PC Recommendations?

1. What is your budget for buying computer parts? We cannot advise you to buy computer parts then you say you cannot afford them, so we have to go back and suggest cheaper parts.

I haven't built my own computer from scratch, if that's what you're asking about, but I can give you a few of the basics I keep in mind when I'm shopping/upgrading my computer.

I'd start by looking at any recent/upcoming games you'd like to play, and making a note of their system requirements. That way, when you're looking at the stats for a PC (or any PC parts) you're thinking of buying, you can compare the numbers- and if you're still confused, I've run across a number of sites that allow you to compare different computer parts (video cards, etc.), so you can get a more obvious look at whether or not the computer you're considering matches your wants/needs.

Pay a lot of attention to the processor, the video card, and memory (RAM, and also the VRAM on your video card- it doesn't hurt to have as much as you can). Then, if you're building your own PC, check to see what kind of power supply you need to run all that. If you're not building your own computer, but you really want to tailor your computer for gaming, there are sites like iBuyPower that will custom-build you a PC based on the parts you pick, but be careful: the last PC I ordered from them came with the video card rattling around in the case, so you might want to be prepared to do some work on your new computer anyway.

First of all, where are you from?
Secondly, gaming PC for 700,-?
Define gaming first:
1080p at medium settings and 30 fps?
Or high settings and 60fps or even more?
What kind of monitor is it going to be powering? What else do you want to do with the PC? Streaming or making vids of gameplay too?

Edit: What does "soon" mean?
There's no point in people making suggestions when you don't intend to buy until march 2018. By then prices, specs, etc will have changed a lot.

Will you be buying a new monitor on top of that? It may cost an additional 200+.

Winter sales ARE coming up though so it might be a good time to buy depending where you live.

So we got a budget of ~$700. That's a good start.

Now tell us what you have and what you need. Do you have an existing case that you'll reuse, or do you need a new one? Hard drive? Keyboard? Mouse? Monitor? We typically assume the $700 will include just the case and everything inside it, but if that's not the case, we need to know.

Next, tell us what games you'd like to play on it, and what resolution / quality setting you're after. Do you require anything in particular? That way we can best advice with parts, or whether it's even realistic within your budget. Because it's totally possible to build a 1080p gaming PC for $700, assuming you don't need any peripherals, but you have to make some sacrifices compared to a larger budget.

For example, I have a $90 case, a $90 power supply, a $30 CPU cooler, and an MSI Gaming X video card because I can't stand noise, and so having a nearly silent PC is very important to me. To balance that out, I got an RX 480 4GB rather than a faster video card because I'm fine with 1080p for the latest games and it was the best value at the time ($160 at the time, which way less than they're going for now). So if we know what's important to you, we can tailor the components appropriately.

If you already have some parts, such as the monitor and speakers, you can build an OK gaming PC for $700. But if you need everything, it's going to be tough to do within that budget depending on the kind of performance you're expecting.

Assuming you just need the main PC and not any extras, with a $700 budget this is roughly the best you can get atm: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/CcKs9W

If you add another $200 to your budget you can upgrade the 1050Ti to a 1060 6GB, plus get an SSD. The performance increase from just those two parts would be rather significant. And, if you wait until early next year the cheaper variation of the new Intel 300 series of Intel 1151 motherboards should be released which would allow you to use a better CPU.

http://www.logicalincrements.com/

This site will tell you how much power you can expect at any price point, not counting taxes, discounts, or peripherals like your monitor. I'd say build your own if you can, you'll save on labor costs and learn a useful skill (it's about as easy as slotting legos together usually).

Absolutely use slickdeals.net in conjunction with whatever brand and hardware level advice you get here.

I guess if you have some time until you'll buy it, you might as well wait for the cheaper motherboards that support the new Intel chips.