Gaming Pc Budget.

ryzouk

ryzouk

ryzouk

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Hello,

I have decided to buy a gaming pc. I have not had one for about 4 years. So really don't know where to start. Would love if someone could help me out choosing the best value for money. As i know nothing about building i will be buying a pre build rig. I may build one myself one day but as for just know i really want to buy a pre built and don't mind paying the extra. I will be using this to play games such as Battlefield, Minecraft, elder scrolls, rome 2..ect. My budget is roughly £800. So do you think I could get a decent pc for some casual gaming ?

Thank you

Ryan
 
Hi
One of these should good for battlefield etc

YOUR BASKET
1 x "Dragon Army Scout" Intel Core i5 4570 @ 3.6GHz Turbo Quad Core LAN Gaming PC £470.09
- 1 x Standard Build Systems - Dispatched within 7 working days £0.00
- 1 x 24 MONTH WARRANTY - COLLECT & RETURN £0.01
- 1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
- 1 x Aero Cool Dead Silence Gaming Red Mini Tower Windowed £72.95
- 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) £0.00
- 1 x MSI Radeon R9 270X Gaming Edition OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £157.99
- 1 x NO OPTICAL DRIVE INSTALLED £0.00
1 x "Liberator X6" AMD FX-6 6300 @ 4.1GHz Turbo Nvidia GeForce Six Core Gaming PC £254.00
- 1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 WindForce 3x OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-N770OC-2GD) £259.99
- 1 x No Second Hard Drive Option (ZERO Cost) £0.00
- 1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
- 1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £55.99
- 1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £89.99
- 1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
- 1 x 24 MONTH WARRANTY - COLLECT & RETURN £0.01
- 1 x Standard Build Systems - Dispatched within 7 working days £0.00
- 1 x No Sound Card Upgrade £0.00
Total : £1,622.39 (includes shipping : £19.50).



Hope this helps
 
Hi

Personally I would go with the Liberator due to being able to have better graphics. With the titan Commander you would properly get high graphics settings on battlefield etc, but you can upgrade your card with the Liberator. The only advantage with the commander is having 8 cores instead of 6 and a 120gb ssd.

If i had a chose I would go for this:

YOUR BASKET
1 x "Liberator X6" AMD FX-6 6300 @ 4.1GHz Turbo Nvidia GeForce Six Core Gaming PC £254.00
- 1 x Standard Build Systems - Dispatched within 7 working days £0.00
- 1 x 24 MONTH WARRANTY - COLLECT & RETURN £0.01
- 1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
- 1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £119.99
- 1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £55.99
- 1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) HDD £41.99
- 1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £79.99
- 1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 WindForce 3x OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-N770OC-2GD) £259.99
- 1 x No Sound Card Upgrade £0.00
Total : £896.56 (includes shipping : £8.00).



This is the same as the Titan Commander and its about £100 cheaper.

Hope this helps
 
the liberator posted above is a power ful spec, 6 cores and a GTX 770 will see off most new games.

I would maybe go for a larger SSD though, 120gb doesnt seem too much with games like titanfall taking 50GB!
 
2 things:
  1. 1) Why are people choosing such expensive equipment. I can up your specs for less or not much more
  2. 2) Why are people choosing amd (not a fanboy). Intel and Nvidia have a much more efficient product range.

Non overclock
  • Zalman T4 Black Mini Tower Case
  • MSI H81M-P33 Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard
  • Corsair Builder Series CX 600W V2 '80 Plus Bronze'
  • TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz
  • Toshiba SSD HG5D Series THNSNH 7mm 128GB
  • Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA
  • OcUK Value 4x BD-ROM (Black) - OEM
  • Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium
Sub Total £ 384.26
  • Intel Core i7-4771 3.50GHz
  • MSI Geforce GTX 780 Gaming Edition
Sub Total £ 609.68
Total Cost £ 993.94

Summary
  • Intel i7 3.5Ghz (3.9Ghz)
  • 8Gb 1600mhz Ram
  • Geforce Gtx 780
  • 128 Gb SSD & 1TB HDD
  • Blu-Ray DVD Drive
  • Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium
  • Total Cost £ 993.94

