Gaming system help needed

Soupy · 3 Apr 2014 at 13:18

Hey guys, same old story, upgrade time and I'm definitely not up to speed with what's the best option for what I need but I know I'll get the right advice here.

I can't be bothered to build a new system, last one I built was back in the day, my P4 3.2 many years ago and things have changed so much.

Current system is a Dell Q8200 2.33 with 4gig DDR and HD4670 1gig which has been a reliable workhorse up to now but I'm tired running a few games at low levels, I wanna see some sparkle in my games again

I'm not into a lot of the latest games to be honest although wouldn't mind having a bash at the latest Arma but games I mess around with now are Starcraft 2 & World of Tanks and I'd like to see them in their full glory without frame rate grinding to a halt.

I know WOT doesn't support multi-core cpu's yet so I suppose I'll need a multi-core CPU that can still deliver on a single core.

Budget is in the £600 - £750 range.

Currently using a 1920*1080 monitor.

All my pc's have been Intel powered (from my 1st 233mhz MMx onwards) never owned an AMD cpu but don't mind a change, whatever's gonna give me the best results for my gaming needs and budget.

Thanks chaps

Soupy · 5 Apr 2014 at 19:33

Been looking at this pre-built system, it has the 3570K i5 but I read a lot of posts were people are recommending the 4670K i5 ... is it that much better than the 3570K ?

Titan 8700i Pulse" Intel Core i5 3570K 3.40GHz @ 4.40GHz DDR3 Ivybridge Gaming PC

It's at the upper limit of my budget.

tamzzy · 5 Apr 2014 at 19:42

why not build it yourself? it'll save you 30-50 quid which can be put to getting a better rig.
the method of putting the parts together hasn't changed since the p4 days lol

YOUR BASKET
1 x VTX3D Radeon R9 280 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £189.95
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £169.99
1 x Crucial M500 240GB SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - (CT240M500SSD1) £89.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-HD3 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £82.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £53.99
1 x NZXT Source 210 Elite Midi Tower Case - Black £39.95
1 x SuperFlower Amazon 450W "80 Plus Bronze" Power Supply £39.95
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 500GB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA050) HDD £35.99
1 x Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler £19.99
1 x LiteOn IHAS124-14 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £752.77 (includes shipping : £12.50).

Soupy · 6 Apr 2014 at 08:04

Thanks Tamzzy, I am thinking about it, I wasn't worried about the building of it, more the selection of components and I don't make some schoolboy selection error, hence my question about the real world differences, if any, between the two CPUs.

tamzzy · 6 Apr 2014 at 08:55

the only difference afaik is that the p4's pins are on the cpu, but now the pins are on the mobo instead =s

Idleman · 6 Apr 2014 at 11:51

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 280X Dual-X OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Card £227.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £161.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-HD3 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £82.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HDTS212EZSTA 9.5mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £65.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £53.99
1 x SuperFlower Amazon 550W "80 Plus Bronze" Power Supply £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
1 x Corsair Carbide Series SPEC-01 Mid Tower Gaming Case (CC-9011050-WW) £37.99
1 x Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler £19.99
1 x LiteOn IHAS124-14 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £769.50 (includes shipping : £8.00).