Can I get some help with this please? (Buying a PC)

I have experience doing this. I'm also in Busan too and got mine shipped there. Also, I wrote this assuming you are a newbie (if you are not, hopefully others can read this).

First, danawa.com isn't a vendor. It's a marketplace where they link you to other vendors. You will see gmarket, 11st, auction and all the big ones. But if you go down, you'll see these cheaper ones. These cheaper ones are yongsan storefronts at yongsan electronic market. All of these yongsan stores have websites too (they all look alike).

Try out junicom.co.kr. They are cheaper than the rest. I bought 90% of my pc stuff from there and it came within 2 days.

Also, keep in mind that all of your stuff will be more expensive here than in the states. Korea is a closed economy and anything foreign will be marked up in favor of promoting shitty domestic products. But buying it through amazon and shipping it here will be just as expensive after paying customs and shipping.

I have a $1200 setup with i5 4690k, sapphire r9 280x 3 gb, asrock z97 pro4, 750w powersupply, 8gb G.skill RAM. I also got a gaming headset, mechanical keyboard and gaming mouse (all unnecessary so focus on your gpu and cpu). The $1200 is because of my peripherals like my keyboard, mouse, etc. I could have gone bare on the non pc components and easily gotten an $900-950 gaming pc with the same cpu/gpu.

General advice:

Go for i5 for gaming which is more than enough. You don't need the i7 yet. Also RAM is very cheap so start with 8 GB. Put your $ into a graphics card. If you're not a computer whiz, go for NVIDA gpu since they are more user-friendly and their drivers are more consistent with games. Less compatibility issues. GTX 760 for budget. GTX 970 if you are willing to add 150-200$ into graphics. Remember that GPU is the most expensive thing but will affect your gaming experience the most. The deal with AMD vs Intel GPU is that the former has better performance at the same price point, but NVIDIA dominates the market because most game developers develop specifically for NVIDIA (NVIDIA = GTX = Geforce).

For motherboard, if you don't want to overclock, go for a MSI/ASrock H97. If you maybe want to overclock on a budget, go for asrock z97 anniversary (although this one lacks many features; it's strictly budget for overclock). I personally have an OC cpu and motherboard but don't overclock at all.

Also, you must get a case and monitor if you don't have it. You can go pretty cheap on these since brand is more important for your GPU and mobo.

Korean advice:

Also, get a 80+ rated bronze powersupply. This is where the Korean gaming industry tries to make money. Obviously you must be a intel/amd cpu and gpu. You must buy a foreign motherboard too. But lots of people will buy a shitty powersupply to save money. Shit like POWEREX and KOREAEX. These are really bad powersupplies. Remember that to get full power and performance, you must have enough power (go for at least 600w). And if it's low quality it could short out and fry your entire system.

For korean sites like junicom, you don't need to even have an account. Click option for non account user. It's all in Korean so get a friend to double check your selections. And you pay by transferring money to their bank account. You may feel weird transferring $1,000+ in advance but it's totally normal here.

Be wary of the prepackaged deals you see. You will see gaming pcs at yongsan for like $750 with an i7 intel cpu and 8 gb RAM. Even casual non-computer people know that 3.5 ghz > 3 ghz. They know about RAM. But not many of them know about GPU stuff or other components. So these deals will have an i7 processor but will give you shitty RAM (usually samsung ram which isn't terrible but it's not as good as 3rd party like corsair or g.skill). They will also give you super shitty gpu. Sometimes they wont' even give you a gpu and leave you with the intel integrated graphics (Intel HD graphics, which is integrated into your cpu simply to make a basic screen work). People will see "wow my screen works" and think they have a graphics card but really don't. Or you'll get like some shitty "samsung 540m gpu". They will also give you a horrible powersupply, like some 500w non-rated korean brand that is ready to explode.

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