need help building a pc please
HI, I hope i'm writing this on the right forum as I am very much new to this. I've seen you help out a lot of other simmers, and I was hoping i could get some help too. I'm planning on building a pc...
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@chachou_kharis I understand you don't have a budget, but some parameters would be helpful here. Do you plan to play other, more demanding games, for example Baldur's Gate 3 or Hogwarts Legacy? What do you mean by "get into editing or rendering my sims 4 characters"—is this an in-game activity or something you'd be doing outside of it, and with what tools?
Separately, do you have a standalone monitor already, and if so, what are its specs? If not, do you have some idea of what you'd like, in terms of specs or price or some other details? The reason this is important is because the more pixels the graphics card needs to render, the higher the workload. So a budget graphics card that would easily handle running Sims 4 at a resolution of 1920x1080 and 60 frames per second is not necessarily the right choice for playing at 2560x1440 and 144 fps.
I would be happy to help you pick out components once I have an idea of what you're looking for. But I don't want to suggest more powerful and more expensive hardware than you'll ever need, or encourage you to buy something marginal when you can afford a noticeable improvement.
Hi,
I’d rather not pay more than $2,000 overall. I do plan on playing some more demanding games like Hogwarts Legacy as well. And for the editing/rendering, i meant like a video editing software (but i don’t find it important anymore as I can just use my laptop).
I do not have a standalone monitor. I was looking at monitors earlier and there’s a part of me that wants an ultra wide monitor (but i don’t know if it’s necessary) because i really like the way it looks. however, i was also checking out the 27” ones and i like those as well. (hopes that answered your spec question- really new to all of this).
please let me know if you need anymore info. thank you so much!
@chachou_kharis Ultrawide monitors are not my style, but people who like them tend to love them, so if it's what you want, it's probably a good investment. It would also help with productivity, or productivity-like tasks, where you'd want a number of windows open at the same time. You could of course get a secondary monitor, but that can be inconvenient and take up extra space. At any rate, I can look around for those.
The next question is whether you want me to send you an actual parts list, and if so, what country you're in. (I would guess the U.S. but don't want to assume.) Additionally, are you ready to order now, as in, today or in the next few days? Or do you want to move through the process more slowly as you learn about hardware and consider the decisions you're making? That's the difference between my finding the best deals available right now vs. giving you more general guidance about what to look for.
As an example, this RTX 3070 is on sale right now for significantly less than other models and less than the faster (but not massively faster) 4070. But the sale ends at midnight Newegg time, after which it won't be a great deal anymore, so if you weren't ready to buy now, it wouldn't be worth keeping on your list.
https://www.newegg.com/gigabyte-geforce-rtx-3070-gv-n3070gaming-oc-8gd/p/N82E16814932449
That's not to pressure you to make any decisions before you're ready—there are always deals to be had if you're patient, and it's easy to search if you know how. I'm just saying the conversation is different depending on where you are in the process. I'm happy to help no matter what your answer is; I just want to give the most useful kind of help.
$2,000 is a very reasonable budget even including the monitor, and you'll be able to get components that will make you a great gaming computer.
Yes, please if it’s not an inconvenience for you i’d really appreciate it if you helped me search for some ultra wide monitors.
Yes, I’d want you to send me a parts list. I live in the U.S. I’m ready to order the parts throughout this month. I want to take this slowly, but not too slow. If that makes sense? Again, thank you a lot!
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