Overclocking
  • Zalman T4 Black Mini Tower Case
  • MSI Z87M-G43 Intel Z87
  • Corsair Builder Series CX 600W V2 '80 Plus Bronze'
  • TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz
  • Toshiba SSD HG5D Series THNSNH 7mm 128GB
  • Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA
  • OcUK Value 4x BD-ROM (Black) - OEM
  • Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium
Sub Total £ 421.26
  • Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz
  • MSI Geforce GTX 780 Gaming Edition OC
Sub Total £ 547.98
Total Cost £ 969.24

Summary
  • Intel i5 3.4 Ghz (4.3 Ghz)
  • Geforce GTX 780
  • 8 Gb 1600 Mhz Ram
  • 128 Gb SSD & 1TB HDD
  • Blu-Ray DVD Drive
  • Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium
  • Total Cost £ 969.24

Or

Non overclock i5 Summary
  • Intel i5 3.4 Ghz (3.9Ghz)
  • Geforce GTX 780
  • 8Gb 1600 Mhz Ram
  • 128 Gb SSD & 1TB HDD
  • Blu-Ray DVD Drive
  • Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium
  • Total Cost £ 926.24
 
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Have I missed something? Those options are a) £125-200 over budget, and b) not pre-built systems.
 
True, however 3 points:
  1. The 780 is replacing 770 - as i said up the specs (espeacially compared to the above suggestions at much higher item cost for lower spec machines)
  2. Over 2 years the efficiency over amd will make up the difference between them
  3. Building a PC is very easy, the only part you really need to be careful of is putting the cpu and heatsink

putting back 770 (MSI Geforce GTX 770 Gaming Edition) and it reduces the cost by £140 so the range is:

£ 786.24 - £ 853.94

Far cheaper for a better PC than any suggestion before it...
 
Yes, you get more for you money if you build it yourself. That isn't news. But as the OP said he doesn't want to build it himself, it doesn't make much sense to criticise the value of pre-built systems others have offered on the basis of a custom spec you've put together. They're just offering the advice the OP asked for.
 
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Again true, nothing personal to anyone.

The OP has said he'd build PC "some day". Perhaps today is the day? :)

Just needs reassurance that it is very easy and it is practically plug and play with a little waiting around...

All he needs is a possi screw driver

1) unpack case
2) open case to bare frame
3) ground yourself (touch metal)
4) Unpack motherboard
5) Unpack CPU and Heatsink
6) Place CPU on MB and Place Heatsink
7) Srew in motherboard
8) Plug Case connectors
9) Unpack PSU
10) Srew in PSU
11) Unpack GPU
12) Place GPU
13) Unpack HDD's and DVD drive
14) Place/Screw drives
15) Plug PSU cables
16) Unpack RAM
17) Place RAM
18) Put case back together
19) Plug monitors, mouse/keyboard and mains (off)
20) Unpack OS
21) Turn on PC and input OS DVD
22) Install OS
23) Wait
24) Install Drivers
25) Play minecraft
 
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Your builds are irrelevant to OP. You can say its easy and you can say you get better specs but OP said he does not mind paying for a pre-built and does not want to build it himself, so the spec is irrelevant.

Also:

Zalman T4 Black Mini Tower Case (Ebay)
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This is against the rules.



For the games he plays, the pre-built which were recommended earlier would be fine.
 
Its only irrelevant if the OP objects, your opinion on the matter doesn't come into it... also nothing i suggested is irrelevant to building a PC or buying a PC because...

There are forum rules about hinting at competitor sites and prices etc, - stulid

No promotion of OcUK's competitors
We, Overclockers UK (OcUK) are happy to provide the resources of these forums to responsible individuals without charge. They cost a substantial amount of money to maintain and use considerable amounts of bandwidth which is paid for exclusively by us. As you know OcUK are in the computer hardware business and therefore the promotion of OcUK's competitors is forbidden. Examples of promotion are :-
Posting links to competitors websites
Posting links to reviews that promote competitors
Quoting the names or contact details of competitors
Offering to provide the names or contact details of competitors
Hinting about product availability at competitors and their pricing
Using the forums to notify a member of intent or actual supply of names or contact details of competitors
Listing competitors names, URL's or e-mail addresses in signatures
Listing competitors names, URL's or e-mail addresses in profile
Posting links to or the mentioning of auction sites
Disguising attempts to do any of the above
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ryzouk said:
as for just know i really want to buy a pre built and don't mind paying the extra.
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Looks like he just wants to buy a pre-built system for now. Seems irrelevant to me.

