Gemini
08-04-2016, 05:39 AM
So, I'm very new to this whole idea of PC "gaming" (I hate that word, really I do but I can't find a better alternative). My experience with PC games is basically the sims (the original) and a few minutes of the sims 2. I do all of my game playing on consoles and handhelds. I don't really want to get into the "real" PC gaming scene. I don't want to play Crysis, Batman, The Witcher,Fallout, Skyrim, whatever-the-hell else is big right now. I'm more interested in the lower-somewhat mid level games, like The Sims (2, possibly 3 or 4 someday) Rollercoaster Tycoon and the like. Maybe the Civilization games, I remember the older ones from a while ago and always kind of liked them.
But apparently, this whole thing of PC gaming is a little more complex than saying: Hey, go buy a PS3 to play X game. Now it's more of: "Oh, I need this graphics card if I want this...but it needs to fit this motherboard which I don't have, which means I need to swap this for that, but then THIS isn't compatible anymore so..." well maybe it's not that dramatic but you know, it's different than getting a console.
So anytime I look into build a PC VS buy a PC, it always go down the route of never buy a PC as soon as you attach the word "gaming" to it. Which to me is confusing, because I'm not looking for something that high end. I don't want 4K, not really too concerned about 1080 (I mean seriously, if the original sims is a priority then we're obviously not talking about something all that impressive). However, I don't want to put down 500 dollars on something and realize, well shit I can't play X because this is too weak. But then again, I don't want to spend 1200 and think, well shit, I REALLY didn't need to get this much for what I actually wanted.
So, what to do? Should I just consider building something or have pre-built desktop computers come along enough where buying something prebuilt isn't as taboo as it used to be? Are there sites that show specs of all the different games, so I can get a feel for what I need and look into my options that way?
Any help is appreciated. I'm alone lost and scared (maybe just lost but, it sounds better being dramatic).
But apparently, this whole thing of PC gaming is a little more complex than saying: Hey, go buy a PS3 to play X game. Now it's more of: "Oh, I need this graphics card if I want this...but it needs to fit this motherboard which I don't have, which means I need to swap this for that, but then THIS isn't compatible anymore so..." well maybe it's not that dramatic but you know, it's different than getting a console.
So anytime I look into build a PC VS buy a PC, it always go down the route of never buy a PC as soon as you attach the word "gaming" to it. Which to me is confusing, because I'm not looking for something that high end. I don't want 4K, not really too concerned about 1080 (I mean seriously, if the original sims is a priority then we're obviously not talking about something all that impressive). However, I don't want to put down 500 dollars on something and realize, well shit I can't play X because this is too weak. But then again, I don't want to spend 1200 and think, well shit, I REALLY didn't need to get this much for what I actually wanted.
So, what to do? Should I just consider building something or have pre-built desktop computers come along enough where buying something prebuilt isn't as taboo as it used to be? Are there sites that show specs of all the different games, so I can get a feel for what I need and look into my options that way?
Any help is appreciated. I'm alone lost and scared (maybe just lost but, it sounds better being dramatic).
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