Gaming Tower

[kid_viciousss]

Hi, i need help and advice on building the best possible gaming tower with my budget of around 800-900 can push to 1000 if I really need to.

I am doing an HND in game design and really require something that can do what I need.

I do have a spare monitor but if you guy can squeeze one into the price that would be magic.

Thanks for your help!

 

[mistersprinkles]

What programs will you be running? Can you link to their recommended specs plz? That will help a lot.

 

[orbitalwalsh]

Hi, i need help and advice on building the best possible gaming tower with my budget of around 800-900 can push to 1000 if I really need to.

I am doing an HND in game design and really require something that can do what I need.

I do have a spare monitor but if you guy can squeeze one into the price that would be magic.

Thanks for your help!

Seen a few posts recently of up coming games designers and renderers

I have a BA in Creative Computer Games Design - Swansea Uni when course like this in the UK started rolling out , only 2 at the time - and damn- mine was c*** haha , pretty much all we did was play Unreal Tourny in the lab room and beat them up in lecture theatre .
You'll learn the 12 stages of a Hero's journey, and will ruin everything film for you, and you'll always look for flaws in games you'll play haha

I'm guessing it's 3D max unless Maya has improved , know it's better for animation then level design. Photoshop for UV maps and textures and Prem for video editing ?
Not sure if unreal is still king of learning due to be free but I'm guessing you'll hit Unity Engine ?

Would recommend Intel - guessing you've seen your lab uses Intel and every studio at the moment - reason why games are optimised from the start for Intel .... Hopefully that will change

You need to source windows though...

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Intel Core i5-8400 2.8GHz (Coffee Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £179.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD416G30= £158.99
• 1 x MSI Z370-A Pro Intel Z370 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £109.99
• 1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1070 Windforce 2x OC 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £398.99
• 1 x Toshiba P300 2TB 7200RPM 64MB Cache High Performance Hard Drive (HDWD120UZSVA)= £57.95
• 1 x Phanteks Eclipse P300 Glass Midi Tower Case - Black= £54.95
• 1 x XFX XT Series 500W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply= £42.95

Total: £1,016.41
(includes shipping: £12.60)



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And just to through Ryzen into the mix , next tier down GPU as well as being AMD to allow for extra screen with freesync


My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Team Group Vulcan T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD416G30= £158.99
• 1 x Toshiba P300 2TB 7200RPM 64MB Cache High Performance Hard Drive (HDWD120UZSVA)= £57.95
• 1 x Phanteks Eclipse P300 Glass Midi Tower Case - Black= £54.95
• 1 x XFX XT Series 500W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply= £42.95
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 Quad Core 1400 3.40GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £158.99
• 1 x Gigabyte GA-AB350-Gaming 3 AMD B350 (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £101.99
• 1 x PowerColor Radeon RX 580 Red Dragon V2 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £248.99
• 1 x LG 24MP59G 24” 1920x1080 IPS 1ms 75Hz Freesync Widescreen LED Gaming Monitor= £149.99

Total: £990.10
(includes shipping: £15.30)



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