Need help on a new gaming PC

[Skullcursher588]

Been looking for a new gaming PC for almost a year now and still haven't been able to decide on what to do. I'd order from the US as they have brands I know but the shipping costs would be way too much. The PC would mainly just be used for video games and that is it besides watching some movies and TV shows as well. Not really sure where to look to get a PC besides Best Buy which I have looked on and came across two computers so far which are:

http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-ca/product/asus-asus-g11-gaming-pc-intel-core-i7-6700-2tb-hdd256gb-ssd-16gb-ram-nvidia-geforce-gtx980-graphics-g11cd-ca002t/10394136.aspx?path=1c8fada656ce764d1965938ab71c1b9een02

http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/acer-acer-predator-g6-gaming-pc-intel-ci7-6700k-2tb128gb-ssd-16gb-ram-nvidia-geforce-gtx-970-graphics-ag6-710-70007/10407073.aspx?path=14b304adce3d961430fdbe8ad1224feben02

I'm not sure if one of these two would be worth buying, if buying from Best Buy would be the best choice, or how long they would last me. As far as games go I plan on playing games such as The Witcher 3, Dark Souls 3, World of Warcraft, those type of games. Just looking to see what other people's opinions on this would be and if anyone has any advice that would be great. Thanks in advance.

 

[mrkillall]

Is building out of the question that price seems really high got to love best buy.
I take that back those prices are really high. The difference between them is crazy the asus one is a non k cpu so no over clock and the other one is but with a less ssd and a 970. With those prices you could build a fantastic pc and deal with shipping cost imo

 

[ulysses35]

would not recommend either of those, specs are not bad but the price is too high. But mainly because both options have low powered PSU's

 

[Skullcursher588]

Is building out of the question that price seems really high got to love best buy.
I take that back those prices are really high. The difference between them is crazy the asus one is a non k cpu so no over clock and the other one is but with a less ssd and a 970. With those prices you could build a fantastic pc and deal with shipping cost imo

I have never built a PC on my own before, don't know where I'd get the parts, which parts I'd need exactly, and yeah I'd rather not build my own if possible. I know building my own is probably the best thing to do but I'm a little paranoid of doing that on my own. I'd most likely find someway to mess it up. Is building a PC really my only real option right now? Or is there other options better than the two I linked?

 

[xXCrossfireXx]

Is building out of the question that price seems really high got to love best buy.
I take that back those prices are really high. The difference between them is crazy the asus one is a non k cpu so no over clock and the other one is but with a less ssd and a 970. With those prices you could build a fantastic pc and deal with shipping cost imo

I have never built a PC on my own before, don't know where I'd get the parts, which parts I'd need exactly, and yeah I'd rather not build my own if possible. I know building my own is probably the best thing to do but I'm a little paranoid of doing that on my own. I'd most likely find someway to mess it up. Is building a PC really my only real option right now? Or is there other options better than the two I linked?

Do you want to save money or not? Building a PC is super easy, you can just find a tutorial on it. If you want help picking out a build, I need to know what settings you expect to play at on Witcher 3, as it's by far the most intense out of all of the games you want to play, as well as resolution you wanna play at.

 

[Skullcursher588]

Is building out of the question that price seems really high got to love best buy.
I take that back those prices are really high. The difference between them is crazy the asus one is a non k cpu so no over clock and the other one is but with a less ssd and a 970. With those prices you could build a fantastic pc and deal with shipping cost imo

I have never built a PC on my own before, don't know where I'd get the parts, which parts I'd need exactly, and yeah I'd rather not build my own if possible. I know building my own is probably the best thing to do but I'm a little paranoid of doing that on my own. I'd most likely find someway to mess it up. Is building a PC really my only real option right now? Or is there other options better than the two I linked?

Do you want to save money or not? Building a PC is super easy, you can just find a tutorial on it. If you want help picking out a build, I need to know what settings you expect to play at on Witcher 3, as it's by far the most intense out of all of the games you want to play, as well as resolution you wanna play at.

Before I consider building my own PC I'd just like to see if I have any other options first in purchasing a PC that is prebuilt since I'm still kind of paranoid of messing it up somehow if I did build my own. Saving money would be nice and saving money wherever I can would be preferred. As long as the cost preferably doesn't go over $2500 I think money shouldn't really be an issue. I'd love to play The Witcher 3 on the highest settings I can if possible. For resolution I haven't really thought about it much since I've been thinking about the computer itself so much but I want to say 1920x1080. Which is fine correct? Unless the build you suggest would allow that to go up further.

 

[xXCrossfireXx]

Is building out of the question that price seems really high got to love best buy.
I take that back those prices are really high. The difference between them is crazy the asus one is a non k cpu so no over clock and the other one is but with a less ssd and a 970. With those prices you could build a fantastic pc and deal with shipping cost imo

I have never built a PC on my own before, don't know where I'd get the parts, which parts I'd need exactly, and yeah I'd rather not build my own if possible. I know building my own is probably the best thing to do but I'm a little paranoid of doing that on my own. I'd most likely find someway to mess it up. Is building a PC really my only real option right now? Or is there other options better than the two I linked?

