A Beginner Guide To Building A Gamer PC

By Shirley Campbell


For those who love to play games at home or for those who want to become professional players, they will need a good computer for games. Now, in order to have a gamer pc, certain specs will be needed to take the heavy requirements of games. So for those who are really serious about getting a powerful gaming computer, here are some of the things to take note of with regard to the specs.

The first thing that one has to take into consideration would be the CPU. At the very least, one must have a two core processor to take most basic games. However, one will definitely have to check the processor requirements of each individual game to see if that particular game would need a higher core processor.

After that, one has to then determine the definition requirements of the game. In order to play a game in full high definition, most processors have to be a least 2.5Ghz in the processor. Another way to determine this would be through checking whether the processor is an i5 or an i7 because i5 processors are the bare minimum for games while an i7 is the best type of processor for games.

Now, the graphic card is a very important thing to think about since it is the graphic card that will determine the quality of the game. Before thinking about the graphic card though, one has to make sure that the motherboard can take in the correct graphic cards. At the very least, the motherboard must have a correct SLI slot for the NVIDIA cards or a Crossfire slot for AMD Crossfire cards so that the computer can run dual graphic cards.

Now, another thing that one would have to take note of would be the display and memory of the graphic cards. A good range for memory of a graphic card would be around 2GB to 4GB because these memories can play up to 60 or 90 frames per second. This ensures that lagging can be prevented.

Next up is the RAM which is either a DDR3 or a DDR4 as these two are the best RAMs for a gaming motherboard. Do take note that these are also the most compatible with gaming computer motherboards as well. With regard to memory, 32GB is the most recommended but 16GB will do depending on the game.

Finally, the last thing to think of would be the hard drive storage. The most common would be an HDD storage which would require a 7200RPM with cached memory of up to 16MB if one wants to put in games. For the storage size, then a good amount would be somewhere between 250GB to 500GB depending on what kind of game one would want to run.

These are some of the basic things to think of when building a gaming computer. Other things to take note of would be the resolution from the monitor, the power supply, the mouse, the keyboard, and the cooling fans. However, those things can come later after the basic stuff have been taken care of.




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