Good PC $1200 or under?

[Midevil Warrior]

I want to write school papers (least of my concerns), and I want to game with FPS framerates on games 30 or higher with max settings. Complete and custom builds are fine.

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[Damp]

That shouldn't be that hard to find one with that budget

[Toxicology]

with 1200 you can make a pretty solid gaming computer

[ßlöükfáce]

laptop or desktop?

[ShadowsfeaR]

That's a really solid budget for a build, if you aren't buying a monitor.

[Awesomebread²]

you might get a toaster at best

[Ipquarx]

you can get a GREAT pc for $1200. You could probably go down to $1000 and get 60fps on max on most games.

[Midevil Warrior]

you might get a toaster at best

thanks, i'll look into it

laptop or desktop?

desktop

all I'm trying to find is, a good chipset for a video card, a matching motherboard, and a decent case that doesn't overheat. The rest, I can find myself.

[Red Spy]

I FOUND ONE!!1!!!11!!1!!!

[jonnyman5656]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/BP3hpg
Its what I plan on upgrading to in the future too

[Pentium]

http://pcpartpicker.com/user/Chipskate/saved/Q3qMnQ
It's somewhat similar to jonnymans build, but I toned down the CPU and RAM in favor of a better GPU and a boot/games SSD. It also has a better power supply and case.

[Brickitect]

Asus G20.
It's what I have for 12k
Best computer I ever owned. I love it.

[ßlöükfáce]

Asus G20.
It's what I have for 1.2k
Best computer I ever owned. I love it.

ftfy

[Daswiruch]

Asus G20.
It's what I have for 12k
Best computer I ever owned. I love it.

if you want dem framez, don't get a prebuilt

[Headcrab Zombie]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/BP3hpg
Its what I plan on upgrading to in the future too

Drop the i7 to an i5 (the only difference is hyperthreading, which doesn't help gaming) and put the ~$100 saved towards a 980 instead of a 970