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Hello!
Well I am at a stage in my life where I am considering PC gaming as I spend a lot of time on my laptop and not so much on the xbox 360/ dreamcast etc, so im thinking about consolidating them for a gaming pc. I can use it as an emulator for the saturn/psx/n64/dreamcast/ps2/xbox/gb/wii etc as well as all of the fantastic games there are on a pc..
1- Is it really worth it? I know there is a lot of faffing about installing/ setting up controllers and graphics options but are the games actually better?
2- I would need a well spec set up to make it future proof for a little while (yes i know the world of PCs are developing faster than a young girls ****) and would not want to spend more than £1000. Anyone have any suggestions on a good set up?
This is what a trial spec i have come up with. Your thoughts?
•CABLE: HDMI Male to Male Cable [+7] (1.8m)
•CAS: CoolerMaster Elite 310 Mid Tower Gaming Case with see-thru side panel
•CASUPGRADE: NONE
•CD: 24X Double Layer Dual Format DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW DRIVE. (BLACK COLOR)
•CPNR1: Cyberpower Anti-Vibration Fan Mounts -- reducing the noise generated from Fans [+9]
•CPU: Intel® Core™ i5 2500K Quad Core 3.3GHz 6MB cache LGA1155 + HD Graphics ***Overclockable XXX***
•CS_FAN: Maximum Case Cooling Fans for your selected case [+10]
•DONGLES: NONE
•EXPAN: NONE
•FA_HDD: None
•FAN: Asetek 510LC / Xtremegear Liquid Cooling system w/ 120mm Radiator ***Overclockable XXX*** (For Slient and High Performance -- AKASA Silent Fans, 1200rpm w/ Sleeve Ball Bearing and LED light in Push-Pull Airflow [+10])
•FLASHMEDIA: INTERNAL 52in1 Flash Media Reader/Writer [+5] (BLACK COLOR [+5])
•FLOPPY: NONE
•FREEBIE_NVVC: None
•HDD: 1.5TB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 32M Cache 7200RPM Hard Drive [+23] (Single Hard Drive)
•HDD2: NONE
•HOMEINSTALL: NONE
•IEEE_CARD: NONE
•KEYBOARD: NONE
•MEMORY: 8GB (4x2GB) PC10666 DDR3/1333mhz Dual Channel Memory [+72] (Corsair Value Select or Major Brand)
•MODEM: NONE
•MONITOR: NONE
•MONITOR2: NONE
•MONITOR3: NONE
•MOTHERBOARD: Asus Sabertooth P67 DDR3 Intel LGA1155 SLI/CrossFireX ATX Mainboard w/ 7.1 HD Audio, GbLAN, SATAIII USB3.0 ***Overclockable XXX*** (PRE-Order) [+50]
•MOUSE: NONE
•NETWORK: ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT -- As standard on all PCs
•OS: NONE - FORMAT HARD DRIVE ONLY(NO OVERCLOCKING AVALIABLE)
•OVERCLOCK: No Overclocking
•POWERSUPPLY: 500 Watts Power Supplies [+8] (CyberPowerPC 500W Quiet Power Supply)
•RUSH: NONE
•SOUND: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO
•SPEAKERS: NONE
•TEMP: NONE
•TVRC: NONE
•UPS: None
•USB: Built-in USB 2.0 Ports
•USBHD: NONE
•VC_PHYSX: None
•VIDEO: NVIDIA GeForce GT 430 1GB 16X PCI Express (Major Brand Power by NVIDIA)
•VIDEO2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 430 1GB 16X PCI Express [+48] (Major Brand Power by NVIDIA)
•VIDEO3: None, or On-Board Integrated Graphics
•WAP: NONE
•WARRANTY: STANDARD WARRANTY: 3-YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY PLUS LIFE-TIME TECHNICAL SUPPORT
•WEBCAM: NONE
•WNC: PCI-E Wireless 802.11g 150Mbps Network Interface Card [+10]
Thanks for your input.
