How to save more than 100 thousand rubles for the gaming computer assembly

How much is a gaming computer

The unequivocal answer is no - it all depends on what games and what settings you want to play. Consider three configurations for different purposes. In assemblies, shows the main components. Details such as the housing, cooling and power supply unit are included, but not shown in the lists.

1. Computer that supports the modern games at medium settings in Full HD

• The processor and the motherboard: AMD Ryzen March 1200 and AMD B350 or Intel Pentium G4600 and Intel H110 Express.
• Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti or AMD Radeon RX 470.
• Memory: 8GB of DDR4-2400 / 2666.
• Drive: HDD 1TB.
• Price: 40 000.

2. A computer that will pull modern games in Full HD with the highest graphics settings

• The processor and the motherboard: AMD Ryzen 5 1600X and AMD B350 or Intel Core i5-8400 and Intel Z370 Express.
• Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 or AMD Radeon RX 580.
• RAM: 2 × 8 GB DDR4-320.
• Drive: HDD 1 TB SSD and 120 GB and more.
• Price: 90 000.

3. A computer that will pull any game with maximum settings in WQHD

• The processor and the motherboard: AMD Ryzen 7 1700X and AMD X370 or Intel Core i7-8700K and Intel Z370 Express.
• Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti.
• RAM: 2 × 16 GB DDR4-3000 / 3200.
• Drive: HDD 1TB and SSD 250 GB and more.
• Price: about 170 000 rubles.

Why collect computer game in 2018 is inappropriate

Even high-end configuration for long remain relevant, and components prices are constantly rising. If ten years ago to assemble a good gaming computer you would have spent 40,000 rubles, now - at least twice.

At the same time more and more rapidly evolving gaming technology. For example, in 2016 for a comfortable game was enough graphics card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970. Now, to play PUBG and Monster Hunter: World at maximum speed, already need NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060. The difference in price - about 10 thousand rubles. Prices for the new GeForce RTX series cards will start from 47 990 rubles.

Of course, the high price of iron is partially justified by new features. These video card 20-series GeForce RTX supports the new ray tracing technology, which allows for realistic lighting in games. But here is it worth to pay for it - a moot point. Be prepared for the fact that new games will always demand more.

The computer must not only collect, but also constantly updated. No matter how much money you have in your computer or invested, new games will always be small.

How to use the power of a gaming computer, not buying it

It is possible, if you play on the cloud platform - for example, such as Playkey. Cloud gaming - is to rent a data center for games instead of buying a computer. You pay a subscription, connect to a remote machine, which certainly will pull any game with maximum settings and play.

System requirements of this technology are reduced to a modest six points. You need:

• with a frequency of at least 1.5 GHz;
• RAM at least 1 GB;
• operating system Windows 7, 8, 10 or MacOS 10.7 and above;
• stable connection to the Internet at a speed of 10 Mbit / s;
• an account on the gaming platform Steam, Uplay or Battle.net;
• Playkey application.

It's all. No doroguschih processors and graphics cards - only that can provide every computer and internet provider. Cloud platform - it is like a computer on a long wire. Everything you do with a mouse and keyboard, is transmitted to the data center, and already with them all the gameplay is broadcast to your screen.

How to play through Playkey

1. Download and install Playkey application. On the server, your personal virtual machine will be created with a great iron on board. Good news for Mac owners - MacOS is also supported.
2. Examine the list of games that are available on the platform, and click rate. Now the database service has more than 250 games, including the last Tomb Raider, Far Cry, GTA, Fortnite and Counter-Strike, and PUBG, «The Witcher" and Monster Hunter: World.
3. Select a game from the catalog, click "Play", and then the client Playkey sign in to your Steam, Uplay or Battle.net. Piracy is prohibited - if the game is paid, it should be purchased.
4. Start the game. no need to install anything - on servers Playkey everything is already prepared.

How much does it cost

One ruble per minute. We felt that if play Playkey two hours a day, for a year of daily games you spend 43 800 rubles - almost as you would pay for a gaming computer with minimal characteristics that a year and more obsolete.

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