Are these specs any good?

[Happyhughes2001]

Intel i5 4570, ASRock 1150, corsair 8gb ddr3, seagate serial 7200rpm 64mb, 1GB radeon hd 7790 GDDR5 What you think? As you can guess I'm new to specs!!!!

 

[Idleman]

Hello and welcome to the forum.

Will this system be mainly for gaming, if so what sort of games and res will you be playing at?
Do you have any components you can reuse from an existing PC?
Lastly, what is your max budget?

 

[Potty27]

sounds ok, but what price do those components come to?

 

[Doomedspeed]

Hello and welcome to the forum.

Will this system be mainly for gaming, if so what sort of games and res will you be playing at?
Do you have any components you can reuse from an existing PC?
Lastly, what is your max budget?

 

[Happyhughes2001]

Thanks for replying.

My idea was to get a gaming pc instead of next gen console? I play RPG's mostly like Skyrim, witcher, mass effect, dragons dogma, dragon age. Any RPG lol!

Also wife would use it for work so basically Microsoft office and browsing Internet. Connection is good where I am so hopefully it would allow me to watch movies etc.

I got quoted £800 for that pc that includes cheap keyboard and mouse and £78 21.5" monitor. And build fee included.

I don't have any components. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks

 

[Potty27]

Here is a build it yourself option:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £197.99
1 x VTX3D HD 7870 Black Boost Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £161.99
1 x Samsung S23B300BS 23" Widescreen LED Monitor - Glossy Black £101.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87M-D3H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £97.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual CHannel Kit (PV38G213C1K) £65.99
1 x Thermaltake Smart 530W '80 Plus' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £48.95
1 x **B Grade** BitFenix Shinobi USB3.0 Gaming Case - White/Black £34.99
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
1 x Gigabyte KM6150 Keyboard and Mouse Set £9.98
Total : £803.35 (includes shipping : £13.75).



Would be more on par (or better) with the ps4 as I understand it.

 

[Potty27]

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £197.99
1 x VTX3D HD 7870 Black Boost Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £161.99
1 x Samsung S23B300BS 23" Widescreen LED Monitor - Glossy Black £101.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87M-D3H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £97.99
1 x Thermaltake Smart 530W '80 Plus' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £48.95
1 x **B Grade** BitFenix Shinobi USB3.0 Gaming Case - White/Black £34.99
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
1 x Gigabyte KM6150 Keyboard and Mouse Set £9.98
Total : £787.36 (includes shipping : £13.75).



If you wanted it sub £800

 

[Doomedspeed]

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £197.99
1 x VTX3D HD 7870 Black Boost Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £161.99
1 x Samsung S23B300BS 23" Widescreen LED Monitor - Glossy Black £101.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87M-D3H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £97.99
1 x Thermaltake Smart 530W '80 Plus' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £48.95
1 x **B Grade** BitFenix Shinobi USB3.0 Gaming Case - White/Black £34.99
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
1 x Gigabyte KM6150 Keyboard and Mouse Set £9.98
Total : £787.36 (includes shipping : £13.75).



If you wanted it sub £800

That looks okay,

A few changes will make it great:

Case to this: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-018-XG&groupid=2362&catid=1572

ATX motherboard: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-437-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=2574

Faster RAM: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-064-PA&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1387

Should come just under/over budget..

 

[Potty27]

The faster ram was in my first spec changed it in the 2nd to go under £800.

I'm not disagreeing with you, but what makes you say the Xigmatek case is better please?

 

[Doomedspeed]

I'm not disagreeing with you, but what makes you say the Xigmatek case is better please?

Theres not a lot of difference performance wise, it's just not B Grade.

 

[Happyhughes2001]

Thanks again for replies. So basically for what I have been quoted I can get a lot better systems?

Do they come built? Because I haven't got a clue.

Is it a viable idea to get a gaming pc instead of a next gen console? Pros and cons please?

Thanks again for all the help.

 

[Potty27]

What you have been quoted for a pre-built system seems good to be honest.

But if you self-build, you will get more "bang for buck".

Your call really, but it is easy to self-build, much like playing with Lego!

 

[Potty27]

Theres not a lot of difference performance wise, it's just not B Grade.

Ah ok cheers

I was thinking performance would be close, but thought the Shinobi may sound proof better, due to the design.

 

[Happyhughes2001]

How easy is self building? Do you have to install all the parts and select settings etc? And what's people's feeling on it replacing next gen consoles?

 

[Potty27]

Watch a youtube guide for some idea, but if you can build a Lego set, you can probably build a PC

Install all the parts - install OS - Done.

 

[Happyhughes2001]

What's people's opinions on a gaming pc rather than next gen console? I have always had a console so unsure what to do. You can upgrade a pc? Graphics better? And I like RPGs and there are more available on pc?

 

[Potty27]

All depends on you really, I'd rather a gaming PC, but that's a personal opinion.

There are quite a lot of MMORPG's on a PC, some RPG's but not all that many.