I'm a pretty casual gamer, playing Fallout 3, Minecraft, TF2, Terraria, Combat arms, Maplestory, etc, and decided to build a basic gaming PC, because I only have a macbook pro at the moment, and it's not suited to gaming. I'm going to be picking up the parts in a few hours, and putting it together. Shouldn't be that hard, is it? Let me know what you think.. Monitor - Dual Samsung 22" HDD - Seagate 1TB RAM - Corsair Dual 2GB (4GB) Video Card - Sapphire Vapor X CPU & MOBO - Asus M4A785 Case - HEC Blitz PSU - Corsair 600watt DVD Drive - Samsung SH-222AB Wireless - Linksys WMP600N Mouse - Razer Deathadder Keyboard - Razer Acrosta Mousepad - Razer Goliath OS - Windows 7 (64 bit)
Seems all good. But, maybe more ram? it's not too expensive for more and it does help alot. I'm building a pc ATM and I forked out the extra cash for 8gb of Kingston ram.
When software is actually running, it uses ram for quick storage as it calculates (RAM stands for random access Memory) Bigger programs use more RAM as they run, and games should DEFINITELY be classified as big programs. So you want more RAM to cut down lag, as well as having a graphics card to process the visuals quickly without freezing because it can't keep up.
It should be. But, more is better, and if you were to buy a new game (Say you bought crysis 2 or something) extra ram would help. I have a suggestion though; Go to this website http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/ Make an account, then a thread with your build and price range, the guy's on there really know their stuff and should help heaps. But bear in mind. Alot of their prices will be in Aus dollars (I'm Australian and it's an Australian Site haha).
Unless you want to run 3 or 4 games at a time, you don't NEED that much. You can run crysis or fallout or whatever at full settings with 2 gigs of ram.
I multitask as well with 2 gigs and rarely do I use above 80% of my RAM. Just realized his is dual. 4 gigs is fking plenty lol.
They say that the Motherboard (Asus M4A785) is outdated, as it came out in 2009. Should I select another one? If yes, then please suggest one, and a CPU.
I don't really have a budget, so long as it's reasonable. I'm not willing to spend 400+ on a motherboard and CPU. Let's put it that way.
Rightio. Are you buying stuff from a local store? or ordering parts online. Because ordering often saves you money. Regardless, look up some Asrock motherboards, they're pretty good. And look through the variations on Intel i5 processors, they may get too pricey but they are good. As a general rule you want to avoid hardware that's over two years old, since pc technology moves so fast, by the time something is 3 or more years older, there will be a cheaper better variant on the market. Also, just look around there are HEAPS of good parts so you are bound to find stuff that fits your price range.
