gaming and designing

Marsden · 12 Jan 2014 at 22:57

Hi guys and girls.

I'm on here hoping that someone can give me some much needed advice as I'm really out of my depth with PC's these days. There soo many different components iv got a headache trying to look into them over the past week :confused:

Basically I'm after a new PC which will be used for designing on Signlab 8, illustrator, Photoshop etc and whilst I'm here I'm going to go down the PC gaming root and step away from the ps3. May as well kill 2 birds with one stone. Like I say I'm really out of my depth with PCs these Budget started at £500 but I keep adding to it :rolleyes:

as you do. Ideally £800 but could push it a bit more if its really worth it.

Sorry for the long post, hope some of you geniuses pit there can help

Cheers,
Ben

mickyflinn · 12 Jan 2014 at 23:06

Hi Marsden and welcome to the forum, you will need to remove your link to competitors as its against the forum rules.

do you need a pre built system or can you build it yourself ?

Marsden · 12 Jan 2014 at 23:09

Bad start...... Sorry my heads fried at the moment with all this research and feels like I'm not getting anywhere

Marsden · 12 Jan 2014 at 23:12

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £167.99
(£139.99) £167.99
(£139.99)
Gigabyte Radeon R9 270X WindForce 3X OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with BattleField 4 PC Game Included Gigabyte Radeon R9 270X WindForce 3X OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with BattleField 4 PC Game Included £164.99
(£137.49) £164.99
(£137.49)
Asus Z87-K Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard Asus Z87-K Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £95.99
(£79.99) £95.99
(£79.99)
BeQuiet Pure Power L8 630W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - With 120mm Silent Wing Fan Built in BeQuiet Pure Power L8 630W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - With 120mm Silent Wing Fan Built in £79.99
(£66.66) £79.99
(£66.66)
Patriot Viper 3 "Venom Red" 8GB DDR3 PC3-17200C11 2133MHz Single Module (P38G211UR) Patriot Viper 3 "Venom Red" 8GB DDR3 PC3-17200C11 2133MHz Single Module (P38G211UR) £71.99
(£59.99) £71.99
(£59.99)
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02733) Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02733) £67.99
(£56.66) £67.99
(£56.66)
Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD1003FZEX) HDD Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD1003FZEX) HDD £67.99
(£56.66) £67.99
(£56.66)
Zalman Z12 Plus Midi Tower Windowed Case - Black Zalman Z12 Plus Midi Tower Windowed Case - Black £54.98
(£45.82) £54.98
(£45.82)
Akasa AK-CC4009EP01 Venom Pico Compact CPU Cooler Akasa AK-CC4009EP01 Venom Pico Compact CPU Cooler £16.99
(£14.16) £16.99
(£14.16)
Submit Sub Total : £657.42
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel (Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £11.75
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £133.83
Total : £803.00

How does this spec look....tablet doesn't copy and past my shopping basket too well unfortunatly

Edit...preferably pre built but I will have a go at building one my self. It would be my first build though

mickyflinn · 12 Jan 2014 at 23:22

There are many videos on youtube to help you as long as your confident enough. Gimme a sec and ill get something together.

Marsden · 12 Jan 2014 at 23:26

Thanks for the help. Really appreciate it

mickyflinn · 12 Jan 2014 at 23:27

This is a pre buit sytem with simallar spec

YOUR BASKET
1 x "Titan 400i Dagger" Intel Core i5 4670K @ 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo) Haswell Quad Core Gaming PC £490
1 x Standard Build Systems - Dispatched within 7 working days £0
1 x 24 MONTH WARRANTY - COLLECT & RETURN £0.01
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02733) £67.99
1 x BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
1 x No Second Hard Drive Option (ZERO Cost) £0
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 270X Boost OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Card £161.99
1 x No Sound Card Upgrade £0
Total : £817.97 (includes shipping : £17.50).

Marsden · 12 Jan 2014 at 23:32

Thanks....Is this the sort of spec you would consider to be good? Is this classed as a 'capable' machine? Basically would it struggle with new games on decent settings?

mickyflinn · 12 Jan 2014 at 23:45

Move along nothing to see here .

mickyflinn · 12 Jan 2014 at 23:46

Marsden said:
Thanks....Is this the sort of spec you would consider to be good? Is this classed as a 'capable' machine? Basically would it struggle with new games on decent settings?

