I built a my rig for gaming, but I don't solely game on it, as is the case with most PC gamers. H0RSE 2928d ago (Edited 2928d ago the thing is, if you build a PC for gaming, it is able to tackle many tasks well. I do agree you shouldnt be paying JUST for lights thats silly but you can easily find parts w/ them at no extra charge. My Cool Master case had a small fan that came with a light on it. I also have lights in my case lol that I didnt pay for some parts just came with it like my corsair 700 watt psu has 3 changing lights I normally turn the lights off lol. It also reduces a lot of heat inside the case flowing around so I dont need as many fans. The reason also I disagree w/ ur last point I have liquid cooling only costed me about 40 dollars? Its much better than air cooling because the fans dont wear down overtime in the summer and get louder. I use my PC for gaming and testing work related stuff like hosting servers/virtual machines etc. PC gaming is very expensive and definitely doesnt beat console gaming economically idc what any delusional PC fanboy says. I spent about 1200-1300 building my PC at first then spent about another 150-200 maintaining and upgrading it after 3 years. PCs with 1k+ are really suppose to be more than just for gaming BUT you really cant get the performance that makes your PC sing on anything without spending that much too. I agree with everything you said but your last point. As far as lighting, it does NOTHING for performance and in certain rooms of a house can be more of an annoyance than 'art'. A more than efficient enough system for the general PC gamer can be made purely with air cooling. Liquid cooling should be reserved for the most extreme over-clockers. With the 'gaming' rigs I keep seeing people build on numerous PC sites, I see money wasted either on mediocre components (they spend tons on graphics cards and procs to get a middle to low end power supply or motherboard) or silly things such as lighting and absurd liquid cooling setups. My system's primary purpose is acting as a file server, but it can also work well as a gaming system and well as an everyday work horse. I don't want to replace much in it for at least 4 years and with how I built it I'll make 4 easy, maybe even 5. I spent $2800 building my PC for longevity and usefulness - not to mention it was a blast to build from the ground up.

Once past $1,000 you better be using the system for more than gaming. I have been in both the PC and console gamer camps and I will NEVER defend PC gaming as far as economics are concerned.įrankly, anyone who spends thousands of dollars to build PCs JUST for gaming is just delusional.

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