Also listing competitors or suggesting competitor pricing is against this forums rules, regardless of whether you believe so or not. This forum is the forum for OCuk, a shop. Pretty bad etiquette to go on a shop's own forum and suggest to buy from elsewhere. I would'nt spam Amazon reviews with links to my members market threads.

*Edit* Here you go, I am sure you read the rest of them when you signed up ;)

We, Overclockers UK (OcUK) are happy to provide the resources of these forums to responsible individuals without charge. They cost a substantial amount of money to maintain and use considerable amounts of bandwidth which is paid for exclusively by us. As you know OcUK are in the computer hardware business and therefore the promotion of OcUK's competitors is forbidden. Examples of promotion are :-
Posting links to competitors websites
Posting links to reviews that promote competitors
Quoting the names or contact details of competitors
Offering to provide the names or contact details of competitors
Hinting about product availability at competitors and their pricing
Using the forums to notify a member of intent or actual supply of names or contact details of competitors
Listing competitors names, URL's or e-mail addresses in signatures
Listing competitors names, URL's or e-mail addresses in profile
Posting links to or the mentioning of auction sites
Disguising attempts to do any of the above
 
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1st of all i don't work for OCZ i'm a consumer and therefore i'm giving consumer advice to another consumer.

2ndly
ryzouk said:
I may build one myself one day
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i am replying to that - or do you want to not help the OP?

that is what i'm doing, the OP is actually unsure on building a PC and therefore the incentive to build a PC is the lower cost and educational/experience value, all i see you're doing is not helping the OP for himself and instead trying to "mark your territory"

do you really want to make this an internet argument or just move on?
 
Svyper1 said:
1st of all i don't work for OCZ i'm a consumer and therefore i'm giving consumer advice to another consumer.
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Hello Skyver,

Did you read the rules? Looks like you are still trying only to teach instead of accepting lessons as well.

By the way, OCZ is/was a different company. These are the OcUK forums.


Svyper1 said:
all i see you're doing is not helping the OP for himself and instead trying to "mark your territory"

do you really want to make this an internet argument or just move on?
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All people suffer from blindness, in one form or other and to greater or lesser extent. None are as blind as hypocrites. You've marked your entry to this forum with a conflict-oriented attitude which has not gone unnoticed, and now that you've had a few things pointed out regarding your posts (a taste of your own medicine) you are resorting to accuse others of what you yourself are guilty of. Typical tactic of hypocrites.

If I were you, I'd get off your high horse gracefully, before you fall from it.

If you had any humility, you would acknowledge the rule you've broken, which Avenged kindly went to the trouble of pasting for you.
 
/Facepalm

Will stop at this post, since you still seem set on disagreeing with me, whether it is a forum rule (not decided by me) or not.

Was just correcting you on the forum rules, as you are new and probably didnt read them considering the earlier posts. If you read them, you will see mentioning competitors is against the rules, regardless of who you are or work for. I did this for your benefit more than anything else, in case you decided to suggest other competitors which stock the same products at different prices.

Obviously, you took my post as an aggressive one and responded in turn aggressively. Accusing me of marking my territory because i corrected you to follow the rules is absurd. A quick look around the forum and you will find that almost any spec me post which contain competitor linking/naming/price hinting is usually followed by a suggestion to remove the competitor. This is the norm in this forum, as it is OCuk's forum.
 
lol ok if you think so. You think it's hypocritical?

respectfully i disagree. why?

pschology:

projection
The OP never stated that anything i said is irrelevant only avenge did and therefore it is the projection of his feelings on the matter and not the OP

Insecurities
Whilst the initial questions can be confrontational it is only offensive those that are insecure and identify personally with the things they own or similar. A secure person would not lash out at the questioner.

Forum is text
Communication is mainly body language and tone over the actual words used. Text can seem more aggressive because the end user has his/her own reality and thus plays on the imagination or the receiver

etc
etc
etc

.....

I never disagreed with forum rules I am stating consumer advice end of

No. You are breaking forum rules. - stulid.
 
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