I'm completely new to PC gaming. Any tips?

Congrats on your new Digital Storm system coming. Please share with us what type of system you bought. I never really played games on consoles much. 12 years ago, I bought my first digital Storm system and started playing games on it when not doing other computer stuff.

I just upgraded myself to a new Digital Storm system last month. It definitely plays games well at Ultra graphic settings. I play Red Dead Redemption 2, COD Modern Warfare, COD WWII, Grand Theft Auto V, COD Black Ops II, Metro Last Light, Forza Horizon 4, & Marvel's Guardians Of The Galaxy.

I did breakdown and buy a Microsoft X-Box Wireless Controller for the racing game primarily. My motherboard has both wireless & Bluetooth which made it easy to connect to the X Box controller for better driving in games.

One of the things I like best about gaming on the computer is that I find myself playing a game then surfing the internet or watching a video before I play another game. Just nice to be able to do everything in one spot and do them all well.

I notice on the internet that there are a number of articles comparing PC to Console gaming giving the Pros & Cons. Since I am not a big gamer and just play intermittently, I will be watching to see how the more active gamers on the forum respond to your question.

Welcome Aboard!

    

Edited by Onkel_Ken - 30 Dec 2021 at 4:57pm

There are holiday sales on right now for a few more days at Steam, Origin/EA Play, and Epic Games to name some major ones.

Epic games is a fairly new service that is trying hard to attract attention. RIGHT NOW, until about Jan 6, they are offering the latest three Lara Croft games fully upgraded absolutely FREE. There's no catch. You go there, order the games, and they are in your Epic library ready to download when you get your computer.

IMO, the EA Play or EA Play Pro subscriptions are an excellent start for a new PC gamer to try out all kinds of late model games. I don't have one because I don't have the time to make it the great value I think it is because I have a sizeable unplayed backlog, mostly from Steam, I'm trying to get through. I've been buying games from Steam sales for years.

You will likely find that gaming on a PC allows much more freedom to choose a controller that fits each game the best. Allows access to modding communities that can enhance gameplay on some favorites beyond belief. And will often streamline every aspect of your gaming experience if you invested in the right parts. I'm 73, and I've been having an immense lot of fun playing PC games for 36 years.   

These are the specs for my new PC. (Also just found out it entered stage 5 2 days ago)
Chassis Model: Digital Storm Lumos
Exterior Finish: - Standard Factory Finish
Trim Accents: - Standard Factory Finish
Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X (6-Core) 4.6 GHz Turbo
Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X570-P / MSI X570-A Pro (AMD X570) (Up to 2x PCI-E Devices) (No SLI Support)
System Memory: 16GB DDR4 3200MHz Digital Storm Performance Series
Power Supply: 600W Digital Storm Performance Series (Supports up to an NVIDIA RTX 3060 Ti GPU)
Expansion Bay: - No Thanks
Optical Drive: - No Thanks
Storage Set 1: 1x SSD M.2 (1TB Digital Storm M.2 Performance Series)
Storage Set 2: - No Thanks
Storage Set 3: - No Thanks
RAID Config: - No Thanks
RAID Card: - No Thanks
Internet Access: High Speed Network Port (Supports High-Speed Cable / DSL / Network Connections)
Graphics Card(s): 1x GeForce GTX 1650 4GB
Sound Card: Integrated Motherboard Audio
Add On Card: - No Thanks
Extreme Cooling: AMD Standard Factory Heat-sink and Fan
HydroLux Tubing Style: - Not Applicable, I do not have a custom HydroLux liquid cooling system selected
HydroLux Fluid Color: - Not Applicable, I do not have a custom HydroLux liquid cooling system selected
Cable Management: Premium Cable Management (Strategically Routed & Organized for Airflow)
Chassis Fans: Standard Factory Chassis Fans
Internal Lighting: Remote Controlled Advanced LED Lighting System (Multiple RGB Color Modes)
Software Control: - No Thanks
Chassis Mods: - No Thanks
Noise Reduction: - No Thanks
LaserMark: Option Not Available
CPU Boost: Stock Factory Turbo Boost Advanced Automatic Overclocking
Graphics: Yes, Overclock the video card(s) as much as possible with complete stability
OS Boost: - No Thanks, Please do not tweak the services on the operating system
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 11 Home (64-Bit)
Recovery Tools: USB Drive - Windows Installation (Format and Clean Install)
Virus Protection: Windows Defender Antivirus (Built-in to Windows)

I'm pretty excited to start learning how to use a mouse and keyboard, but I had no clue that you could hook up an xbox controller, so that's really neat.

Maybe wait as little as 8 months and get a 4070 that will outperform the 3080 at a much better price? Could take that long to get hands on a 3080 anyway. Just a thought.

Edited by Cretae - 18 Jan 2022 at 4:12am