Looking to buy 2 gaming pc's

Empathic · 14 Nov 2011 at 18:07

Ok so here goes.

Budget is £1,600.

I want to buy 2 gaming pc's, one of which will be my 'main' pc for playing BF3 on ultra 1080p and the other is for my friend to play wow on high settings (which obviously isn't anywhere near as demanding).

In Short, I have nothing already so I need:

2x 1080p widescreen monitors, the best picture quality possible within budget.
1x Pre Built BF3 ultra 30+fps gaming pc
1x Make myself WOW high settings gaming pc (if it saves money over a pre built)

I also need 2x keyboards, mice literally everything within a £1,600 budget. Is this possible?

For my main gaming pc, i'm wanting a pre-built system because I want to be up and running ASAP but i'm happy to build the 'budget' 2nd system. There are some good 'gaming system's' pre built here on overclockers so please select one of those for me that will run BF3 on ultra 1080p and help me choose components for the 2nd build.

If it's possible to do this within a £1,600 budget I would be very happy

I look forward to your replies

Thanks

beejjacobs · 14 Nov 2011 at 18:10

Do you need OS? I doubt ultra is possible within this budget, but certainly still good.

Empathic · 14 Nov 2011 at 18:11

I need everything yes.

If it means I cant have max anti aliasing then it's not going to matter on a 1080p 22-23" monitor (IMO) but all other effects ultra then i'm happy.

Ryan-3 · 14 Nov 2011 at 18:14

If you are building one PC, surely you can build both? I mean, a few hours can't really harm too much, especially when you can get more for the money.

- i've spent a few minutes, and have put this together. I've made it as a starting point, so there room left for things such as Case, as you may both have preference, as well as for keyboard. I also know that the current HDD situation is going to push up the prices quite abit too. Theres also things such as OS, any aftermarket coolers, etc............

* ultra for bf3 at 1080, probably needs the whole £1600!

beejjacobs · 14 Nov 2011 at 18:16

YOUR BASKET
1 x Battlefield War Rush Intel Core i5 2500K 3.30GHz @ 4.40GHz DDR3 Limited Edition System £515.00
1 x System 12 Months Standard Warranty £0.00
1 x OcUK GeForce GTX 560Ti 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £179.99
1 x No Hard Drive Upgrade £0.00
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £79.99
2 x Iiyama ProLite E2208HDD 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £114.98 (£229.96)
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £79.99
1 x HIS ATI Radeon HD 6770 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £77.99
1 x Samsung SpinPoint F1 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD161GJ) £71.99
1 x Intel Pentium G840 2.80GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £61.99
1 x MSI H67MA-E35 Intel H67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro-ATX Motherboard - (Sandybridge) **B3 REVISION** £61.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus' Power Supply (CMPSU-430CXUKV2) £37.99
1 x Cooler Master Elite 335 Case - Black £29.99
2 x Logitech G400 3600DPI Gaming Mouse (910-002279) £24.98 (£49.96)
1 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £23.99
2 x OcUK Black Gaming Keyboard £10.99 (£21.98)
Total : £1,561.88 (includes shipping : £32.55).

EDIT: Forgot to look at the limited ed systems! Better price.

Empathic · 14 Nov 2011 at 18:17

Ryan-3 said:
If you are building one PC, surely you can build both?

(is now attempting a build)

You say that but the pre built i'm looking at http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-213-OE&groupid=43&catid=2040&subcat= with a decent graphics card is only marginally more expensive than building myself yet a budget system would make a bigger difference on cost.

Ryan-3 · 14 Nov 2011 at 18:25

I see what you mean

You could go for two in the budget, with the needed periph's?

Empathic · 14 Nov 2011 at 18:28

Ryan-3 said:
I see what you mean

You could go for two in the budget, with the needed periph's?

Two pre builds?

Empathic · 14 Nov 2011 at 18:31

Would a Duel core will run wow on high settings?

The 2nd pc is literally for wow only.

beejjacobs · 14 Nov 2011 at 18:32

Maybe:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Battlefield War Rush Intel Core i5 2500K 3.30GHz @ 4.40GHz DDR3 Limited Edition System £515.00
1 x System 12 Months Standard Warranty £0.00
1 x OcUK GeForce GTX 560Ti 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £179.99
1 x No Hard Drive Upgrade £0.00
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £79.99
1 x "Primo 6100i" Intel Core i3 2100 3.10GHz DDR3 System £295.00
1 x No Graphics Card Upgrade £0.00
1 x No Hard Drive Upgrade £0.00
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £79.99
1 x System 12 Months Standard Warranty £0.00
2 x Iiyama ProLite E2208HDD 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £114.98 (£229.96)
2 x Logitech G400 3600DPI Gaming Mouse (910-002279) £24.98 (£49.96)
2 x OcUK Black Gaming Keyboard £10.99 (£21.98)
Total : £1,490.53 (includes shipping : £32.20).

