Im looking for the ultimate gamer PC

setheroph

setheroph

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Basically as the title suggests, i want to buy the ultimate gameing PC (or build one/have someone build it for me) im willing to spend around £2k to £2 and a half, would this be enough? any help on what to buy, where to buy ect as i have pretty much no idea lol. thx
 
what games would you be playing? Depending on games you want to play you could save a fair bit of money as a £1000 PC could play the majority of todays games fine.

Extra cash could then go to other things like nice monitors
 
A bit every so often is better than all at once.. Tech advances so fas that it would be far better spending sub £1000 , and updating it in a year , than spending stuff all at once....

Start off with a future proof motherboard, perhaps a i7 along with a nice quad core i7 processor..

add a case, some ram, a power supply, some nice hard drives, and a case and you're at about 700-800

from here you could spend about £250-£400 on a graphics card.. generally it's the graphics card that you want to update often, so say next year, if you feel the system is lacking, you could chuck a new one in ...

If you spend the whole £400 then you might not need to update for a good 2 years possibly, then with the remaining cash, after the 2 years update the processor, and graphics card..
 
That's really too much cash to be spending on tech that's obsolete in months, especially in this climate. There is an incredibly limited scope games that require such power. Almost all of them being first person shooters. 2k to play half a dozen FPS games?

1 to 1.5k is easily enough for a gamer PC, you can get away with less and have a good machine for games.
Of course if you're of the mind to blow all that cash you could do it on OC uk easily. :)
 
Im mostly into RPG types espically Oblivion. Ill be playing a lot of ME2:TW Sims 2 and 3 when it comes out, not too much on the shoot em up front, thats what my 360's for. i just want to be able to play the latest games on the highest settings and have really fast FPS.
 
setheroph said:
Im mostly into RPG types espically Oblivion. Ill be playing a lot of ME2:TW Sims 2 and 3 when it comes out, not too much on the shoot em up front, thats what my 360's for. i just want to be able to play the latest games on the highest settings and have really fast FPS.
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FPSs are traditionally where the graphical requirements tend to be the highest. And the PC's what you should be playing 'em on tbh 'cos it has the best ones :)

For Sims 2 and 3 and ME2, you're not going to need the kind of horsepower that this budget will buy you. You'd be better off spending under a grand and saving the rest for something else.
 
If you genuinely have that amount to spend and want the ultimate gaming PC, for that money, get yourself and i7920, an X58 motherboard, some DDR3 triple channel, graphics, hard to say really, my advice if you have that cash to splash is tri SLI 285's, I'm an nvidia fanboy but that's a sick setup and will run anything for a good while to come. In reality, you should stick with the proposed spec. and get yourself one graphics card for now, that'll play near enough anything you want to, then wait for a couple of months before getting the latest tech. As someone said higher up, 2000 pounds is almost pointless to spend on a PC when the next stuff is always just a couple of months around the corner.

edit. Just saw your latest post, definately save the cash, spend a grand tops, that will play all RPG's for a good year or two to come I reckon, I'd advise quadcore though
 
These what i would buy :D

Gainward ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 "Rampage GLH" 2048MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail (471846200-9856) Gainward ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 "Rampage GLH" 2048MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail (471846200-9856) £399.99
(£459.99) £399.99
(£459.99)
DFI Lan Party LP UT X58-T3EH8 Intel X58 (Socket LGA 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard DFI Lan Party LP UT X58-T3EH8 Intel X58 (Socket LGA 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £249.99
(£287.49) £249.99
(£287.49)
Intel Core i7 920 2.66Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail Intel Core i7 920 2.66Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail £217.99
(£250.69) £217.99
(£250.69)
Samsung SM-2443BW 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black Samsung SM-2443BW 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £190.99
(£219.64) £190.99
(£219.64)
Be Quiet! Dark Power Pro 1200W ATX2.2 Modular SLi Compliant PSU Be Quiet! Dark Power Pro 1200W ATX2.2 Modular SLi Compliant PSU £189.99
(£218.49) £189.99
(£218.49)
Lian Li PC-V1000Z Aluminium Mini Tower Case - Black (No PSU) Lian Li PC-V1000Z Aluminium Mini Tower Case - Black (No PSU) £173.99
(£200.09) £173.99
(£200.09)
Corsair 6GB DDR3 Dominator PC3-12800C8 1600MHz (3x2GB) Triple Channel DDR3 (TR3X6G1600C8D) Corsair 6GB DDR3 Dominator PC3-12800C8 1600MHz (3x2GB) Triple Channel DDR3 (TR3X6G1600C8D) £164.99
(£189.74) £164.99
(£189.74)
Logitech Z-5500 THX Certified 5.1 Speaker System (970115-0120) Logitech Z-5500 THX Certified 5.1 Speaker System (970115-0120) £156.99
(£180.54) £156.99
(£180.54)
LG GGW-H20L Blu-Ray Rewriter & HD-DVD ROM Serial ATA Drive - Retail LG GGW-H20L Blu-Ray Rewriter & HD-DVD ROM Serial ATA Drive - Retail £115.99
(£133.39) £115.99
(£133.39)
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium - Fatal1ty Champion Series 7.1 Sound Card (70SB088600005) Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium - Fatal1ty Champion Series 7.1 Sound Card (70SB088600005) £114.99
(£132.24) £114.99
(£132.24)
Samsung SpinPoint F1 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103UJ) Samsung SpinPoint F1 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103UJ) £68.99
(£79.34) £68.99
(£79.34)
Razer Lycosa 'Mirror Special Edition' Keyboard Razer Lycosa 'Mirror Special Edition' Keyboard £59.99
(£68.99) £59.99
(£68.99)
Razer Lachesis Banshee Blue 4000dpi High Precision Gaming Mouse - Retail Razer Lachesis Banshee Blue 4000dpi High Precision Gaming Mouse - Retail £42.99
(£49.44) £42.99
(£49.44)
Thermalright TRUE Black 120 CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/LGA775) Thermalright TRUE Black 120 CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/LGA775) £34.99
(£40.24) £34.99
(£40.24)
Noctua NF-S12 1200RPM 120mm Silent Case Fan - 3 Pin Noctua NF-S12 1200RPM 120mm Silent Case Fan - 3 Pin £11.99
(£13.79) £23.98
(£27.58)
Thermalright LGA1366 Bolt-Thru-Kit Thermalright LGA1366 Bolt-Thru-Kit £6.99
(£8.04) £6.99
(£8.04)
Sub Total : £2,213.83
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DHL Select Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £23.69
VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £335.63
Total : £2,573.15
 
