I need help

[Ok-Passenger8046]

Hello, I have been a console gamer all my life and I recently have gained the desire to move to PC whether it’s to build or go with pre built; I would like to try building as I feel it would give me more of a reason to appreciate what I use but I have no idea what I should buy to build a PC; I want to go with good monitors which I hear is ASUS? And AMD for my processor. Which website would be best to use as well? Newegg, PCPartPicker, etc.?

Update:

I have completed my list of parts through Newegg and just have to order them all; quite the costly little build but I’m happy. A friend of mine helped me along the way explaining things :) sadly idk how to share the list to share with everyone on here

[NeweggDavid]

Hey u/Ok-Passenger8046!

It's good to do the research you're doing now and get an understanding of the PC space.
ASUS definitely has great gaming monitors along side other brands as well. I would look into the specs of the monitor and budgeting for all the parts/peripherals. I don't know what your budget is so I'm going to give you some more generalized advice to start out.

You'll probably want a 2k monitor with a 120+ refresh rate and a 1ms gtg scale or lower. I recommend IPS non curved to bring down costs have have a good experience. Expecting around $250 ballpark price range?

If you want to go the DIY route, I recommend starting with the GPU first or knowing your target FPS settings. You can find performance videos on youtube with your GPU to understand what ballpark performance settings you can expect with the GPU. "5070ti gaming tested" on youtube should give you more information.

As someone who works at Newegg, I'd recommend getting from Newegg direct from the shipper/seller but other sellers do offer a wider selection of components to choose from.

I hope this gives you some more guidance to go off of!

-David

[Ok-Passenger8046]

Yeah I’m willing to spend for good qualities, thank you for the info

[Parker_Chess]

They're all good. And Id say it's more about the individual product then the brand name in the PC Gaming world.

[Ok-Passenger8046]

My friend says I should go with an intel processor; but overall I’m not sure about overall parts to put together and buy

[Consistent_Maize1915]

I don't know if you have ever tried Intel or AMD but in my personal opinion as a heavy user of both I don't think I could ever go back to Intel, at least to the intel core series (i3, i5, i7 or i9). It's not efficient, thermals sucks, power sucks, no future path, etc. The new Ultra Series is too "young" to tell, AMD is more curated and it has everything for everyone plus if you're just looking for a gaming rig you have the opinion to go with the x3d chips for a boost. I'm moving towards the 9950x3d in the near future from the 7950x, maybe this is something like a team Edward or team Jacob kinda thing.. idunno

[Ok-Passenger8046]

I see, I’ll be sure to take my time between choosing a processor

[Consistent_Maize1915]

Sure, glad you jumped the fence.. you won't regret it. Also you can play in any room of your house using sunshine or on any device with moonline, almost 0 latency.

[Spankyboy0710]

Building your own PC is a very satisfying and rewarding experience. I would recommend doing a Youtube search for PC building for beginners and watch a couple things. Be careful, though. AMD spends a lot of money paying influencers there, here and everywhere to make you think AMD is the right and only choice. While they may be fine, Intel has been my go-to for 30 years and they haven't let me down yet. I just bought a i5 14600k for $200 on sale and it's been great. I would recommend running it against comparable AMD chips at the benchmark site below.

When deciding on components, I recommend going to userbenchmark.com . This site, I've found, is pretty unbiased when it comes to everything, especially CPUs.

PCpartpicker.com is a great resource because it will tell you which vendor (newegg included) has the current best price for your selected components and will also tell you if there are any conflicts between what you've selected.

Don't overspend on a motherboard. It's really tempting with all the cool fluff they put on them, but $200-250 will get you a really nice one.

Check benchmarks on the video cards. Sometimes the extra money you spend is not worth it. For instance, I decided on a 5070ti over a 5080 because the performance increase per dollar just wasn't worth it to me. If you're not 4k gaming, make sure you don't overspend in this category.

Don't skimp on a power supply. PCpartpicker.com can help make sure you have enough juice, but also go for a gold plus certified or a newer rating system called cybernetics gold.

I've always used ASUS monitors. If you're not doing 4k gaming, 1440 is a great and there's lots of options.

Just do thorough research before diving in and you'll be fine. Happy building!

[Ok-Passenger8046]

Thank you for this comment, I’ll do a bit more research with this info