Complete Novice (NEED HELP)

LKDF

LKDF

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Hey Guys,

I'm completely new to PC gaming in the current generation. I've always settled for old hand me down machines and never really had a current up to spec machine. I would like to start my PC gaming career with a machine that is capable at playing games comfortably without blowing up my bank account.

So I open this thread to anyone willing to help me with the current and best hardware I can get for a budget of say £600 give or take a bit. All help or insight would be greatly appreciated and hopefully turn my status from novice to amateur.

Thanks guys
 
Bacon? said:
If you dont need the monitor:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte ATi Radeon HD 7950 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE FARCRY3, Hitman Absolution, Sleeping Dogs & 20% off MOH Warfighter PC Games £259.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £161.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
1 x PC Power & Cooling Silencer Mk III Series 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - White £59.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £43.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x GeIL Black Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £23.99
1 x Zaward Vapor 120 Multi Socket CPU Cooler (Socket: LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA366/AM2/AM2+/AM3/754/939/940) £19.99
1 x Samsung SH-224BB/BEBE 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £724.91 (includes shipping : £12.50).

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I pulled that from another thread but something like that would be more then ok. If you wait around other people will add to this. (its over budget by £100 as you can see)

If I wasn't at work I would throw some more time at ya buddy
 
Thanks this is exactly what I'm looking for some people to help me get my head around the current norms etc. Thanks for the prompt reply hopefully some more feed back will help too. Do you find PC parts come down in price in January for the sale or not?
 
If your lucky there will be a slight decrease, but with them being components your not going to get mega savings. If your going to bite the bullet do it sooner rather then later. Unless your not the impatient type like I am =) Waiting till January might save you a bit of money.. Waiting till may/july you might see the new 1155 replacement sockets, I can't remember when they announce that stuff =P
 
I'm only looking to get a machine sufficient to run games now. and any kind of upgrade will follow in a few years time I'd imagine. I know the next intel processors are just around the corner but the i5 series is more than enough for what I need to do right now. However i'm only waiting till january so christmas is past and I can save some money.
 
well I'm willing to spend about £600 on the machine itself anything like monitors keyboards mice etc I'll acquire later just more focused on the machine with a good gaming card that's not going to fall over and can keep up with today's intensely graphical games.
 
Heres one with an i5:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x HIS HD 7850 IceQ X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H785QN2G2M) w/ FARCRY3 & Sleeping Dogs PC Games £155.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x PC Power & Cooling Silencer Mk III Series 400W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - White £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £41.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £19.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
Total : £594.91 (includes shipping : £12.50).




They don't come with an OS so you need to buy that as well.
 
I can get the OS etc myself. also if possible to budget an SSD would be sweet. I have a 1T HDD and a 500HDD in my current standard PC so starage is not a problem more the compatibility between boards and RAM and Cards I'm completely oblivious to.
 
Just saw above post, if you dont need an HDD:

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7950 Twin Frozr III OC V2 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with SIX FREE PC GAMES £239.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x Seasonic S12II 520W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £54.98
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £19.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
Total : £641.02 (includes shipping : £11.75).






Or with an SSD:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x HIS HD 7850 IceQ X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H785QN2G2M) w/ FARCRY3 & Sleeping Dogs PC Games £155.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x Intel 330 Series 60GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £59.99
1 x PC Power & Cooling Silencer Mk III Series 400W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - White £49.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £19.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
Total : £612.91 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 
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Bacon - you see the second link you sent with the SSD. That graphics card is obviously lower spec than they other. Is it still capable of running the likes of crysis and BF3 etc?
 
At 1080P? Yep it can run all current games fine. I would have said the main difference between the 2 would be the 7950 would last longer with higher frame rates.
 
Spend a bit more on the SSD and get a 120gb+ so there will be ample room for the os and programs. Then you won't need to upgrade it for a while
 
it's just the £80 difference could be saved on the card and spent on the SSD size or upgrading from 8 to 16GB RAM? and still work out the same in the end. So really what i'm asking is. Is it worth sacrificing that much on the GFX card to upgrade the rest to a better spec or is it not needed?
 
I would personally spend more on things like the PSU and SSD as these won't be upgraded for a long time. Things like CPU and graphics are always always being replaced
What monitor are you gonna use? That will be key in what graphics card to go for
 
well you see I was talking to my other techie's that I work with and they said to get the card first and then get a monitor that corresponds. So thats the route I was going down. Would you recommend it the other way round?
 
LKDF said:
well you see I was talking to my other techie's that I work with and they said to get the card first and then get a monitor that corresponds. So thats the route I was going down. Would you recommend it the other way round?
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Knowing the monitor before the graphics card is just a way of scaling your needs. If your running a 30" high resolution monitor its going to need a little more juice! if your running a 24" 1080 display your not going to tax your card as hard so aim for the mid market!
 
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