A desktop computer that can get me out of the "Low Zone"...

[TwilightCannon]

For the 17 years of my life, I've only been stuck with the low-end side of things. Any game I can get my hands on, I have to test it at the lowest resolution, all settings as low as possible...(In the case of New Vegas, I had to grab 6 performance mods before the game became playable.) The strongest thing I've gotten ahold of that "I" own is a Gamecube. Other than that, my laptops are junk, and my desktop is sorta good for me..but, hey. I want to jump up a step, to the Medium settings for games. I want to see, for example, something that can run Skyrim and Warframe on medium settings. That's all I care for. I'm not looking for the "Grand mother-father of all gaming machines that takes a limb and a half" desktop..Just one that can do things on medium. I can't care for the higher settings.

Any help?

 

[TechyInAZ]

Sure I can help, you looking for a prebuilt desktop? Or can you do a DIY? Or a gaming laptop?

 

[TwilightCannon]

Sure I can help, you looking for a prebuilt desktop? Or can you do a DIY? Or a gaming laptop?

Any of the three. I don't mind how I get it- Heck, I'd appreciate you giving me solutions for all three ways. I don't want to overburden you, though.

 

[TechyInAZ]

It's no burden, ill give you a good DIY build that will save you a LOT of money over a prebuilt. (Even if I did feel burdened, there's a ton of other people here that can help too.)

 

[TechyInAZ]

This will easily get you high settings. If you want me to cut back to around $500-$600 I can do that too. Do you need an OS?

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($176.88 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($67.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($55.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($63.63 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($47.78 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 2GB SuperSC ACX 2.0+ Video Card ($190.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($40.00 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($54.99 @ B&H)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home Full (32/64-bit) ($119.99 @ B&H)
Total: $818.14
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-28 22:50 EDT-0400

 

[TwilightCannon]

This will easily get you high settings. If you want me to cut back to around $500-$600 I can do that too. Do you need an OS?

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($176.88 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($67.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($55.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($63.63 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($47.78 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 2GB SuperSC ACX 2.0+ Video Card ($190.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($40.00 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($54.99 @ B&H)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home Full (32/64-bit) ($119.99 @ B&H)
Total: $818.14
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-28 22:50 EDT-0400

This looks good, and sorry for the late response, but is there a build you can tell me that can hit ~40 FPS on Medium game settings? If that's the cut-down price to 500$. OS..I prefer Win7Prof or Win10.

 

[TechyInAZ]

This is without the OS, do you want the OS included with the total price? If so then you'll have to just add that mentally since pcpartpicker doesn't have pricing on windows 10 OS right now:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($71.98 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($72.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($55.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($50.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 950 2GB SSC ACX 2.0 Video Card ($173.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($63.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $534.90
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-09-01 11:21 EDT-0400

 

[TwilightCannon]

Thank you. These answers are perfect!