Do you want to save money or not? Building a PC is super easy, you can just find a tutorial on it. If you want help picking out a build, I need to know what settings you expect to play at on Witcher 3, as it's by far the most intense out of all of the games you want to play, as well as resolution you wanna play at.

Before I consider building my own PC I'd just like to see if I have any other options first in purchasing a PC that is prebuilt since I'm still kind of paranoid of messing it up somehow if I did build my own. Saving money would be nice and saving money wherever I can would be preferred. As long as the cost preferably doesn't go over $2500 I think money shouldn't really be an issue. I'd love to play The Witcher 3 on the highest settings I can if possible. For resolution I haven't really thought about it much since I've been thinking about the computer itself so much but I want to say 1920x1080. Which is fine correct? Unless the build you suggest would allow that to go up further.

SkullCrusher, 4 months ago I decided to build one. 4 months ago I didn't know the difference between RAM and disk space. But I did a ton of research, and now I have a fully functioning PC, and a mind packed with tech knowledge. I will tell you this as part of my tech knowledge. You can't screw anything up that you can't undo while building a PC, as long as you have static protection.

 

[Twistedself]

Have you considered having a friend in the states build and send you one? My newest rig is on a Krait mobo, i7-4790k, Gtx 780ti, 850 PSU, 16gb(2x8gb) Ram, 500 gb crucial ssd, 1TB WD Caviar Blue, in a NXZT case, 2 aftermarket LED fans(Red), aftermarket air cpu cooling. I have about $1,400 total invested in the machine. I cant imagine it would cost $1,100 to ship. I think I would explore my options before I invest so much in a machine.

 

[Skullcursher588]

Have you considered having a friend in the states build and send you one? My newest rig is on a Krait mobo, i7-4790k, Gtx 780ti, 850 PSU, 16gb(2x8gb) Ram, 500 gb crucial ssd, 1TB WD Caviar Blue, in a NXZT case, 2 aftermarket LED fans(Red), aftermarket air cpu cooling. I have about $1,400 total invested in the machine. I cant imagine it would cost $1,100 to ship. I think I would explore my options before I invest so much in a machine.

Don't really have anyone from the states to send one to me unfortunately. Been trying to look at all my possible options for a long time now and it just seems that building my own might be my best and probably only real option if I want to get a new PC. I believe I was looking at a prebuilt PC from one of the brands in the US just to see the shipping cost and if I remember correctly the cost just to ship it was pretty insane

 

[Skullcursher588]

Is building out of the question that price seems really high got to love best buy.
I take that back those prices are really high. The difference between them is crazy the asus one is a non k cpu so no over clock and the other one is but with a less ssd and a 970. With those prices you could build a fantastic pc and deal with shipping cost imo

I have never built a PC on my own before, don't know where I'd get the parts, which parts I'd need exactly, and yeah I'd rather not build my own if possible. I know building my own is probably the best thing to do but I'm a little paranoid of doing that on my own. I'd most likely find someway to mess it up. Is building a PC really my only real option right now? Or is there other options better than the two I linked?

Do you want to save money or not? Building a PC is super easy, you can just find a tutorial on it. If you want help picking out a build, I need to know what settings you expect to play at on Witcher 3, as it's by far the most intense out of all of the games you want to play, as well as resolution you wanna play at.

Before I consider building my own PC I'd just like to see if I have any other options first in purchasing a PC that is prebuilt since I'm still kind of paranoid of messing it up somehow if I did build my own. Saving money would be nice and saving money wherever I can would be preferred. As long as the cost preferably doesn't go over $2500 I think money shouldn't really be an issue. I'd love to play The Witcher 3 on the highest settings I can if possible. For resolution I haven't really thought about it much since I've been thinking about the computer itself so much but I want to say 1920x1080. Which is fine correct? Unless the build you suggest would allow that to go up further.

SkullCrusher, 4 months ago I decided to build one. 4 months ago I didn't know the difference between RAM and disk space. But I did a ton of research, and now I have a fully functioning PC, and a mind packed with tech knowledge. I will tell you this as part of my tech knowledge. You can't screw anything up that you can't undo while building a PC, as long as you have static protection.

I think building one might be my best option. I have no clue where I'd get a decent PC right now that would be prebuilt and I'd save so much more money on just building my own. My only real fear is just not having the experience on doing something like that on my own and also not really having support like you would if you bought a PC from an actual brand. But hearing that I can't screw anything up that I can't undo is a good thing to hear and makes it a little easier to just go with building my own. Though I'm not really sure what I'd need, what parts to get, where to get the parts, etc

 

[xXCrossfireXx]

Is building out of the question that price seems really high got to love best buy.
I take that back those prices are really high. The difference between them is crazy the asus one is a non k cpu so no over clock and the other one is but with a less ssd and a 970. With those prices you could build a fantastic pc and deal with shipping cost imo

I have never built a PC on my own before, don't know where I'd get the parts, which parts I'd need exactly, and yeah I'd rather not build my own if possible. I know building my own is probably the best thing to do but I'm a little paranoid of doing that on my own. I'd most likely find someway to mess it up. Is building a PC really my only real option right now? Or is there other options better than the two I linked?

