PC Building Simulator allows you to build your dream PC

[David Matthews]

Simulator games are a bit of a ironic twist. Most people play games in order to escape from reality, but simulator games allow you to do seemingly mundane tasks that you can do in real life. In real life, memory and mid to high-end graphics cards have skyrocketed in price due to cryptocurrency mining. So what's a PC gamer supposed to do? Well the next best thing is to build your dream gaming rig...virtually.

Developed by Claudiu Kiss, PC Building Simulator launched in Early Access yesterday on Steam and allows you to build whatever PC you want to your heart's content. You can build your rig using licensed parts, benchmark your PC, and even go into Career mode where you can build and service custom PCs.

While experienced PC builders will certainly enjoy the plethora of wish fulfillment, there's plenty of fun for novice PC builders as well. The game includes step-by-step instructions that explain the order in which to build the PC as well as providing information on what each part does. The parts list includes equipment from major OEMs such as AMD, Cooler Master, Corsair, EVGA, Gigabyte, and MSI. There's even a free build mode that allows you to build the most expensive rig you can think of with money as no object.

Currently, there are more than 500,000 downloads with about 1,300 concurrent players. The developer plans on the game being in Early Access for around 2-3 months "depending on feedback from the community." Additional features to be added include water cooling, overclocking, and more benchmarking options.

I've been looking into ways to get my daughter into computers and this just might be the tool to do it. PC Building Simulator is currently $17.99 on Steam. Specs (ha!) as well as a game trailer are below:

• OS: Windows 7 or higher
• CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K or AMD Athlon X4 740 (or equivalent)
• RAM: 4 GB
• GPU: GeForce GTX 660 (2048 MB) or Radeon R9 285 (2048 MB)
• DirectX: 9.0c
• Storage: 4 GB available

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[Uncle Al]

That's actually pretty cool and might be worth the money .....

 

[psycros]

Seems a bit demanding graphically.

 

[stewi0001]

Seems a bit demanding graphically.

I'm assuming this is sarcasm ;P

 

[stewi0001]

Definitely going to add this to my wish-list

 

[dob_1]

Looks interesting and maybe a good training tool as suggested. But what comes to mind is a saying from university about teachers: "Those who can, do; those who can't, teach!" (and then it went on, "and those who can't teach, teach teachers). Maybe it could be adapted to "Those who can [build a PC] do; those who can't, play!"

 

[Adhmuz]

If you want to practice building PCs just go to your local e-waste facility and rummage around in the piles of obsolete hardware, you'll learn a thing or two and maybe even make a friend. Unless you are afraid of humans and despise the idea of friends, then simulate all you want you weirdo.

 

[captaincranky]

Newegg should snap that up, then offer it as a free download!

 

[cliffordcooley]

Specs (ha!) as well as a game trailer are below:

• OS: Windows 7 or higher
• CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K or AMD Athlon X4 740 (or equivalent)
• RAM: 4 GB
• GPU: GeForce GTX 660 (2048 MB) or Radeon R9 285 (2048 MB)
• DirectX: 9.0c
• Storage: 4 GB available

Why are the specs listing Windows 7 or higher, when the DirectX version is 9.0c?

With requirements as low as DirectX 9.0c you can run it on Windows XP.

 

[Squid Surprise]

Specs (ha!) as well as a game trailer are below:

• OS: Windows 7 or higher
• CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K or AMD Athlon X4 740 (or equivalent)
• RAM: 4 GB
• GPU: GeForce GTX 660 (2048 MB) or Radeon R9 285 (2048 MB)
• DirectX: 9.0c
• Storage: 4 GB available

Why are the specs listing Windows 7 or higher, when the DirectX version is 9.0c?

With requirements as low as DirectX 9.0c you can run it on Windows XP.

My guess is because official MS support for XP is gone, so just in case any issues arise why take the risk? I'm sure it will run on XP, by the way... just saying, why officially support it when it might come back to bite you...