Advice Needed Gaming PC with Monitor

Techz · 28 Jun 2013 at 19:16

Hi All

I am just looking into buying a new gaming pc with a great monitor to go with it :-)

I would like 16gb ram and would prefer the best cpu i can get for that so maybe a i7 and a really good GFX card TBH i play WOW a lot and a few others i know great GFX card not need for it but if i want to run it on ultra lol

I have been out of the pc building for a while now still running a p4 quad 6600 :eek:

Ok so i don't mind putting it together if it will work out a lot cheaper but otherwise a pre built one will work for me as well

Now to the budget i was thinking £1500 as a marker

Anyway thanks in advance Guys

MagicBoy · 28 Jun 2013 at 19:18

Why 16GB?

Techz · 28 Jun 2013 at 19:25

Well sometimes i have to have a few games running at once :-)

but if you guys think its too much then i will agree but i thought ram was cheap atm so better to go for more :-)

Techz · 29 Jun 2013 at 09:17

No advice on this from the PRO's or is the budget not enough?

If you guys think cpu is too high then please say so :-)

Doomedspeed · 29 Jun 2013 at 09:30

I'd go for something like this:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus VG278HE 27" TRUE 144Hz 3D Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £399.95
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor & Corsair H100i CPU Cooler Bundle with FREE Grid 2 PC Game £358.99
1 x HIS HD 7950 IceQ BOOST 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H795QC3G2M) £239.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 256GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT256M4SSD2) £134.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £109.99
1 x XFX Pro Series 750W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £85.99
1 x BitFenix Ronin Tower Case - Black £69.95
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual CHannel Kit (PV38G213C1K) £65.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) HDD £49.99
1 x LG GH24NS95 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £1,551.52 (includes shipping : £14.75).

I can't believe this thread has been so slow..

Techz · 29 Jun 2013 at 09:53

Thanks Doomedspeed

Idleman · 29 Jun 2013 at 10:34

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 WindForce 3x OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-N770OC-2GD) £359.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail with FREE Grid 2 PC Game £269.99
1 x BenQ XL2411T 24" TRUE 144Hz 3D Vision 2.0 Widescreen LED Monitor - Black/Red £239.99
1 x Plextor M5S 256GB Solid State Drive - (PX-256M5S) £139.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-D3H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £131.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 550D Quiet Midi Tower Case - Black £119.99
1 x XFX Pro Series 750W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £85.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual CHannel Kit (PV38G213C1K) £65.99
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1150 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £59.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) HDD £49.99
1 x LG GH24NS95 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £1,568.52 (includes shipping : £22.20).

Techz · 29 Jun 2013 at 19:23

Thanks for your feedback on this guys

Forgot to say want a 27in monitor min really as i have a 26 atm :-)

Techz · 30 Jun 2013 at 19:41

Sorry to ask this again but is it worth getting a 3D monitor?

Doomedspeed · 30 Jun 2013 at 20:19

Techz said:
Sorry to ask this again but is it worth getting a 3D monitor?

Personally I don't think so.. Unless you are planning to watch a lot of 3D films..

I don't think games benefit from 3D..

Techz · 30 Jun 2013 at 21:51

Doomedspeed said:
Personally I don't think so.. Unless you are planning to watch a lot of 3D films..

I don't think games benefit from 3D..

So what do you think i should spend my money on then m8 27" or more for me budget?

Idleman · 30 Jun 2013 at 23:11

Just stick with a decent 24". I think 24" is the right size for having on your desk. If I had anything bigger I would have to sit further back from my desk, then I would`nt be able to reach my keyboard.

Doomedspeed · 30 Jun 2013 at 23:15

Idleman said:
Just stick with a decent 24". I think 24" is the right size for having on your desk. If I had anything bigger I would have to sit further back from my desk, then I would`nt be able to reach my keyboard.

He did say he already has a 26" display..

Idleman · 30 Jun 2013 at 23:42

Doomedspeed said:
He did say he already has a 26" display..

Could`nt be bothered to re-read the whole of the thread again.

Doomedspeed · 1 Jul 2013 at 07:47

@OP You could either stick with you current monitor which sounds usable or you could get a new 27" with 120/144hz or a 1200/1440p res.

Id go for the one I speccef above..

Edward Smith · 1 Jul 2013 at 09:49

Gamer PC

Techz said:
Hi All

I am just looking into buying a new gaming pc with a great monitor to go with it

I would like 16gb ram and would prefer the best cpu i can get for that so maybe a i7 and a really good GFX card TBH i play WOW a lot and a few others i know great GFX card not need for it but if i want to run it on ultra lol

I have been out of the pc building for a while now still running a p4 quad 6600

Ok so i don't mind putting it together if it will work out a lot cheaper but otherwise a pre built one will work for me as well

Now to the budget i was thinking £1500 as a marker

Anyway thanks in advance Guys

Hi Techz
Gamer PC requires high RAM but 16 GB is quite high number.But not to worry.You can try Alienware gamer PC of Dell.You have a list of requirement that's understandable in case of gamer PC.You can configure your requirement according to your wish incase of Dell Alienware and this PC is quite popular in this gaming section.The cost of this PC is around $1074 ie 695 pounds. Hope this information will be valuable to you.

Techz · 2 Jul 2013 at 18:17

Thanks for all your replies i have looked on Dell at the Alienware and im sure it would be cheaper option for me to build it myself :-/

Doomedspeed · 2 Jul 2013 at 18:28

Techz said:
Thanks for all your replies i have looked on Dell at the Alienware and im sure it would be cheaper option for me to build it myself :-/

Ohh defiantly

Youll get a better all round PC too.

Hyburnate · 8 Jul 2013 at 05:29

You're going to hate me for saying this and only this, but you're silly for buying an i7. Get an i5 and use the spare cash to treat yourself to something or spend it on a bigger SSD/HDD.

snips86x · 8 Jul 2013 at 07:09

Hyburnate said:
You're going to hate me for saying this and only this, but you're silly for buying an i7. Get an i5 and use the spare cash to treat yourself to something or spend it on a bigger SSD/HDD.

That was my view also. Was wondering when someone would point this out

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 WindForce 3x OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-N770OC-2GD) £329.99
1 x BenQ XL2411T 24" TRUE 144Hz 3D Vision 2.0 Widescreen LED Monitor - Black/Red £249.95
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £194.99
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 840 PRO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7PD256BW) £193.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-D3H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £131.99
1 x XFX 850W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £101.99
1 x BitFenix Ronin Tower Case - Black £69.95
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (PV38G240C0K) £64
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £52.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H80 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler *Manufacturer Refurbished Unit - 90 Day Warranty £35.99
1 x LG GH24NS95 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £19.99
Total : £1,462.31 (includes shipping : £13.75).

Use the stock cooler untill the H80 arrives and swap the stock fans for these.

You can alternatively go for one of these graphics cards as you get £150 worth of games.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18524378