Do you want to save money or not? Building a PC is super easy, you can just find a tutorial on it. If you want help picking out a build, I need to know what settings you expect to play at on Witcher 3, as it's by far the most intense out of all of the games you want to play, as well as resolution you wanna play at.

Before I consider building my own PC I'd just like to see if I have any other options first in purchasing a PC that is prebuilt since I'm still kind of paranoid of messing it up somehow if I did build my own. Saving money would be nice and saving money wherever I can would be preferred. As long as the cost preferably doesn't go over $2500 I think money shouldn't really be an issue. I'd love to play The Witcher 3 on the highest settings I can if possible. For resolution I haven't really thought about it much since I've been thinking about the computer itself so much but I want to say 1920x1080. Which is fine correct? Unless the build you suggest would allow that to go up further.

SkullCrusher, 4 months ago I decided to build one. 4 months ago I didn't know the difference between RAM and disk space. But I did a ton of research, and now I have a fully functioning PC, and a mind packed with tech knowledge. I will tell you this as part of my tech knowledge. You can't screw anything up that you can't undo while building a PC, as long as you have static protection.

I think building one might be my best option. I have no clue where I'd get a decent PC right now that would be prebuilt and I'd save so much more money on just building my own. My only real fear is just not having the experience on doing something like that on my own and also not really having support like you would if you bought a PC from an actual brand. But hearing that I can't screw anything up that I can't undo is a good thing to hear and makes it a little easier to just go with building my own. Though I'm not really sure what I'd need, what parts to get, where to get the parts, etc

I can help you with those things. Prebuilt PCs are good, but aren't usually what you need. Newegg is where I'd buy from if I were you.

 

[Skullcursher588]

Is building out of the question that price seems really high got to love best buy.
I take that back those prices are really high. The difference between them is crazy the asus one is a non k cpu so no over clock and the other one is but with a less ssd and a 970. With those prices you could build a fantastic pc and deal with shipping cost imo

I have never built a PC on my own before, don't know where I'd get the parts, which parts I'd need exactly, and yeah I'd rather not build my own if possible. I know building my own is probably the best thing to do but I'm a little paranoid of doing that on my own. I'd most likely find someway to mess it up. Is building a PC really my only real option right now? Or is there other options better than the two I linked?

Do you want to save money or not? Building a PC is super easy, you can just find a tutorial on it. If you want help picking out a build, I need to know what settings you expect to play at on Witcher 3, as it's by far the most intense out of all of the games you want to play, as well as resolution you wanna play at.

Before I consider building my own PC I'd just like to see if I have any other options first in purchasing a PC that is prebuilt since I'm still kind of paranoid of messing it up somehow if I did build my own. Saving money would be nice and saving money wherever I can would be preferred. As long as the cost preferably doesn't go over $2500 I think money shouldn't really be an issue. I'd love to play The Witcher 3 on the highest settings I can if possible. For resolution I haven't really thought about it much since I've been thinking about the computer itself so much but I want to say 1920x1080. Which is fine correct? Unless the build you suggest would allow that to go up further.

SkullCrusher, 4 months ago I decided to build one. 4 months ago I didn't know the difference between RAM and disk space. But I did a ton of research, and now I have a fully functioning PC, and a mind packed with tech knowledge. I will tell you this as part of my tech knowledge. You can't screw anything up that you can't undo while building a PC, as long as you have static protection.

I think building one might be my best option. I have no clue where I'd get a decent PC right now that would be prebuilt and I'd save so much more money on just building my own. My only real fear is just not having the experience on doing something like that on my own and also not really having support like you would if you bought a PC from an actual brand. But hearing that I can't screw anything up that I can't undo is a good thing to hear and makes it a little easier to just go with building my own. Though I'm not really sure what I'd need, what parts to get, where to get the parts, etc

I can help you with those things. Prebuilt PCs are good, but aren't usually what you need. Newegg is where I'd buy from if I were you.

I'm guessing the prebuilt PCs on Newegg aren't worth looking at either then? What parts would you recommend? Based on the things I've already told you. Thanks again for the help.

 

[xXCrossfireXx]

Is building out of the question that price seems really high got to love best buy.
I take that back those prices are really high. The difference between them is crazy the asus one is a non k cpu so no over clock and the other one is but with a less ssd and a 970. With those prices you could build a fantastic pc and deal with shipping cost imo

I have never built a PC on my own before, don't know where I'd get the parts, which parts I'd need exactly, and yeah I'd rather not build my own if possible. I know building my own is probably the best thing to do but I'm a little paranoid of doing that on my own. I'd most likely find someway to mess it up. Is building a PC really my only real option right now? Or is there other options better than the two I linked?

Do you want to save money or not? Building a PC is super easy, you can just find a tutorial on it. If you want help picking out a build, I need to know what settings you expect to play at on Witcher 3, as it's by far the most intense out of all of the games you want to play, as well as resolution you wanna play at.

