FUME5 Originally Posted by I've decided that even though I don't have enough time to play the games I already own, I'm going to buy a gaming PC.



I've got a budget of $1800 (I'm an Aussie so ~$1500 US) for a gaming rig, since I know sweet f_ck all about building a PC I figured I'd ask GAF for some opinions.



So, PC master race, help a console pleb out?

With a 1500$ budget you are pretty much free to do what you want.Grab a GTX 980 or 970. Grab the best Intel I7 you can read about. Grab an SSD drive, about 64-128GB to sit your OS layer on and then a 2TB HDD for storage. I dunno, if you are into physical media worry about a DVD drive otherwise skip it and use flash drive to install windows.8GB of DDR3 is fine. Just make sure the GPU has atleast 3-4GB of GDDR5 as that will be the new norm by the end of this year for new games.Plenty of good motherboards out there. I'm keen on Gigabyte boards though, they are pretty awesome with good software that makes overclocking as easy as hitting a button and resetting. Quick Boot is cool too.The build also depends on your wants. A GTX 970 will basically run everything 1080p x 60fps ( or barely under ) for awhile. And really a 970 will run most games at 1440p at high framerates. So a 980, moving into the $500 range for a GPU will solidify that 1080p x 60fps @ max settings for a long, long time.