Help Please!

Jake Thain

Jake Thain

Jake Thain

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!Help Needed!
Hello anybody who reads this. I have recently decided that I would like to make the move from console to PC. But there is only one problem... I don't really have a clue about what things to look at if I wanted to configure my own PC. I am researching the facts at the moment but I thought it would also be worth a go if someone out there who may know a little more than me could give me pointers or help with building a good PC. I would be looking for a gaming PC that could easily beat any next-gen console for a budget of £400-£500 but I would be willing to go a little further. The games I would probably be playing would be the likes of GTA, battlefield and real-time-strategy games too.
So if anyone who reads this would be willing to help out, thank you so much!
 
Hi and welcome.

What parts do you need for the money? OS, keyboard, mouse etc? any particular size for the case?

What resolution do you use?
 
Wow! Didn't expect such a quick reply!
The money would be for the whole package, from processor and motherboard to the keyboard and OS. As for the case, nothing to cumbersome but also nothing to small that i have no room to expand or upgrade my PC afterwards.
And for the resolution: I only have a TV to use at the moment so if i need to spend extra on a decent monitor i will do so.

Sorry if its not very specific, but it's my first time using this forum.
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4460 3.20GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £154.99
1 x PowerColor AMD Radeon R9 285 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £139.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £79.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £54.95
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £41.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TPKD38G1600HC11DC01) £39.95
1 x Gigabyte H81M-S2H Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £38.99
1 x Aerocool Strike-X ONE Advance Midi Tower Case - Black £24.95
1 x Sumvision Nemesis Kane Pro Gaming Keyboard & Mouse Set £16.00
Total : £606.79 (includes shipping : £12.50 Ex.VAT).



Hows that? too much money?

You may want to add a DVd drive to it, Windows can be transferred onto a USB thumb drive and installed from that if you have another PC to do so.

Or you can download a Windows10 technical preview and use that for a few months and buy an OS later.
 
Emmm... i mean if it out matches a next gen console for that price then yeah, that seems like a great choice. Do you have any other configurations for more/less the price that ypu could reply with too so incould have some options.

Thanks
Jake
 
That is a far superior spec to what is inside a PS4 and Xbox ONE (they have variations of the AMD APU).


Here is a slightly reduced spec,

YOUR BASKET
1 x PowerColor AMD Radeon R9 285 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £139.99
1 x Intel Core i3-4160 3.60GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £99.95
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £79.99
1 x Antec VPF450 450W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £42.95
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £41.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TPKD38G1600HC11DC01) £39.95
1 x Gigabyte H81M-S2H Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £38.99
1 x Zalman T1 Plus Mini-Tower USB 3.0 - Black £19.99
1 x Sumvision Nemesis Kane Pro Gaming Keyboard & Mouse Set £16.00
Total : £533.89 (includes shipping : £11.75 Ex.VAT).

 
Thanks so much for the choices you have given me. Hopefully, once i research the facts a bit more, i can start the ordering of the PC. Do you have any pointers or tips for a PC starter like myself about anything in the PC world?

Once again, thanks so much

Jake
 
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