Gaming PC choice questions

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Hello.

I have done some research. My head hurts but I think I am close.

I have a Mac but want to try, specifically at the moment, GW2 and The Secret World, so those are the games a machine needs to run well for... although it not being out of date 5 minutes after unpacking it would be great too.

It will be used for nothing other than gaming.

in your pre-builds section you have the titan 8000a. Adding a 560Ti card makes it £633.20

you also have the titan 8200a. Adding a 560Ti card makes it £728.21

And then in this thread [click here] post #17 there is a build for £599.92 which also has the 560Ti

so

1) Is the 560Ti going to suffice for my above wants?
2) what more will the 8200a offer me for the extra £100 over the 8000a?
3) And is the £599 build just as good as the 8000a but £33 cheaper?

4) this may be a tad naive (sorry, mac owner) but if i bought any of the above I am assuming I can simply hard wire them straight into my broadband without needing anything else? Is this correct?

My initial budget was £500 but i realised that is a tad slim so am looking at around £600. If the £599 build will do it then great (though is that one i have to build myself or can I order that from you?), if not then i'd rather the 8000a if it isn't far off the 8200a for a £100 less.

I'd like to be able to enjoy the graphics of the games, but don't 'need' them to run at full, nor in fact expect to given my budget.

Many thanks in advance.
 
With the two prebuilt selected system they are both AMD BD which right nows is worse for gaming than a dogs turd.

For a prebuilt system you would be looking at something along the lines of:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-237-OK&groupid=43&catid=2040&subcat=

And if you built it yourself:


YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 560Ti Hawk 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £161.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £59.99
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £54.98
1 x Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML8GX3M2A1600C9) £35.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £34.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £640.01 (includes shipping : £11.75).




I take it you don't require an OS though?
 
oops. yep, need Win 7, though that comes with the pre-builds, or at least it says it does.

Many thanks for guiding me away from those then. Guess the plethora of customer reviews aren't worth the salt on my fish n chips.

i3 processor then. I am (vaguely aware) of the i3, i5 and i7 being the thing at the moment (again, sorry, mac user) so that is good. Adding the 560Ti makes it £667 all in with Win 7.

And for that the games will play well?

And for £30, i'd rather buy the pre-made. Have built a PC once, and am sure I could again, but I know these guys will do it better :)

And again, cheers for the quick reply.
 
No probs :)

The i5 is the best processor out there for gaming really as its overclockable and quad core. The i3 will do just fine, the only time when it has had trouble is on 64 player servers BF3.

If you can afford to up the GPU to a 7850 that would be brilliant, they are amazing value for money since they have 2GB VRAM and are easily overclockable :)
 
ok, many thanks for that. I have ordered the machine you suggested with the 7850. It was only £30 more than the 560 so no biggie.

Thank you for your time, and thank you in advance for the additional joy I shall be receiving from having a better machine than my initial suggestions :)
 
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