OK so I built my first gaming computer and honestly I think it turned out pretty well. I didn't really have a lot of money so my friend helped my build a computer that is easy for me to upgrade when the time comes. The motivation for doing this was because I have really gotten into the feel of playing video games on a PC just using the keyboard and mouse just feels nice. Also I don't want to be pinned to having to get one of the next gen consoles which are pretty much just going to be PC's anyway. I would rather have something I can customize and update. So here are the specs for what I got.
I got an AS Rock FX Socket AM3 N68C-GS motherboard. So far it has been a very nice start up and at $45 it has been very worth it. With that I am running an AMD FX4100 Quad-Core processor and I the reviews have been pretty up and down on this processor but for the beginning PC gamer like me it has been perfect. Currently only running 4 GB of ram via a Corsair XMS3 stick of ram I do plan on upping to 8 GB really soon. For a hard drive I am using a Western Digital 1TB SATA. I remember a time when having like a gig of hard drive space was awesome. I just dated myself there. My first computer had only a 20 GB hard drive so I have no idea what I am going to do with 1 TB of hard drive space. Haha. For a video card I am using an MSi N650 GeForce GTX650 and again I am very impressed with the bang for my buck I have gotten with this build so far. I have a standard DVD-RW drive and am using LOGISYS 430W power supply. This is all housed inside a RAIDMAX Blade ATX-298WR Super Blade case. I like this case because it has lots of room to add more stuff to it.
I have been spending a lot of my time since I built the computer in a closed beta for this game called Loadout which is just a wonderful fiasco of great fun. It is a multi-player third person shooter game that is just a blast the art style is very Team Fortress with over the top animated blood and body dismemberment when being shot. There are crazy moments when my head is only a brain and eyes or where I am running around one armed just trying to stay alive. Usually I am not a huge fan of over the top gore but with this goofy animated style it is totally great. I cant wait for the full version to be released. Well I am going to go and pretend to work and hopefully get some gaming in this evening.
Oh I am still shackled to my console because I had pre-ordered Bioshock Infinite before I decided to build the PC so I am going to definitely be finishing that up and then also my friend bought me Skyrim for my birthday for my Xbox so I need to work my way through that.
Much Love
M
