How much does a gaming pc cost??

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Hi everybody
Ok so here is my problem Im a student in matric I have knowledge of computers overall but I want to build my own gaming pc it does not need to be high end just needs to be able to play any game on medium setting smoothly with no lag. My question is what would the cost be?
 
Kruger1804 said:
Hi everybody
Ok so here is my problem Im a student in matric I have knowledge of computers overall but I want to build my own gaming pc it does not need to be high end just needs to be able to play any game on medium setting smoothly with no lag. My question is what would the cost be?
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Okay you want to play smoothly on medium settings, and you have no components to start off with? In that case R3-5k is very unrealistic.

7850 - r1800
8gb ram - r1099
1tb drive - r839

Do you start to get the picture? You'll need at least 10k for a fully equipped medium-level gaming PC.
 
7K for a basic with out monitor
14k for a good rig with monitor
then for fancy multi-gpu rigs just start adding the $$$.

I really want to add a SSD to my pc but i know i need to upgrade mb and cpu first before i can really enjoy the speed of a SSD
 
How long is a piece of string??

Realistically, you won't need really top-end hardware anymore since no games exist to take advantage of it. What used to be called mid-range is now more than enough to play new games on max settings. I'd say around 8-10 grand excluding mouse, keyboard and display should get you something decent. For example, buying cheapish (but not complete crap) hardware:

Motherboard: 2k
CPU: 2K
PSU: 1k
Graphics card: 2k
HDD: 1k
RAM: 1k
 
Maybe you should have a look at some classified forums (not sure if we are allowed to post links to other forums) and look at buying second hand. There are some very good deals out there if you are willing to pick and choose. If you know a lot about PC's you can do it yourself, otherwise ask somebody knowledgeable to help out.
 
Nick_K said:
Maybe you should have a look at some classified forums (not sure if we are allowed to post links to other forums) and look at buying second hand. There are some very good deals out there if you are willing to pick and choose. If you know a lot about PC's you can do it yourself, otherwise ask somebody knowledgeable to help out.
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It's not a problem to direct forumites to other places. www.carbonite.co.za is a good starting point.
 
cerebus said:
Okay you want to play smoothly on medium settings, and you have no components to start off with? In that case R3-5k is very unrealistic.

7850 - r1800
8gb ram - r1099
1tb drive - r839

Do you start to get the picture? You'll need at least 10k for a fully equipped medium-level gaming PC.
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I have a pc dual core with 2GB RAM.
1Tb samsung harddrive
The motherboard is msi and can handle up to pci express 2.0
350watt power supply
 
Kruger1804 said:
I have a pc dual core with 2GB RAM. The motherboard is msi and can handle up to pci express 2.0
350watt power supply
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You can't really upgrade that system though.
Probably best you'd get a bit more ram and a bigger GPU.
But you won't really be happy.

I upgraded my son's dual core a while back and even after the upgrade it didn't really improve the gaming performance too much.
You'd be able to spend a fair bit on a GPU but your system would bottleneck it severly.
Best get a cheap i5 or decent i3 and then work from there.
But you'll need new ram, new mobo and a GPU.
 
Electric said:
You can't really upgrade that system though.
Probably best you'd get a bit more ram and a bigger GPU.
But you won't really be happy.

I upgraded my son's dual core a while back and even after the upgrade it didn't really improve the gaming performance too much.
You'd be able to spend a fair bit on a GPU but your system would bottleneck it severly.
Best get a cheap i5 or decent i3 and then work from there.
But you'll need new ram, new mobo and a GPU.
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Think I should just sell it. They offering a nice Asus mobo for R900 pci express 3.0 no CPU and a 2gb graphics card that goes with it for R1300
 
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