Before I consider building my own PC I'd just like to see if I have any other options first in purchasing a PC that is prebuilt since I'm still kind of paranoid of messing it up somehow if I did build my own. Saving money would be nice and saving money wherever I can would be preferred. As long as the cost preferably doesn't go over $2500 I think money shouldn't really be an issue. I'd love to play The Witcher 3 on the highest settings I can if possible. For resolution I haven't really thought about it much since I've been thinking about the computer itself so much but I want to say 1920x1080. Which is fine correct? Unless the build you suggest would allow that to go up further.

SkullCrusher, 4 months ago I decided to build one. 4 months ago I didn't know the difference between RAM and disk space. But I did a ton of research, and now I have a fully functioning PC, and a mind packed with tech knowledge. I will tell you this as part of my tech knowledge. You can't screw anything up that you can't undo while building a PC, as long as you have static protection.

I think building one might be my best option. I have no clue where I'd get a decent PC right now that would be prebuilt and I'd save so much more money on just building my own. My only real fear is just not having the experience on doing something like that on my own and also not really having support like you would if you bought a PC from an actual brand. But hearing that I can't screw anything up that I can't undo is a good thing to hear and makes it a little easier to just go with building my own. Though I'm not really sure what I'd need, what parts to get, where to get the parts, etc

I can help you with those things. Prebuilt PCs are good, but aren't usually what you need. Newegg is where I'd buy from if I were you.

I'm guessing the prebuilt PCs on Newegg aren't worth looking at either then? What parts would you recommend? Based on the things I've already told you. Thanks again for the help.

Before I pick, I've got questions to ask you:

• What games will you play? (This basically determines if you're gonna have to spend an extra hundred dollars, so answer according to what games you will play, and games you will play in the future)

• What resolution is your monitor?

• What is the refresh rate of your monitor, and based on this, how many FPS do you want in games? (the refresh rate is how many frames it can render per second. If you have a normal monitor (60 Hz refresh rate), you'll probably want 60 FPS in games. If you have an enthusiast monitor however (120-144+ Hz refresh rate), you'll probably want more frames per second in games. Remember, refresh rate is equal to frames per second, except refresh rate is how fast the screen can refresh at max)

• What settings will you play these games at? (either ultra, high, medium, low, or lowest, then tell me if you'll be using ambient occlusion (example SSAO) and/or anti aliasing (example FXAA). Obviously you don't have to use either, but if you do use AO and/or AA, you'll need more graphics power.)

• What is your budget? (I will tell you if the things you want to do on it fit into your budget. If not, I'll type out alternative solutions)

So, that's all I need to know for gaming perspective. For the TV/movie perspective? You may want a TV tuner card (although lots of platforms like Xfinity allow you to just watch online, it's becoming much more popular now), but don't even quote me on that, I know NOTHING about TV tuner cards, I will be no help what so ever, you'll want to make a separate thread, or ask someone for help with the watching TV part. So basically all you have to do is answer the questions for me, and I'll build you your dream gaming PC 😀.

 

[Skullcursher588]

Is building out of the question that price seems really high got to love best buy.
I take that back those prices are really high. The difference between them is crazy the asus one is a non k cpu so no over clock and the other one is but with a less ssd and a 970. With those prices you could build a fantastic pc and deal with shipping cost imo

I have never built a PC on my own before, don't know where I'd get the parts, which parts I'd need exactly, and yeah I'd rather not build my own if possible. I know building my own is probably the best thing to do but I'm a little paranoid of doing that on my own. I'd most likely find someway to mess it up. Is building a PC really my only real option right now? Or is there other options better than the two I linked?

Do you want to save money or not? Building a PC is super easy, you can just find a tutorial on it. If you want help picking out a build, I need to know what settings you expect to play at on Witcher 3, as it's by far the most intense out of all of the games you want to play, as well as resolution you wanna play at.

Before I consider building my own PC I'd just like to see if I have any other options first in purchasing a PC that is prebuilt since I'm still kind of paranoid of messing it up somehow if I did build my own. Saving money would be nice and saving money wherever I can would be preferred. As long as the cost preferably doesn't go over $2500 I think money shouldn't really be an issue. I'd love to play The Witcher 3 on the highest settings I can if possible. For resolution I haven't really thought about it much since I've been thinking about the computer itself so much but I want to say 1920x1080. Which is fine correct? Unless the build you suggest would allow that to go up further.

SkullCrusher, 4 months ago I decided to build one. 4 months ago I didn't know the difference between RAM and disk space. But I did a ton of research, and now I have a fully functioning PC, and a mind packed with tech knowledge. I will tell you this as part of my tech knowledge. You can't screw anything up that you can't undo while building a PC, as long as you have static protection.

I think building one might be my best option. I have no clue where I'd get a decent PC right now that would be prebuilt and I'd save so much more money on just building my own. My only real fear is just not having the experience on doing something like that on my own and also not really having support like you would if you bought a PC from an actual brand. But hearing that I can't screw anything up that I can't undo is a good thing to hear and makes it a little easier to just go with building my own. Though I'm not really sure what I'd need, what parts to get, where to get the parts, etc

I can help you with those things. Prebuilt PCs are good, but aren't usually what you need. Newegg is where I'd buy from if I were you.

