I want to get into PC gaming but my laptop sucks. I'm getting a knew desktop for Christmas (I'm 13 btw if anyone thought I was a guy in his 20's waiting for Christmas to buy a computer). I like to game but have sports and hunting I like to do too so I'm not going to spend too much time, energy, and money on a desktop. I want something that'll play Area 3, Minecraft, and other stuff too like FNAF and indie horror games. Any suggestions. I need one under $1000 and runs relatively smooth and easy. I looked at the Alienware X51 and it looks promising. But if its not very good tell me. Or if a desktop isn't very good for my game style then give other suggestions too
What gaming desktop is good for me?
Aaron 05.09.2015
The one you can afford.
Guest 05.09.2015
NO! Never buy a premade-PC. Build your own, it's 20% to 40% cheaper than buying from Dell, Alienware, Asus etc. Alienware is the most overpriced PC in the world. If you are to lazy to build one, get one from Asus, Acer, or Lenovo.
Check PC builds here.
http://pcpartpicker.com/builds/
On top of that, you should get a PC with at least:
CPU: Intel Core i3/i5 >2.6GHz or AMD A8/A9/A10 >2.8GHz
RAM: >4GB RAM
GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 950 or AMD R8 270X
Higher specs are better.
Here are some good ones:
http://pcpartpicker.com/b/CxNG3C
http://pcpartpicker.com/b/nZkLrH
http://pcpartpicker.com/b/FPt6Mp
Anwar Haikal 05.09.2015
Please don't listen to Anwar, he is obviously ignorant.
I recommend you build your own pc. If you are going to, the only thing that really matters in the CPU and the graphics card, maybe the ram. The minimum specs to run pretty much every game out on high graphics is an AMD 5350, a gtx 750 ti (or r9 270) with 8gb of ram. This should do you nicely. If you need help on building a PC, go to pcpartpicker.com
Jalen 05.09.2015
Hmm you are 13. Ask your parents how much they are willing to spend. Well you can get a really cheap Gaming PC if you can build one. I recommend using the AMD APU series… A10-6850K processor. When you buy one of this APU and you do not need a discrete graphics card. If you are ok with medium settings, well the games can be run OK.
mrnoright 05.09.2015
For $837 w/shipping, this would be a good choice.
http://www.newegg.com/...6883230058
It's a mid range gaming system that will easily handle the games you've mentioned, and will handle most modern AAA games using the mid in-games settings at 1080.
If you also need a monitor, for $140 this would be a good choice.
http://www.newegg.com/...6824236100
pdl756 05.09.2015