Last Friday, I had a break in. The guy took my PS4, Xbox One, and all my games/accessories, totaling about $1600 in physical items and $2200 if you include digital purchases across both systems. As an avid Kingdom Hearts fan, I really only miss the PS4 but I decided that, for the time being, I'd rather invest in improving my PC. My insurance company will drop my policy if I file the claim so my budget is basically the few hundred dollars the GoFundMe my coworkers started for me may raise, or wait until tax return time.
I can currently play most games just fine, but an ENB for Skyrim tanks my FPS pretty hard. This PC was built for me about two years ago after my MacBook at the time had called it quits, so I wasn't exactly 'in the market' and was working within a budget of about $1000 USD. I went to my local MicroCenter and they helped me pick out the parts and opt for components that would allow me to upgrade in the future. The future has come, I returned to MicroCenter, and was told I might be able to keep the case and that was about it - I would be looking at new everything, down to the power supply. I didn't have them print out the list there just because it wasn't a priority but I went poking through my computer I believe I have a list of my current components:
Userbenchmark PC Build Comparison
| Baseline | Price | |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | Intel Pentium G3258 | $65 |
| GPU | Nvidia GTX 750 | $120 |
| HDD | WD Blue 1TB (2015) | $46 |
| RAM | Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB | $60 |
| MBD | MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) | $127 |
| $418 | ||
| BENCH | Game 22%, Desk 44%, Work 24% |
At this point, I'm a bit put off by MicroCenter telling me I'd be looking at a total rebuild. If that is the case, I'll do it, but I was hoping to do an upgrade here, upgrade there; not dump the entirety of my tax return into one purchase.
What do I use my PC for? you ask; good question. Mostly small games like League, Banished, City Skylines... and this is because I just can't handle Skyrim the way I'd like to. Too many mods have to lead me to get ~25FPS and... that is unacceptable. I would like to move to a dual monitor set up and possibly look into streaming (so long as I can play in 1080 and stream to at least 720 with ease). Aside from that, I do a fair amount of work with Audition and Premiere and will be doing more audio/video editing in the near future, but I have personally not run into any major issues when it comes to processing time and all that with my current set up. I'd like to just shift all my major game purchases to PC. I'm not sure what sort of price increase I'd be looking at if I wanted 4k compatibility, especially since that would mean going from possibly two <$150 monitors to 2 >$400 monitors (based on 5 minutes of research).
Any advice the people of Buildmeapc have is appreciated. Admittedly, when it comes to the innards of computers... I'm pretty daft. I just know how to make them do what I want once their put together.
Submitted by KennKatastrophe | #Specialdealer Special Offer Online Shopping Store 2016
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