I'm guessing the prebuilt PCs on Newegg aren't worth looking at either then? What parts would you recommend? Based on the things I've already told you. Thanks again for the help.

Before I pick, I've got questions to ask you:

• What games will you play? (This basically determines if you're gonna have to spend an extra hundred dollars, so answer according to what games you will play, and games you will play in the future)

• What resolution is your monitor?

• What is the refresh rate of your monitor, and based on this, how many FPS do you want in games? (the refresh rate is how many frames it can render per second. If you have a normal monitor (60 Hz refresh rate), you'll probably want 60 FPS in games. If you have an enthusiast monitor however (120-144+ Hz refresh rate), you'll probably want more frames per second in games. Remember, refresh rate is equal to frames per second, except refresh rate is how fast the screen can refresh at max)

• What settings will you play these games at? (either ultra, high, medium, low, or lowest, then tell me if you'll be using ambient occlusion (example SSAO) and/or anti aliasing (example FXAA). Obviously you don't have to use either, but if you do use AO and/or AA, you'll need more graphics power.)

• What is your budget? (I will tell you if the things you want to do on it fit into your budget. If not, I'll type out alternative solutions)

So, that's all I need to know for gaming perspective. For the TV/movie perspective? You may want a TV tuner card (although lots of platforms like Xfinity allow you to just watch online, it's becoming much more popular now), but don't even quote me on that, I know NOTHING about TV tuner cards, I will be no help what so ever, you'll want to make a separate thread, or ask someone for help with the watching TV part. So basically all you have to do is answer the questions for me, and I'll build you your dream gaming PC 😀.

- The games I plan to play are games such as World of Warcraft: Legion, Overwatch, The Witcher 3, Dark souls 3, For Honor, Shadow Warrior 2, Batman: Arkham Knight, and any other games I have off the top of my head are older games that will for sure run if the build can run these games. As for other future games I look forward to playing I'm not entirely sure as of right now. Will for sure be wanting to play the next Elder Scrolls game whenever that is announced but that might not be for a while yet. Other possible games I may want to play though would be Total War: Warhammer, Divinity Original Sin 2, Paragon, Dreadnought, and Dues ex: Mankind Divided. If any other game releases in the future that is anything like The Witcher games, the Elder Scrolls games, or the Dark Souls games then I will most likely be looking into those as well.

- Still don't have a new monitor so that isn't set in stone yet. Although I'm assuming I'll just be playing at 1920x1080 unless the build will allow me to go higher than that but if not then I'll probably just be going 1920x1080.

- Like I said I don't have a new monitor picked out to go with the computer yet so I'm not sure. What kind would you recommend to go with it? I'm guessing the 120-144 would be better to get right?

- I'd love to play every game I possibly can on ultra settings. I'm familiar with anti aliasing but ambient occlusion not so much. So I'm assuming I either didn't have problems with it or I just turned them off. If the build you recommend will allow me to have one or two of these turned on then awesome but if not then that's okay.

- Right now I'd prefer if the price stayed at or below the $2500 mark.

 

[Toothless010]

Pay a visit here. 1,000's of computer users wanting to know if building the first computer is the right time now. Many are asking the first question "where do I start". You will get help from all directions, new, middle and heavy computer users. It does not hurt to look to see if this is something you want to jump in.

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[xXCrossfireXx]

Pay a visit here. 1,000's of computer users wanting to know if building the first computer is the right time now. Many are asking the first question "where do I start". You will get help from all directions, new, middle and heavy computer users. It does not hurt to look to see if this is something you want to jump in.

Create A Part List For Me

https://pcpartpicker.com/forums/forum/27-create-a-part-list-for-me/

It is a wonderful resource for all you computing needs and growing fast!!

Just gonna chime in, it's much more helpful to get custom help than to get instructions from somewhere

 

[Toothless010]

Pay a visit here. 1,000's of computer users wanting to know if building the first computer is the right time now. Many are asking the first question "where do I start". You will get help from all directions, new, middle and heavy computer users. It does not hurt to look to see if this is something you want to jump in.

Create A Part List For Me

https://pcpartpicker.com/forums/forum/27-create-a-part-list-for-me/

It is a wonderful resource for all you computing needs and growing fast!!

Just gonna chime in, it's much more helpful to get custom help than to get instructions from somewhere

I totally agree.....pcpartpicker will give many users details of a custom build. That is the foundation of that web site.

If it was me, I would listen to what you offered and get second or third opinion... fact finding Me personally, I would never spend $2500 from one source of information. And I hope you take my comment as constructive. Just another resource available to anyone considering a build for the first time.

 

[Skullcursher588]

Pay a visit here. 1,000's of computer users wanting to know if building the first computer is the right time now. Many are asking the first question "where do I start". You will get help from all directions, new, middle and heavy computer users. It does not hurt to look to see if this is something you want to jump in.

Create A Part List For Me

https://pcpartpicker.com/forums/forum/27-create-a-part-list-for-me/

It is a wonderful resource for all you computing needs and growing fast!!

