Laptop or new build ?

Dean037

Dean037

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Hi everyone I built a system a year and half ago for shogun 2 and really enjoyed playing it but eventually got bored and never thought Rome 2 would be out for a long time so sold system however out now so wanting another system however don't know weather to buy a decent laptop or build a system, I like the Alienware 14 but its £1100 and that's very expensive and its very portable and would be better for me as laptop on the brink at the moment or build one and spend a lot less whats ur opinion on how much it would cost for Austen to run on high settings ?

Here is the last system

this is specs of last pc
Asrock extreme 4 gen 3 mobo
Intel I5 2500k CPU
HIS ATI Radeon 2GB 6950 HD GPU ICEQX
Corsairs xms3 2 x 4GB
Samsung spinpoint F3 1TB
LG super multi Blue optical drive
Tranquillo cpu cooler
Antec 650w

Any opinions welcome
Thanks Dean
 
Do you have a budget?

Pound for Pound a desktop is the way forward.

If we put £1100 as the limit you could have this:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £185.99
1 x HIS HD 7950 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H795F3G2M) £169.99
1 x Packard Bell Viseo 243D 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £104.99
1 x MSI Z87M-G43 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £91.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £79.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TD120BW) £79.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 600w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020060-UK) £62.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £53.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £47.99
1 x BitFenix Outlaw Gaming Case - Black £39.95
1 x Corsair Hydro H80 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler *Manufacturer Refurbished Unit - 90 Day Guarantee £39.95
1 x Microsoft SideWinder X4 Gaming Keyboard - Retail (JQD-00006) £32.99
1 x Ozone Gaming Gear Spark Stereo Gaming Headset £24.98
1 x Cooler Master Xornet 2000DPI Gaming Mouse £16.99
1 x Asus 24x DVD±RW DRW-24B5ST SATA ReWriter - Black (Retail) £13.99
Total : £1,063.26 (includes shipping : £13.75).



I am sure someone will come up with a better build shortly :)

Regards

C.
 
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How you ever thought of doing a small form factor build just an option to look at as it is some what more portable and less of an impact as a big case as they can be just as powerful.
 
desktop all the way, laptops are more expensive, break easy and run to hot in my opinion


If your after a small size have a look at some of the builds in the small factor section

some bitfenix prodigy builds on there that look really good :)
 
A gaming laptop is slower, more expensive, runs hotter, dies sooner. It usually has an inferior screen and invariably has a smaller screen. You pay a hell of a lot for the privilege of carrying it around within dashing distance of a power socket.

I get the attraction of ultrabooks - long battery life and barely adequate specs - for writing in coffee shops or on the train. Gaming laptops just don't make any sense to me at all.
 
Thanks for the reply everyone, well firstly I built that system then sold it but now wish i didn't, was wanting a ps4 but think going to build a rig instead and wanted laptop but like you say might build a rig then get a tablet for browsing, my budget will be around 400-500 pounds of possible but that's not including screen, I will purchase that separately so just all the internals and case etc, I mainly want to be able to play Rome 2 total war and I think this is a very demanding game so most other games I will have will not be so demanding like sim city and Diablo etc

Also would be great to play in ultra settings and don't think need windows 7 as sure I have it somewhere

Any help would be great thanks a lot Dean
 
this is my take on the build

YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS HD 7850 IceQ X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H785QN2G2M) £129.95
1 x AMD A10-6800K Black Edition 4.10GHz (Socket FM2) APU Richland Quad Core Processor (AD680KWOHLBOX) £124.99
1 x Gigabyte F2A85XM-D3H AMD A85X Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 micro ATX Motherboard £61.99
1 x Seasonic S12II 520W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £59.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £47.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) HDD £46.99
1 x Aerocool Qs-202 Midi Tower Case - Black £44.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £548.88 (includes shipping : £12.50).



you can change out one or two of the components for cheaper version and I am also sure that Doomedspeed will come along at some point and offer his opinion too.
 
thanks swiftmetal actually could push to £600 I think if needed is intel I5 best for gaming or AMD , keeping this system and need it to play rome 2 total war on ultra and other games like battlefield 4 etc and will be keeping system for couple years before change, looking forward to new build any more recommendations welcome

can £500-600 get me a decent spec gaming machine ?

Thanks Dean
 
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I can try again when I get back home.

Are you going to overclock the CPU at all because depending on the answer will make a difference with the CPU.

About and vs Intel

Intel is better clock for clock than amd but amds is cheaper.

For gaming intel is better but it will all depend on if it can fit into the budget.
 
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Might overclock yeah when find out how lol, also I want intel as mostly for gaming and might buy some parts this month and some next month, I quite like the cool master quite tower the black one or is it corsair cannot check as only phone will check tonight, thanks for help so far mate

Dean
 
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