Rich
Well I am at a stage in my life where I am considering PC gaming as I spend a lot of time on my laptop and not so much on the xbox 360/ dreamcast etc, so im thinking about consolidating them for a gaming pc. I can use it as an emulator for the saturn/psx/n64/dreamcast/ps2/xbox/gb/wii etc as well as all of the fantastic games there are on a pc..
1- Is it really worth it? I know there is a lot of faffing about installing/ setting up controllers and graphics options but are the games actually better?
2- I would need a well spec set up to make it future proof for a little while (yes i know the world of PCs are developing faster than a young girls ****) and would not want to spend more than £1000. Anyone have any suggestions on a good set up?
This is what a trial spec i have come up with. Your thoughts?
•CABLE: HDMI Male to Male Cable [+7] (1.8m)
•CAS: CoolerMaster Elite 310 Mid Tower Gaming Case with see-thru side panel
•CASUPGRADE: NONE
•CD: 24X Double Layer Dual Format DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW DRIVE. (BLACK COLOR)
•CPNR1: Cyberpower Anti-Vibration Fan Mounts -- reducing the noise generated from Fans [+9]
•CPU: Intel® Core™ i5 2500K Quad Core 3.3GHz 6MB cache LGA1155 + HD Graphics ***Overclockable XXX***
•CS_FAN: Maximum Case Cooling Fans for your selected case [+10]
•DONGLES: NONE
•EXPAN: NONE
•FA_HDD: None
•FAN: Asetek 510LC / Xtremegear Liquid Cooling system w/ 120mm Radiator ***Overclockable XXX*** (For Slient and High Performance -- AKASA Silent Fans, 1200rpm w/ Sleeve Ball Bearing and LED light in Push-Pull Airflow [+10])
•FLASHMEDIA: INTERNAL 52in1 Flash Media Reader/Writer [+5] (BLACK COLOR [+5])
•FLOPPY: NONE
•FREEBIE_NVVC: None
•HDD: 1.5TB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 32M Cache 7200RPM Hard Drive [+23] (Single Hard Drive)
•HDD2: NONE
•HOMEINSTALL: NONE
•IEEE_CARD: NONE
•KEYBOARD: NONE
•MEMORY: 8GB (4x2GB) PC10666 DDR3/1333mhz Dual Channel Memory [+72] (Corsair Value Select or Major Brand)
•MODEM: NONE
•MONITOR: NONE
•MONITOR2: NONE
•MONITOR3: NONE
•MOTHERBOARD: Asus Sabertooth P67 DDR3 Intel LGA1155 SLI/CrossFireX ATX Mainboard w/ 7.1 HD Audio, GbLAN, SATAIII USB3.0 ***Overclockable XXX*** (PRE-Order) [+50]
•MOUSE: NONE
•NETWORK: ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT -- As standard on all PCs
•OS: NONE - FORMAT HARD DRIVE ONLY(NO OVERCLOCKING AVALIABLE)
•OVERCLOCK: No Overclocking
•POWERSUPPLY: 500 Watts Power Supplies [+8] (CyberPowerPC 500W Quiet Power Supply)
•RUSH: NONE
•SOUND: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO
•SPEAKERS: NONE
•TEMP: NONE
•TVRC: NONE
•UPS: None
•USB: Built-in USB 2.0 Ports
•USBHD: NONE
•VC_PHYSX: None
•VIDEO: NVIDIA GeForce GT 430 1GB 16X PCI Express (Major Brand Power by NVIDIA)
•VIDEO2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 430 1GB 16X PCI Express [+48] (Major Brand Power by NVIDIA)
•VIDEO3: None, or On-Board Integrated Graphics
•WAP: NONE
•WARRANTY: STANDARD WARRANTY: 3-YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY PLUS LIFE-TIME TECHNICAL SUPPORT
•WEBCAM: NONE
•WNC: PCI-E Wireless 802.11g 150Mbps Network Interface Card [+10]
Thanks for your input.
Rich
