Need help with high end gaming machine?

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Okay i would appreciate any advice or help that you guys can give me on this. I have no budget so feel free to suggest any components you want even if they are $1000 ill be saving up for each and every componet and it will take about three years to fully build. So what im asking is what is the best CPU motherboard, graphics card, and ram out there for a really powerful gaming machine. I want it to be able to run games like skyrim, gta 5 and other such games on the highest quality setting with little to no lag time. This doesnt include online only games because im not a multiplayer kind of guy. I also want to build it myself so i know it inside and out so i wont buy an alienware prebuilt machine. Its also important because three years from now my sons will be 4 and a half and three and its something i would like to teach them how to do aas early as possible so if they enjoy doing it they have a goal in life and will strive to achieve it.

a23567 · Accepted Answer

First off, I recommend a website called pcpartpicker. It lets you choose each component for a computer build (you can sort it by price/capacity/speed/etc). It also selects the best price from various online retailers. Finally, it checks for compatibility, so it makes sure that everything you select can work together.

http://pcpartpicker.com/

Here is a $1,609 build:

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/18dww

This will play the games you listed at ultra settings at a very reasonable frame rate. Even newer games such as Crysis 3 will be able to be played at ultra settings at a reasonable frame rate. I selected a blu ray drive, but that is optional; it might come in handy if you want to watch Blu ray movies on your computer. For the operating system, I made sure that it was a 64 bit one, due to the fact that a 32 bit operating system can only use a maximum of 4 GB of RAM.

Here is a cheaper build, its $1,138.54

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/18dJb

It can go down to $1,048.55	 if you remove the SSD. An SSD is similar to a hard drive in that it stores data. But it has no moving parts, meaning that it is significantly faster. It generates much less heat than a traditional hard drive, much faster speeds, as well as completely silent since it has no moving parts. Many PC builders today highly recommend having an SSD in your computer. If you do get an SSD, install your operating system, as well as frequently used programs and games. Use your hard drive for bulk files such as movies and other games.

Here are two videos comparing SSD's and hardrives:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbjqczf-UX0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lR0XoHFU6Y

Yahoo answers is not the best place to seek computer advice, I recommend going to a forum on Reddit called buildapc:

http://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc

You can post the items that I recommended to you and see what they say about it.

Christian Cotto · Answer

If you truly have no budget I would recommend the Cyberpower Black Mamba which is over $5000. You wont have to upgrade for years

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