So recently, I've been starting to get back into PC gaming and what not, because I had to sell my xbox for a little bit of extra cash in University and while I love PC gaming most of my friends are still on xbox.
I finish Uni in March/April'ish and then I'll spare money so I wanted to get myself some new stuff, more specifically new computer stuff, now, here's where I stand in a little bit of a predicament.
Option #1
On one hand I want to get an amazing rig, this would be beneficial for two reasons, it will be able to handle everything I throw at it and it will also be able to play any and every game currently on the market at max detail settings, but once again, on the PC side of things, I don't have many friends who play on the PC so the gaming experience isn't as fun!
Specs are here:
YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI ATI Radeon HD 6970 2048MB Twin Frozr III GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Deus Ex PC Game £263.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £173.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £154.99
1 x Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £144.98
1 x Corsair Obsidian 650D Gaming Midi Tower - Black £137.99
1 x Razer BlackWidow Ultimate Elite Mechanical Gaming Keyboard £119.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance 1300 Professional Gaming Headset £52.79
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £38.39
1 x Asus PCE-N15 300Mbps 802.11B/G/N Wireless PCI-E Network Adapter £27.38
1 x Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) £8.99
Total : £1,139.98 (includes shipping : £13.75).
Parts may be subject to change for example the 6970 - 7950 etc.
Now, on this hand I can get the computer, play the latest and greatest and have a good bit of money left over.
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Option #2
I was looking at the iMac, now because in uni I am studying Computer programming, web development/scripting and graphic design, an iMac would be perfect for me, it's got a lot of power, I could easily upgrade the ram, but the only downside is that because Macs aren't all that well known, I would have to find other means for my gaming.
The iMac I would be going for would be the following:
21.5-inch: 2.7GHz
2.7GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i5
1920 x 1080 resolution
4GB (two 2GB) memory
1TB hard drive
AMD Radeon HD 6770M with 512MB
£1249.00 (I can get 15% off because of my HE discount, so essentially this would only cost me £1061).
So as you can see the specs between the two computers are pretty far apart, but because it's on the mac system it will feel as if I've got a beastly machine due to the way Mac processes things and what not, I've been playing around with iMacs in Uni and they are quite nice to use and what not, I really enjoy them.
Going for this option would also mean that I would have to dig into my pockets further to go ahead and buy a new Xbox 360 for my gaming purposes.
This would probably set me back anywhere from £400-600, which is a little bit annoying because doing so would be leaving me with little to no money over the 4 months break that I would have.
Xbox 360 (£200 roughly) + Current games I want to play (BF3/AC:R/FIFA12/MW3, £150-200 roughly) + good gaming headset (£200 roughly), so if I go for the second option it would cost me around £1.6/1.7k, but this route would allow me to play with my friends and what not, but it's just the option do I want to spend all of my money?
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Final verdict?
What do you guys think, have you ever been in a similar situation where you're stuck between two options?
What would you rather do? what do you think would be the more viable option?
(P.S sorry for the long post).
I finish Uni in March/April'ish and then I'll spare money so I wanted to get myself some new stuff, more specifically new computer stuff, now, here's where I stand in a little bit of a predicament.
Option #1
On one hand I want to get an amazing rig, this would be beneficial for two reasons, it will be able to handle everything I throw at it and it will also be able to play any and every game currently on the market at max detail settings, but once again, on the PC side of things, I don't have many friends who play on the PC so the gaming experience isn't as fun!
Specs are here:
YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI ATI Radeon HD 6970 2048MB Twin Frozr III GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Deus Ex PC Game £263.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £173.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £154.99
1 x Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £144.98
1 x Corsair Obsidian 650D Gaming Midi Tower - Black £137.99
1 x Razer BlackWidow Ultimate Elite Mechanical Gaming Keyboard £119.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance 1300 Professional Gaming Headset £52.79
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £38.39
1 x Asus PCE-N15 300Mbps 802.11B/G/N Wireless PCI-E Network Adapter £27.38
1 x Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) £8.99
Total : £1,139.98 (includes shipping : £13.75).
Parts may be subject to change for example the 6970 - 7950 etc.
Now, on this hand I can get the computer, play the latest and greatest and have a good bit of money left over.
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Option #2
I was looking at the iMac, now because in uni I am studying Computer programming, web development/scripting and graphic design, an iMac would be perfect for me, it's got a lot of power, I could easily upgrade the ram, but the only downside is that because Macs aren't all that well known, I would have to find other means for my gaming.
The iMac I would be going for would be the following:
21.5-inch: 2.7GHz
2.7GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i5
1920 x 1080 resolution
4GB (two 2GB) memory
1TB hard drive
AMD Radeon HD 6770M with 512MB
£1249.00 (I can get 15% off because of my HE discount, so essentially this would only cost me £1061).
So as you can see the specs between the two computers are pretty far apart, but because it's on the mac system it will feel as if I've got a beastly machine due to the way Mac processes things and what not, I've been playing around with iMacs in Uni and they are quite nice to use and what not, I really enjoy them.
Going for this option would also mean that I would have to dig into my pockets further to go ahead and buy a new Xbox 360 for my gaming purposes.
This would probably set me back anywhere from £400-600, which is a little bit annoying because doing so would be leaving me with little to no money over the 4 months break that I would have.
Xbox 360 (£200 roughly) + Current games I want to play (BF3/AC:R/FIFA12/MW3, £150-200 roughly) + good gaming headset (£200 roughly), so if I go for the second option it would cost me around £1.6/1.7k, but this route would allow me to play with my friends and what not, but it's just the option do I want to spend all of my money?
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Final verdict?
What do you guys think, have you ever been in a similar situation where you're stuck between two options?
What would you rather do? what do you think would be the more viable option?
(P.S sorry for the long post).