Just gonna chime in, it's much more helpful to get custom help than to get instructions from somewhere

I totally agree.....pcpartpicker will give many users details of a custom build. That is the foundation of that web site.

If it was me, I would listen to what you offered and get second or third opinion... fact finding Me personally, I would never spend $2500 from one source of information. And I hope you take my comment as constructive. Just another resource available to anyone considering a build for the first time.

I decided to take your advice. I went to pcpartpicker and made an account to ask there as well about my situation. I figured that seeing more recommendations from people along with xXCrossfireXx's build that he will recommend me might make it a little easier to decide on what to actually go with. Here is the post I made if you guys would like to see what people are responding to me with there:

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/forums/topic/147814-need-help-and-advice-on-new-gaming-pc

 

[xXCrossfireXx]

Pay a visit here. 1,000's of computer users wanting to know if building the first computer is the right time now. Many are asking the first question "where do I start". You will get help from all directions, new, middle and heavy computer users. It does not hurt to look to see if this is something you want to jump in.

Create A Part List For Me

https://pcpartpicker.com/forums/forum/27-create-a-part-list-for-me/

It is a wonderful resource for all you computing needs and growing fast!!

Just gonna chime in, it's much more helpful to get custom help than to get instructions from somewhere

I totally agree.....pcpartpicker will give many users details of a custom build. That is the foundation of that web site.

If it was me, I would listen to what you offered and get second or third opinion... fact finding Me personally, I would never spend $2500 from one source of information. And I hope you take my comment as constructive. Just another resource available to anyone considering a build for the first time.

I decided to take your advice. I went to pcpartpicker and made an account to ask there as well about my situation. I figured that seeing more recommendations from people along with xXCrossfireXx's build that he will recommend me might make it a little easier to decide on what to actually go with. Here is the post I made if you guys would like to see what people are responding to me with there:

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/forums/topic/147814-need-help-and-advice-on-new-gaming-pc

Wow... Do not ever ask on there again. Some idiot recommended you a 6700k. All you need to game is a 6600k at most. Ask on Tom's Hardware, it's a smarter option

EDIT: Looks like someone corrected him, I stand corrected :3

 

[Toothless010]

Pay a visit here. 1,000's of computer users wanting to know if building the first computer is the right time now. Many are asking the first question "where do I start". You will get help from all directions, new, middle and heavy computer users. It does not hurt to look to see if this is something you want to jump in.

Create A Part List For Me

https://pcpartpicker.com/forums/forum/27-create-a-part-list-for-me/

It is a wonderful resource for all you computing needs and growing fast!!

Just gonna chime in, it's much more helpful to get custom help than to get instructions from somewhere

I totally agree.....pcpartpicker will give many users details of a custom build. That is the foundation of that web site.

If it was me, I would listen to what you offered and get second or third opinion... fact finding Me personally, I would never spend $2500 from one source of information. And I hope you take my comment as constructive. Just another resource available to anyone considering a build for the first time.

I decided to take your advice. I went to pcpartpicker and made an account to ask there as well about my situation. I figured that seeing more recommendations from people along with xXCrossfireXx's build that he will recommend me might make it a little easier to decide on what to actually go with. Here is the post I made if you guys would like to see what people are responding to me with there:

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/forums/topic/147814-need-help-and-advice-on-new-gaming-pc

4 builds in 6 hours!

I took a look, nothing for me to add. I like to find pricing deals but since you in Canada, my math is weird

1-5% of the cost in each build is win10. It is still a free upgrade for windows 10, save you $125.
2-monitor pick range wildly. $499 to $269. Here you could get specific. 2K monitor?? Waste to not go 2K with the high end video card selection that was made. You only have 1 of the 4 monitors selected as 2K

IF you find a build you want to stick to, ask questions, have peeps review your selected build. Ask about your parts selection. Just ask anything you can think of. Your question has been asked a 1,000 times good luck in your search.

 

[xXCrossfireXx]

Pay a visit here. 1,000's of computer users wanting to know if building the first computer is the right time now. Many are asking the first question "where do I start". You will get help from all directions, new, middle and heavy computer users. It does not hurt to look to see if this is something you want to jump in.

Create A Part List For Me

https://pcpartpicker.com/forums/forum/27-create-a-part-list-for-me/

It is a wonderful resource for all you computing needs and growing fast!!

Just gonna chime in, it's much more helpful to get custom help than to get instructions from somewhere

I totally agree.....pcpartpicker will give many users details of a custom build. That is the foundation of that web site.

If it was me, I would listen to what you offered and get second or third opinion... fact finding Me personally, I would never spend $2500 from one source of information. And I hope you take my comment as constructive. Just another resource available to anyone considering a build for the first time.

I decided to take your advice. I went to pcpartpicker and made an account to ask there as well about my situation. I figured that seeing more recommendations from people along with xXCrossfireXx's build that he will recommend me might make it a little easier to decide on what to actually go with. Here is the post I made if you guys would like to see what people are responding to me with there:

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/forums/topic/147814-need-help-and-advice-on-new-gaming-pc

4 builds in 6 hours!

