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Just joined as this forum was recommended by a friend of mine who just completed his build. Hopefully you guys can teach me a lot and help me with my build!
I just recently started gaming on my computer (a midrange laptop), and now have decided to take the plunge and build a gaming PC for the proper experience.
I am completely new to building a computer, but know the basics and can't wait to get started. That being said, i have to save up first, so i probably won't be building it until about October-ish. But until then i plan to learn as much as i can and know exactly what i need to buy.
I want to be able to play GTA IV, Batman Arkham City, Battlefield 3, Skyrim on full settings at 1080p, ideally at 60fps but 40fps minimum . What kind of hardware i will need?
From what i have read, the Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Processor comes up a lot. Is that overkill for the games i want to play? or is it necessary?
Secondly which graphics card would i need for these games at full settings? Once again what i have read indicates that the GeForce GTX 670 2048MB Graphics Card is good. But it is expensive, would any cheaper cards do the job? - my friend's build uses a Sapphire 7850 graphics card and says it runs skyrim at over 60fps, but he doesn't have batman or gta iv.
My budget is flexible, definitely no more than £1000 for the full build, but hopefully much less. I want the minimum spec that would run the games mentioned above comfortably.
Also, what is the cheapest (legal) way to get Windows 7 64bit? - i see a lot of people asking for a pc to be specced and they say they already have a mouse, keyboard and OS.... is it normal to have a spare copy lying around? or do they say that because all windows 7 prices are the same anywhere you look?
Here is my spec list so far:
GPU - GeForce GTX 670 2048MB = £299
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-182-OK
CPU - i5-3570k 3.4Ghz = £180
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-418-I
I just recently started gaming on my computer (a midrange laptop), and now have decided to take the plunge and build a gaming PC for the proper experience.
I am completely new to building a computer, but know the basics and can't wait to get started. That being said, i have to save up first, so i probably won't be building it until about October-ish. But until then i plan to learn as much as i can and know exactly what i need to buy.
I want to be able to play GTA IV, Batman Arkham City, Battlefield 3, Skyrim on full settings at 1080p, ideally at 60fps but 40fps minimum . What kind of hardware i will need?
From what i have read, the Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Processor comes up a lot. Is that overkill for the games i want to play? or is it necessary?
Secondly which graphics card would i need for these games at full settings? Once again what i have read indicates that the GeForce GTX 670 2048MB Graphics Card is good. But it is expensive, would any cheaper cards do the job? - my friend's build uses a Sapphire 7850 graphics card and says it runs skyrim at over 60fps, but he doesn't have batman or gta iv.
My budget is flexible, definitely no more than £1000 for the full build, but hopefully much less. I want the minimum spec that would run the games mentioned above comfortably.
Also, what is the cheapest (legal) way to get Windows 7 64bit? - i see a lot of people asking for a pc to be specced and they say they already have a mouse, keyboard and OS.... is it normal to have a spare copy lying around? or do they say that because all windows 7 prices are the same anywhere you look?
Here is my spec list so far:
GPU - GeForce GTX 670 2048MB = £299
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-182-OK
CPU - i5-3570k 3.4Ghz = £180
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-418-I
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...another thing too lol....it lets in loads n loads of dust and crap 
. Hence why it's usually best to wait to see if anything better crops up for the same/lower price until it;s buying time.
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