Help with buying a new gaming computer? Asking for advice

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Bit of a disclaimer, my tech knowledge is very low. It’s safe to assume I probably won’t know any specifics so I’m hoping that any help can come in laymen’s terms.

Simply put, I want to buy a new desktop computer that will be able to handle modern games on the highest graphic settings.

Here is what I know so far, I will need a specific graphics card, in addition to that I also need a high amount of ram, I have been told that even if those two elements of a computer are high-end, they might not live to their full potential if I have a weak hard drive. Is that true?

Another bit about that, the last desktop I bought was probably in 2003-2005. SSD ram (I’m throwin that out there, not even sure if it’s the right term) wasn’t a regular option for cheap computers at the time. Since then, the iphone/ipad memory tech evolved to something called “solid state”. My understanding of “solid state” is that there are no moving parts and that allows for better performance of the hardware. Early on I bought a macbook air when they came out, one of the perks I liked was the startup speed. You press power, a few seconds later you were in game. I would like to have that on my desktop.

Since those days, I am under the impression that “solid state” is the new way to go for anything related to gaming or multi-media.

I have a few other concerns that are non-hardware related. Marketing, bigger is better here in America and sometimes we over-do it. I don’t want to pay too much extra for memory/ram/whatever that I would not actually need.

I’m looking for suggestions on the amount and type of ram I should get the graphics card I should choose as well as the hard drive or any other parts that will help my computer run faster.

Also, are any specific places I should order from online? I would like to get a system I can take out of the box, plug in and play with minimal setup or DIY building. I plan to play FPS and MMOs mainly; might do some video editing and I would like the computer to have enough strength to stream some movies, run fraps or a similar program while having little to no effect on the performance of the game I am playing at the time.

I hope this made sense. I’m asking here because this community has drawn some of the most dedicated gamers I have ever known. My thinking is, if you want to build a computer for games, ask for advice from gamers.

Thanks

[mjbcb0717]

What kinda fps are you looking to place need bit more general idea bf4 ect ?

Canirunit.com will give you a idea of what you need find the games you want and it will tell you the minimum and max required specs and tell you reccomand cpu/gfx card stuff like that

Ibuypower.com is a good place to build your own fun to mix and match parts and see what you can come up with for your budget

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Wow that's still up? lol I bought that computer I mentioned in the post 03-05' from them

[mjbcb0717]

Edited post reread

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That FPS question is a good one, I was looking on a site that rated the comps on fps that they would run games on. Some of the numbers were pretty high. If I'm not mistaken, the human eye/brain processes 30 FPS max, so are the big numbers just marketing? Do I need my game to run at 200fps? Would there be a noticeable difference from 200 down to say 100?

I imagine it's more complex than that but I'm pretty noob on tech stuff.

[mjbcb0717]

http://www.amazon.com/EVGA-GeForce-G.../dp/B00E0N49C8

The card I use love it

http://www.amazon.com/Intel-Processo.../dp/B001H5T7LK

and processer...this processer is little old BUT it's amazing for its time and cheep way to go it still shits on some of the newer i7 I love it have it over clicked to 4.1 with no problems I play any game out right now on ultra no problems arma 3 ect I'm at 40-50fps on anything. No lag

If I get near my pc when kids go to bed I'll post more specs try give you a general idea