I took a look, nothing for me to add. I like to find pricing deals but since you in Canada, my math is weird

1-5% of the cost in each build is win10. It is still a free upgrade for windows 10, save you $125.
2-monitor pick range wildly. $499 to $269. Here you could get specific. 2K monitor?? Waste to not go 2K with the high end video card selection that was made. You only have 1 of the 4 monitors selected as 2K

IF you find a build you want to stick to, ask questions, have peeps review your selected build. Ask about your parts selection. Just ask anything you can think of. Your question has been asked a 1,000 times good luck in your search.

Free upgrade, IF you do the following.

OP, I hope you're reading this:

1. Go on a PC with some sort of Windows version installed. It can be your nerdy friend's giant powerhouse with 4 graphics cards in SLI, all the way down to that shitty PC from 2006 at your school. As long as it works, and has WINDOWS installed on it.

2. Download the media creation tool. A quick Google search will find the Microsoft download link for it.

3. Open it, install a flash drive, and follow the steps. Be sure to select 64-bit for Windows, and if you have the option, select Windows 10 Pro, because hey, why not?

4. After Windows is done downloading on it, use the (now bootable) flash drive to install Windows onto your new PC. When it tells you to enter product key, hit skip.

5. You should now have a fully functional PC and Windows (unless one of your components was DOA), except for one thing. No personalization. Yes, that means if you had spent 120 dollars on the same version of Windows, you would've had Personalization unlocked, and you would've gotten to change desktop background, change colors of things, and make your PC feel like it's yours. Windows knows you didn't spend the money because you didn't put in that product key. So if you're OK without personalization, skip the next steps. If you want it, follow the next easy steps.

6. Go into CMD. Before going in, right click it, and hit "open as administrator"

7. Type in "msconfig" without the quotation marks

8. Click the tab that says services

9. Find "Windows License Manager" (again without the quotes)

10. Uncheck the tab next to it

11. Hit apply, and click restart when the box asking you to restart appears

12. Your PC restarts, and you now can personalize, because Windows isn't managing your license any more. Sounds too good to be true, and there is a minor exception. Sometimes when Windows updates, it'll turn on the License Manager. Re follow the steps, and check the box, then uncheck it, hit apply, and you can personalize again. So really no dis advantages. Just remember this too. If it were illegal, Windows wouldn't give you the option to turn it off 😉

 

[Skullcursher588]

Pay a visit here. 1,000's of computer users wanting to know if building the first computer is the right time now. Many are asking the first question "where do I start". You will get help from all directions, new, middle and heavy computer users. It does not hurt to look to see if this is something you want to jump in.

Create A Part List For Me

https://pcpartpicker.com/forums/forum/27-create-a-part-list-for-me/

It is a wonderful resource for all you computing needs and growing fast!!

Just gonna chime in, it's much more helpful to get custom help than to get instructions from somewhere

I totally agree.....pcpartpicker will give many users details of a custom build. That is the foundation of that web site.

If it was me, I would listen to what you offered and get second or third opinion... fact finding Me personally, I would never spend $2500 from one source of information. And I hope you take my comment as constructive. Just another resource available to anyone considering a build for the first time.

I decided to take your advice. I went to pcpartpicker and made an account to ask there as well about my situation. I figured that seeing more recommendations from people along with xXCrossfireXx's build that he will recommend me might make it a little easier to decide on what to actually go with. Here is the post I made if you guys would like to see what people are responding to me with there:

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/forums/topic/147814-need-help-and-advice-on-new-gaming-pc

4 builds in 6 hours!

I took a look, nothing for me to add. I like to find pricing deals but since you in Canada, my math is weird

1-5% of the cost in each build is win10. It is still a free upgrade for windows 10, save you $125.
2-monitor pick range wildly. $499 to $269. Here you could get specific. 2K monitor?? Waste to not go 2K with the high end video card selection that was made. You only have 1 of the 4 monitors selected as 2K

IF you find a build you want to stick to, ask questions, have peeps review your selected build. Ask about your parts selection. Just ask anything you can think of. Your question has been asked a 1,000 times good luck in your search.

Free upgrade, IF you do the following.

OP, I hope you're reading this:

1. Go on a PC with some sort of Windows version installed. It can be your nerdy friend's giant powerhouse with 4 graphics cards in SLI, all the way down to that shitty PC from 2006 at your school. As long as it works, and has WINDOWS installed on it.

2. Download the media creation tool. A quick Google search will find the Microsoft download link for it.

3. Open it, install a flash drive, and follow the steps. Be sure to select 64-bit for Windows, and if you have the option, select Windows 10 Pro, because hey, why not?

4. After Windows is done downloading on it, use the (now bootable) flash drive to install Windows onto your new PC. When it tells you to enter product key, hit skip.

5. You should now have a fully functional PC and Windows (unless one of your components was DOA), except for one thing. No personalization. Yes, that means if you had spent 120 dollars on the same version of Windows, you would've had Personalization unlocked, and you would've gotten to change desktop background, change colors of things, and make your PC feel like it's yours. Windows knows you didn't spend the money because you didn't put in that product key. So if you're OK without personalization, skip the next steps. If you want it, follow the next easy steps.

