Budget: $400-500 (prefer on the 400 side, but if I need to push to 500, I can)
More specific use (what games, what programs): payday 2, skyrim, d3, league - i'm fine with medium or even low settings. I just want them to run smoothly b/c my laptop is trash.
Planned time until purchase: asap (to take advantage of deals)
Do you need an Operating System?: No
Do you have any specific preferred components?: No
Do you need a sound or wireless card?: I believe so?
Do you want stock cooling or do you plan on overclocking?: Don't know how to overclock, so no
Do you need a monitor? mouse? keyboard?: None of the above
Zip code/location? (Shipping costs): 10036


Thanks a lot guys and gals Help this computer noob out

If you are unsure about a sound card, you probably dont need one. However, if you connect to the internet with WiFi you need a wireless card.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/kfGcmG

Theres my attempt.

Thanks dude looks really nice! wait what does a sound card do? If I don't get one, I don't get sound?

by the way, forgot to mention I could use a 120g SSD, I think that would be nice. Let me know if it can fit into the budget. I'm looking to buy this before the end of tonight (friday)

you'll get sound through your motherboard.

any motherboard has sound and ethernet incuded, just like any processor has a cooler included

about ssd:

there are many data storage devices on the market. I think best deal is to buy 240GB ssd + DVD writer (which can be external)

This post was edited by the_rest on Nov 28 2014 08:30am

Will that be able to play league ok?

skip on the wireless network card and bump that gpu up to a gtx 750 ti (2gb is like bare minimum for games lately), otherwise, yeah that'd be okay i suppose. gpu is weak in that build compared to the 8320.

i'm running an fx-8320 + hd 7850, league maxed out constantly.

this is much better



i'd suggest removing the dvd drive and getting windows 7 / 8.1 on a usb and installing windows that way, so few reasons for a disk drive tbh.

usb-flash-stick install takes ages, unless you buy an expensive 70MB/sec stick, which is same price as a DVD-writer.

fuckin wut
takes like 15 minutes