And ask them to put a decent GPU in the cheap build?

beejjacobs · 14 Nov 2011 at 18:33

http://us.blizzard.com/support/article.xml?locale=en_US&articleId=21054

Greavesy · 14 Nov 2011 at 18:43

It would be easier if you split the budget into 2 xD
Try and find a second hand HDD for cheepish to save costs.

Empathic · 14 Nov 2011 at 18:44

beejjacobs said:
http://us.blizzard.com/support/article.xml?locale=en_US&articleId=21054

So I could get a REALLY cheap system for wow high settings given that ''256 MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 8600 or ATI Radeon™ HD 2600 or better'' are recommended cards?

Greavesy · 14 Nov 2011 at 18:47

Maybe you could conisder a Llano based build for wow?

Hyburnate · 14 Nov 2011 at 18:48

Empathic said:
So I could get a REALLY cheap system for wow high settings given that ''256 MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 8600 or ATI Radeon™ HD 2600 or better'' are recommended cards?

I think the rec is for med settings.

Empathic · 14 Nov 2011 at 18:49

Greavesy said:
Maybe you could conisder a Llano based build for wow?

What is a Llano based build please?

beejjacobs · 14 Nov 2011 at 18:59

AMD LLano is an APU - CPU and GPU with decent GPU performance:

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD Llano A6-3650 2.60GHz (Socket FM1) APU Processor (AD3650WNGXBOX) with FREE DIRT3 PC Game £89.99
1 x Samsung SpinPoint F1 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD161GJ) £71.99
1 x Asus F1A75-V EVO AMD A75 Chipset (Socket FM1) DDR3 Motherboard £60.20
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus' Power Supply (CMPSU-430CXUKV2) £37.99
1 x Cooler Master Elite 330 Midi Tower Case - Black £29.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £23.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £346.24 (includes shipping : £11.75).

You'll have to look up how well it would play WOW

Empathic · 14 Nov 2011 at 19:14

beejjacobs said:
AMD LLano is an APU - CPU and GPU with decent GPU performance:

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD Llano A6-3650 2.60GHz (Socket FM1) APU Processor (AD3650WNGXBOX) with FREE DIRT3 PC Game £89.99
1 x Samsung SpinPoint F1 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD161GJ) £71.99
1 x Asus F1A75-V EVO AMD A75 Chipset (Socket FM1) DDR3 Motherboard £60.20
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus' Power Supply (CMPSU-430CXUKV2) £37.99
1 x Cooler Master Elite 330 Midi Tower Case - Black £29.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £23.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £346.24 (includes shipping : £11.75).

You'll have to look up how well it would play WOW

That looks like incredible value for money, am I able to upgrade with that mobo/cpu/psu later on with a 6000 series GPU?

fowler002 · 14 Nov 2011 at 19:16

Ryan-3 said:
If you are building one PC, surely you can build both? I mean, a few hours can't really harm too much, especially when you can get more for the money.

- i've spent a few minutes, and have put this together. I've made it as a starting point, so there room left for things such as Case, as you may both have preference, as well as for keyboard. I also know that the current HDD situation is going to push up the prices quite abit too. Theres also things such as OS, any aftermarket coolers, etc............

* ultra for bf3 at 1080, probably needs the whole £1600!

the graphics card is today only price, normally £180 so the one with 2 games for £194

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-267-AS

unless the op is planning on sli/xfire on his pc you can cut both mbs back to

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-364-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1990 save £86(£43 per mb)

can save ~£5 on the psu on the wow by going

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-007-XF&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat= prob even the 450w version

change ram to

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-132-CR&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517

4gb on the wow pc
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-133-CR&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517

thats and just under £30 saved, get the gelid tranquilo with that for overclocking the bf3 pc.

put the money saved from the mb towards better screen or elsewhere.

Troezar · 14 Nov 2011 at 19:18

I'm surprised no one commented on the fact the WoW PC is for his "friend"