6. Go into CMD. Before going in, right click it, and hit "open as administrator"

7. Type in "msconfig" without the quotation marks

8. Click the tab that says services

9. Find "Windows License Manager" (again without the quotes)

10. Uncheck the tab next to it

11. Hit apply, and click restart when the box asking you to restart appears

12. Your PC restarts, and you now can personalize, because Windows isn't managing your license any more. Sounds too good to be true, and there is a minor exception. Sometimes when Windows updates, it'll turn on the License Manager. Re follow the steps, and check the box, then uncheck it, hit apply, and you can personalize again. So really no dis advantages. Just remember this too. If it were illegal, Windows wouldn't give you the option to turn it off 😉

Thanks for the tip. Always nice to save more money there haha. The laptop I'm on right now has a free upgrade to windows 10 and I've tried to install it in the past but for some reason it wouldn't work. I'd be able to do that with my computer I currently have right? Instead of using someone else's.

 

[xXCrossfireXx]

Pay a visit here. 1,000's of computer users wanting to know if building the first computer is the right time now. Many are asking the first question "where do I start". You will get help from all directions, new, middle and heavy computer users. It does not hurt to look to see if this is something you want to jump in.

Create A Part List For Me

https://pcpartpicker.com/forums/forum/27-create-a-part-list-for-me/

It is a wonderful resource for all you computing needs and growing fast!!

Just gonna chime in, it's much more helpful to get custom help than to get instructions from somewhere

I totally agree.....pcpartpicker will give many users details of a custom build. That is the foundation of that web site.

If it was me, I would listen to what you offered and get second or third opinion... fact finding Me personally, I would never spend $2500 from one source of information. And I hope you take my comment as constructive. Just another resource available to anyone considering a build for the first time.

I decided to take your advice. I went to pcpartpicker and made an account to ask there as well about my situation. I figured that seeing more recommendations from people along with xXCrossfireXx's build that he will recommend me might make it a little easier to decide on what to actually go with. Here is the post I made if you guys would like to see what people are responding to me with there:

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/forums/topic/147814-need-help-and-advice-on-new-gaming-pc

4 builds in 6 hours!

I took a look, nothing for me to add. I like to find pricing deals but since you in Canada, my math is weird

1-5% of the cost in each build is win10. It is still a free upgrade for windows 10, save you $125.
2-monitor pick range wildly. $499 to $269. Here you could get specific. 2K monitor?? Waste to not go 2K with the high end video card selection that was made. You only have 1 of the 4 monitors selected as 2K

IF you find a build you want to stick to, ask questions, have peeps review your selected build. Ask about your parts selection. Just ask anything you can think of. Your question has been asked a 1,000 times good luck in your search.

Free upgrade, IF you do the following.

OP, I hope you're reading this:

1. Go on a PC with some sort of Windows version installed. It can be your nerdy friend's giant powerhouse with 4 graphics cards in SLI, all the way down to that shitty PC from 2006 at your school. As long as it works, and has WINDOWS installed on it.

2. Download the media creation tool. A quick Google search will find the Microsoft download link for it.

3. Open it, install a flash drive, and follow the steps. Be sure to select 64-bit for Windows, and if you have the option, select Windows 10 Pro, because hey, why not?

4. After Windows is done downloading on it, use the (now bootable) flash drive to install Windows onto your new PC. When it tells you to enter product key, hit skip.

5. You should now have a fully functional PC and Windows (unless one of your components was DOA), except for one thing. No personalization. Yes, that means if you had spent 120 dollars on the same version of Windows, you would've had Personalization unlocked, and you would've gotten to change desktop background, change colors of things, and make your PC feel like it's yours. Windows knows you didn't spend the money because you didn't put in that product key. So if you're OK without personalization, skip the next steps. If you want it, follow the next easy steps.

6. Go into CMD. Before going in, right click it, and hit "open as administrator"

7. Type in "msconfig" without the quotation marks

8. Click the tab that says services

9. Find "Windows License Manager" (again without the quotes)

10. Uncheck the tab next to it

11. Hit apply, and click restart when the box asking you to restart appears

12. Your PC restarts, and you now can personalize, because Windows isn't managing your license any more. Sounds too good to be true, and there is a minor exception. Sometimes when Windows updates, it'll turn on the License Manager. Re follow the steps, and check the box, then uncheck it, hit apply, and you can personalize again. So really no dis advantages. Just remember this too. If it were illegal, Windows wouldn't give you the option to turn it off 😉

Thanks for the tip. Always nice to save more money there haha. The laptop I'm on right now has a free upgrade to windows 10 and I've tried to install it in the past but for some reason it wouldn't work. I'd be able to do that with my computer I currently have right? Instead of using someone else's.

Depends. You don't need Windows 10, just the media creation tool on the laptop. And no Macs, which isn't your case so you're good. As long as the laptop isn't insanely laggy like mine, you should be fine