An Entry Level Gamer's Build

If you're starting out building a PC / gaming, you might not be so invested as to drop thousands of dollars on a fantastic rig. You might not even have monitors/speakers set up.

These builds right here are ideal for a newly entering desktop user / gamer, including full desk setups. I did my best to keep the entire build under $1000, some instances the price may go over a little.

Beginner's Intel Rig

This build is quite nice for starting out, I will run down the parts ;

Intel CORE i5 is reputable for being one of the best CPU's at it's price, without overclocks

Gigabyte motherboards are awesome, they just never include a good amount of fan headers. So, I hook ye up with the proper cables to enable all case fans ;

https://www.quietpc.com/gel-pwm-1-4-pwmcable

PSU 6 pin to Molex power - Newegg

The graphics card is good enough to run games on high for a little while, and among the best of it's price point.

I included a big hard drive instead of an SSD. A beginner might not mind the speed difference, plus an SSD is more expensive for a smaller price.

The case is awesome, I use it in my current computer and I love it. It's a bit high for a case but the quality is amazing, and this case will be reusable for any microatx or mini-itx build.

8 GB Ram = more than enough for gaming, plus it's easy to get another stick for intense stuff

This build includes some nice quality speakers, great headphones, a decent monitor (may wanna upgrade later but it does fine for now) and a simple keyboard - bonus for the LEDs.

The price is 80 dollars above the 1000 dollar goal, but the performance should be nice for a while to come.

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Our next build will focus more on trimming down the price. This rig will feature an AMD FX 8 core CPU as opposed to intel, which should trim the total motherboard price by a bit.

Beginner's AMD Rig

Similar GPU to the previous build, (Vram Wise) this should run games on max for a while to come.

The CPU is AMD FX, not many like it because it is old, but it works nicely for a lot of games I play - and I beginner won't need a super good CPU, I hope.

I included the Devastator bundle again because it's the cheapest I've seen and it's glowey. If you want macros, knock yourself out. I included a full speaker set too, and headphones again, alongside a pretty nice monitor.