Maxis has released information on the system requirements for "The Sims 2." If you have a T&L (info about what T&L is below) capable video card with at least 32 MB of video RAM (such as nvidia GeForce 2 or better or ATI Radeon 7000 or better) then you need at least:

* 800 MHz processor
* 256 MB RAM if Windows XP
* 128 MB RAM if Windows 98, Windows ME, or Windows 2000
* At least 3.5 gigs of free hard drive space

If you have a non-T&L capable video card (such as TNT2, Intel, or Rage for example) then you need at least:

* 2.0 GHz processor
* 256 MB RAM if Windows XP
* 128 MB RAM if Windows 98, Windows ME, or Windows 2000
* At least 3.5 gigs of free hard drive space

Recommened video cards (and the more video memory the better):

* ATI Radeon 9800 Pro
* Nvidia Geforce 4
* Visit "The Sims 2" official website for a more detailed list.
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dont think your gonna need much of a PC for the sims

The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion System Requirements

Recommended:

* 3 Ghz Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent processor
* 1 GB System RAM
* ATI X800 series, Nvidia GeForce 6800 series, or higher video card

Minimum System Requirements:

* Windows XP
* 512MB System RAM
* 2 Ghz Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent processor
* 128MB Direct3D compatible video card
* and DirectX 9.0 compatible driver;
* 8x DVD-ROM drive
* 4.6 GB free hard disk space
* DirectX 9.0c (included)
* DirectX 8.1 compatible sound card
* Keyboard, Mouse

Supported Video Card Chipsets:

* ATI X1900 series
* ATI X1800 series
* ATI X1600 series
* ATI X1300 series
* ATI X850 series
* ATI x800 series
* ATI x700 series
* ATI x600 series
* ATI Radeon 9800 series
* ATI Radeon 9700 series
* ATI Radeon 9600 series
* ATI Radeon 9500 series
* NVIDIA GeForce 7800 series
* NVIDIA GeForce 6800 series
* NVIDIA GeForce 6600 series
* NVIDIA GeForce 6200 series
* NVIDIA GeForce FX series
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even oblivion isnt much of a challenge for a £1000ish PC.
 
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be much much cheaper to build it yourself. if your spending that much money, you shouldn't be looking at anything else apart from an i7 setup.

Overclocking is simply getting more out the computer. it does have an effect on ife span on components. but nothing you need to worry about it would still be working in years to come.
 
Basically, if you're going to 'skimp' on anything, do it with the stuff that you'll be upgrading at some point. In other words, spend good money on a high quality PSU, case, keyboard, mouse, and speakers. They'll all last a good while longer than the CPU and graphics etc. IMO i7 is the way to go for that money, and you should maybe consider an SSD (120GB tops, 250GB is OTT for now, and even 120 is pushing it).
 
miniyazz said:
and you should maybe consider an SSD (120GB tops, 250GB is OTT for now, and even 120 is pushing it).
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apart from the intels which cost 500 a pop, they all have random write issues.

either raid 0 some samsung f1 or get a veloceraptor. ssds are ill out the price range for this setup.
 
AcidHell2 said:
apart from the intels which cost 500 a pop, they all have random write issues.

either raid 0 some samsung f1 or get a veloceraptor. ssds are ill out the price range for this setup.
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Nah not the Vertex for starters, you can get 60GB for a shade over £200.
 
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