Gaming?

 

[Sangeet Khatri]

I already bought my new build. I did some last minute changes. And I found my case in PCPartPicker. Is this build good?

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i7-3770 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($289.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: MSI Z77 MPOWER ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($143.00 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($56.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($74.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 760 2GB Video Card ($260.91 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master SGC-2100-KWN3 ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: XFX 850W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($94.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NS95 DVD/CD Writer ($14.94 @ Newegg)
Total: $990.85
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-07-26 12:01 EDT-0400)

This is a good build as far as the performance goes, but the problem with this build is that you have overspent on many parts which was not required.

Motherboard : Going for the Z77 motherboard for the non Overclockable CPU is a no brainer and a wastage of almost 50 dollars. You could have gone for a H87 Motherboard which would be just the same performing for much less. OverSpent : 50 Dollars

Storage : I know this is personal preference but you should have gone for at least a 1TB HDD. It costs just a little more.

PSU : If you are not overclocking and not planning on Future SLI, so the 850W PSU is definitely an overkill for this system. This system does not have even half the power requirements. Also you could have gone for the XFX 80 Plus Gold certified for the same price or even for the Seasonic.

I do not say that this is a bad build. It is really good build, but there are places that you overspend quite a lot on. You could have put that money in a better graphics card like the 7970 Ghz Edition and could have got much better performance.

 

[g-unit1111]

I already bought my new build. I did some last minute changes. And I found my case in PCPartPicker. Is this build good?

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i7-3770 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($289.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: MSI Z77 MPOWER ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($143.00 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($56.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($74.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 760 2GB Video Card ($260.91 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master SGC-2100-KWN3 ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: XFX 850W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($94.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NS95 DVD/CD Writer ($14.94 @ Newegg)
Total: $990.85
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-07-26 12:01 EDT-0400)

I would personally pay less for the CPU and more for the GPU. Getting an i5-4670K would leave room to upgrade your GPU to a Radeon 7950 or 7970.

 

[notoriousdook]

I know you already bought your stuff for your rig but up until the past year I didn't know anything about computers. But I spent countless hours researching about all the parts and what they do. From what I have read, it doesn't look like you did that. I'm not saying your wrong but spending the time to do some research helps, and is actually fun to do. You also gain a lot of knowledge so you can help others. I also watched as many videos I could on YouTube to see how they put it together which is what I recommend to you while waiting for your parts. Make sure you know what you are doing. Good luck on your build and have fun gaming!

 

[Shepard1]

Sorry I have not got back to replying, I was very busy. Thank you everyone for helping me know what parts goes with what. I learned alot. notoriousdook for me reading all these posts I learn alot and I just build my first computer. I looked at YouTube and followed a video from NewEgg on how to put a computer together.

But I ran into a issue. Well I think it's a issue. I have a MSI z77 motherboard and it does not beep at startup. But anyway I will make a new thread about my issue since, this thread just talks about budget friendly gamer computer. Again Thanks for all your help.