Its definitely a capable machine and would cope with most games at 1080p. Graphics cards are the biggest factor in gaming capability but you still need a decent cpu to push it.

If you build it yourself then i can upgrade your gpu to a 280x, also the Msi motherboard comes with a free cooler.

MSI also has a feature called Overclock Genie that will auto overclock for you

YOUR BASKET
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 280X TurboDUO "BF4 Edition" 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £259.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £167.99
1 x MSI Z87-G43 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard - FREE Alpenfohn Civetta Cooler!! £86.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02733) £67.99
1 x Avexir Core Blue Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2CW) - Blue Light £55.99
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 2 520w '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard II Midi Tower Case - Black £26.99
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £17.99
Total : £792.91 (includes shipping : £12.50).

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Idleman · 12 Jan 2014 at 23:49

Have included an ssd.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £167.99
1 x HIS Radeon R9 270X IceQ BOOST 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £149.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-HD3 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £95.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £79.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02733) £67.99
1 x Avexir Core Blue Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2CW) - Blue Light £55.99
1 x Zalman Z12 Plus Midi Tower Windowed Case - Black £54.98
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 2 520w '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 412S CPU Cooler £28.99
Total : £810.90 (includes shipping : £12.50).

Marsden · 12 Jan 2014 at 23:54

Cheers guys...so basically if I can build it from scratch I'm going to end up with a better spec PC for slightly less money...win win, if I don't screw up the build :eek:

Best get checking out YouTube for tutorials and see what I think about building one

mickyflinn · 12 Jan 2014 at 23:55

How To Build a Computer - Part 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPIXAtNGGCw

As in Idleman's spec an SSD is a must on a new build so get the Samsung Evo if you can stretch.

Marsden · 13 Jan 2014 at 11:44

what about an AMD Machine?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/viewcart.php

Probably add an SSD into the mix aswell

Also how do you guys get the basket bit like you do with the links and that?

Ben

mickyflinn · 13 Jan 2014 at 11:49

An Amd build is quite capable but Intel are at the top of the tree.

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £119.99
1 x Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £59.99

As for the basket thing you need to install chrome and add Overclockers basket add on to it.

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ocuk-shopping-cart-viewer/empfloiadabicdlgahhamannadefhehj

Marsden · 13 Jan 2014 at 12:56

this is the spec i tried posting before...hopefully this will work

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 760 OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £189.95
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8350 Black Edition 4.00GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £149.99
1 x Patriot Venom Red 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Quad Channel Memory Kit (PV316G160C9QKRD) £139.99
1 x CM Storm Scout II Advanced Gaming Case - Gun Metal £79.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £79.99
1 x Akasa Cobra Power 750W Modular Power Supply PSU £71.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02733) £67.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £63.95
1 x Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 AMD 760G (Socket AM3+) DDR3 MicroATX Motherboard £52.99
Total : £924.67 (includes shipping : £23.20).

thoughts? or would you stick with the i5?

mickyflinn · 13 Jan 2014 at 13:37

That motherboard may need a bios update to accept the 8350 get a 970 chipset at least.

Marsden · 14 Jan 2014 at 13:37

Well finally decided on a spec and ordered last night. It's coming built so there's no worry about me destroying anything.

I think it should be pretty good. Opinions please :-D

ZALMAN Z11 PLUS Black Case

Intel Core i5 4670K

ASUS Z87-K

8GB DDR3 1600Mhz - PATRIOT VIPER V3

SSD - 128GB

HARD DRIVE - 1TB

SONY 24X DVD+/-RW Dual Layer & Dual

AMD Radeon R9 280X 3GB

WINDOWS 7 Premium

24'' ASUS VS247H-P HDMI, HD 1920x1080, 2MS - LED

Max Out All Case Fans For 12CM BLUE LED silent

Thought I would get my self a nice new monitor too whilst I was at it as mine is old and small

Thanks for the advice, really appreciate it

Marsden · 18 Jan 2014 at 17:56

Well she came yesterday.....5 days earlier than what i was told and all seems good. Managed to get everything set up which wasnt easy iv had to re arrange 3 bedrooms.

Should be all worth it

Computer is sooo quiet too which im really pleased about

ndaar · 25 Jan 2014 at 22:30

Glad your happy Marsden its a good spec

enjoy