Counter Strike is a game that puts both your concentration and ego management to the test. What l mean is that CS is a game that requires more than individual skill in order for one to thrive. It requires proper team work! It's limits for enhancement in overall performance are far beyond the border line that even pros have managed to reach. Meaning: there are NO limits. KennyS finished a pro game in team TITAN against FNATIC with a score of 50 kills. AGAINST FNATIC.... NO limits guys. So if you want to play a game that truely does require devotion and actual effort to become substantial at then CSGO will meet your expectations and then some. Just remember that CS is a competitive team FPS so things happen fast and the team with the best communication, tactical means and methodical attitute will win 80% of the time. The only exeptions occur when one or more player of an innorganized team show immense talent and individual performance. But that hardly ever is enouh on its own.

Moreover this particular FPS is quite large-scale in terms of graphics, textures, inputs, models etc. etc. So in order to be able to play this game to a tolerable -but mostly- satisfactory degree you need a decent system. Peripherals are also important with an emphasis in the mouse and monitor, keyboard is a matter of getting used to, unless your keyboard is a real JOKE.

NAMELY >>>

l'm not going into specifics but l'll tell u the must-knows !!!
Processor should NOT be anything less than a quad i5 (not just for cs but for a decent modern pc).
Graphics card should NOT be less than 2GB. Thats the minimum for a guaranted smooth gameplay plus it will be usefull for other games as well. But if u want a decent high performing video card u should go 4GB and upwards.
In terms of RAM 8GB is more than enough.
As far as ur motherboard is concerned just make sure it is compatible with most of ur other stuff (which is not a hard thing to come across so don't worry). My recomendation would be to get the most recently released one NOT the most expenssive one.

PERIPHERALS
As l mentioned before u should focus on the mouse (needs to be a gaming mouse with a minimum of 2000 dpi) and on your monitor (should be a gaming monitor) which needs to have a frequency refresh rate of at least 60 Hz and be at least 20 inches in size (otherwise u wont enjoy the game plus u'll have a tough time seing enemys long range). The third important part on ur peripherals list should be ur head-set. In CSGO sounds play a very important role in your gameplay. A good system for games with similar requirements to CSGO should not cost you more than $950 including peripherals. If it does u've been ripped off.
Hope you found this review informative and factual !
thank you all for reading.


My set-up:

TOWER
Case: Sharkoon Vaya II Black
Power Supply Unit: EVGA 430W ATX 80PLUS
Motherboard: Gigabyte H110M-S2HP (S1151) rev. 1.0
RAM: Crucial Ballistix Sport LT 8GB DDR4 2400MHz
Hard Drive: Crucial MX300 275GB TLC SSD
Graphics Card: MSI GeForce GTX 1060 Armor 6G OCV1
Processor: Intel Core i5-6500 3.20GHz (s1151) quad core

PERIPHERALS
Monitor: Asus VG248QE
Keyboard: CoolerMaster MasterKeys Pro S RGB
Mouse: Mionix Naos 7000
Headset: Hyper X Cloud II

Counter Strike is a game that puts both your concentration and ego management to the test. What l mean is that CS is a game that requires more than individual skill in order for one to thrive. It requires proper team work! It's limits for enhancement in overall performance are far beyond the border line that even pros have managed to reach. Meaning: there are NO limits. KennyS finished a pro game in team TITAN against FNATIC with a score of 50 kills. AGAINST FNATIC.... NO limits guys. So if you want to play a game that truely does require devotion and actual effort to become substantial at then CSGO will meet your expectations and then some. Just remember that CS is a competitive team FPS so things happen fast and the team with the best communication, tactical means and methodical attitute will win 80% of the time. The only exeptions occur when one or more player of an innorganized team show immense talent and individual performance. But that hardly ever is enouh on its own. Moreover this particular FPS is quite large-scale in terms of graphics, textures, inputs, models etc. etc. So in order to be able to play this game to a tolerable -but mostly- satisfactory degree you need a decent system. Peripherals are also important with an emphasis in the mouse and monitor, keyboard is a matter of getting used to, unless your keyboard is a real JOKE. NAMELY >>> l'm not going into specifics but l'll tell u the must-knows !!! Processor should NOT be anything less than a quad i5 (not just for cs but for a decent modern pc). Graphics card should NOT be less than 2GB. Thats the minimum for a guaranted smooth gameplay plus it will be usefull for other games as well. But if u want a decent high performing video card u should go 4GB and upwards. In terms of RAM 8GB is more than enough. As far as ur motherboard is concerned just make sure it is compatible with most of ur other stuff (which is not a hard thing to come across so don't worry). My recomendation would be to get the most recently released one NOT the most expenssive one. PERIPHERALS As l mentioned before u should focus on the mouse (needs to be a gaming mouse with a minimum of 2000 dpi) and on your monitor (should be a gaming monitor) which needs to have a frequency refresh rate of at least 60 Hz and be at least 20 inches in size (otherwise u wont enjoy the game plus u'll have a tough time seing enemys long range). The third important part on ur peripherals list should be ur head-set. In CSGO sounds play a very important role in your gameplay. A good system for games with similar requirements to CSGO should not cost you more than $950 including peripherals. If it does u've been ripped off. Hope you found this review informative and factual ! thank you all for reading. My set-up: TOWER Case: Sharkoon Vaya II Black Power Supply Unit: EVGA 430W ATX 80PLUS Motherboard: Gigabyte H110M-S2HP (S1151) rev. 1.0 RAM: Crucial Ballistix Sport LT 8GB DDR4 2400MHz Hard Drive: Crucial MX300 275GB TLC SSD Graphics Card: MSI GeForce GTX 1060 Armor 6G OCV1 Processor: Intel Core i5-6500 3.20GHz (s1151) quad core PERIPHERALS Monitor: Asus VG248QE Keyboard: CoolerMaster MasterKeys Pro S RGB Mouse: Mionix Naos 7000 Headset: Hyper X Cloud II