Hi, broke student here! Soon I will be receiving some sort of visible income, which has made me decide to upgrade from my beaten down craptop to a fresh entry level desktop for all my procrastination needs! Without further ado, the build!
I've only ever had a laptop, so I don't have fancy things like an external monitor, which is why I've included those. I've also thrown in what I consider to be a mad power supply, as I would like to upgrade my CPU and video card in the future, but I'm open to criticism!
I'm a beginner when it comes to building computers, so I'm hoping that this dapper community can help me to get my games to plow from 20 FPS at low settings to 60 FPS at medium/high settings! My one criteria is that the final price of the build must stay under CAD $1000.00.
May your computer temp stay low, and your framerates high! (recedes into igloo)
Hi, broke student here! Soon I will be receiving some sort of visible income, which has made me decide to upgrade from my beaten down craptop to a fresh entry level desktop for all my procrastination needs! Without further ado, the build!
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($233.08 @ Vuugo)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($110.08 @ Vuugo)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2400 Memory ($58.66 @ DirectCanada)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($57.23 @ DirectCanada)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 950 2GB Video Card ($199.50 @ Vuugo)
Case: Deepcool KENDOMEN Black ATX Mid Tower Case ($69.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Power Supply: Antec EarthWatts Green 380W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($62.04 @ shopRBC)
Wireless Network Adapter: Gigabyte GC-WB867D-I 802.11a/b/g/n/ac PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($43.99 @ Canada Computers)
Monitor: Asus VS228NL-P 60Hz 21.5" Monitor ($109.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse ($23.24 @ Vuugo)
Total: $967.78
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-13 20:38 EST-0500
I've only ever had a laptop, so I don't have fancy things like an external monitor, which is why I've included those. I've also thrown in what I consider to be a mad power supply, as I would like to upgrade my CPU and video card in the future, but I'm open to criticism!
I'm a beginner when it comes to building computers, so I'm hoping that this dapper community can help me to get my games to plow from 20 FPS at low settings to 60 FPS at medium/high settings! My one criteria is that the final price of the build must stay under CAD $1000.00.
May your computer temp stay low, and your framerates high! (recedes into igloo)
The 380W PSU is fine for the build as-is, but you won't be able to upgrade your GPU without a new PSU. I'd get a 550W XFX TS Power supply
Gaming PC Specs - Intel i5-2500K ~ ASUS P8P67M-Pro ~ Hyper 212+ ~ MSI GTX 970 OC ~ 8GB DDR3 Ram ~ 250GB Samsung EVO 850 ~ 500GB HardDrive ~ XFX 550w PSU ~ Fractal Core 1000 ~ Windows 8.1 ~ Samsung P2350 1080p Soon upgrading to GTX 1080/R9 490X + 1440p 144Hz
Macbook Pro 15" Retina - Intel i7 ~ 8GB Ram ~ Nvidia GT 650M ~ 256GB SSD ~ 2880 by 1800 Screen <3