Help Spec Me a New Computer Please :)

Xein · 17 Oct 2010 at 10:49

Hello, I was going to get a laptop but then got talked round because they are a lot of money for what you are getting. So I have decided to build a new computer and stick with that.

I roughly have around £700 to spend and will be buying it around christmas time.

I want something with good performance, I play games now and then so want something decent so I can play at max settings, also something that will last me a few years. I don't need Keyboard, Mouse, OS

Thanks

95thrifles · 17 Oct 2010 at 10:50

Hi and welcome, I'll do you a quick spec but what resolution do you use?

Xein · 17 Oct 2010 at 10:52

95thrifles said:
Hi and welcome, I'll do you a quick spec but what resolution do you use?

At the moment I use 1680 x 1050 because thats all the TV can go up to

95thrifles · 17 Oct 2010 at 10:56

Well I knocked this up, but at that res if you have no plans to up it any time soon you could drop the gfx card back to something like a 768mb 460 with little to no impact on performance and pocket a hundred quid

Xein · 17 Oct 2010 at 11:13

Thank you for that

I might drop the gfx card to a slightly cheaper one,

And would that case be able to keep everything cool?

95thrifles · 17 Oct 2010 at 11:17

Yep, pretty good case for the price

Jony27 · 17 Oct 2010 at 11:20

AMD option

i included 5x120mm because you seemed worried about cooling

i know people will say to save the money on the fans and buy a better case but will that case have 6x120mm fans??

Xein · 17 Oct 2010 at 11:23

The AMD Route looks good apart from I would change the gfx card to a ATI series card

Jony27 · 17 Oct 2010 at 11:46

a hd5870 will take you over £700 BUT since the 6xxx series are coming out next week(low-end apparently), this should bring some of the prices down, and iirc the high end 6xxx are coming out on november. wait and see what the new 6xxx series are like.

stulid · 17 Oct 2010 at 11:46

Jony27 said:
AMD option

i included 5x120mm because you seemed worried about cooling

i know people will say to save the money on the fans and buy a better case but will that case have 6x120mm fans??

thats very good.

Xein · 17 Oct 2010 at 11:52

stulid said:
thats very good.

Yeah

Just I think if I went with that I would see what happens with the ATI cards

Xein · 18 Oct 2010 at 17:21

I've also been looking into the idea of getting a laptop instead so I can move it about and take it places and I'm not confined to 1 room.

I know they are not as good but anyone seen any decent ones around?

Jony27 · 18 Oct 2010 at 19:18

are you looking for a laptop AND a pc or just the laptop for everything else?
if laptop is for everuthing else you could look at msi's range of laptops

hp7909 · 18 Oct 2010 at 19:30

Frozo said:
I know they are not as good but anyone seen any decent ones around?

This? Over budget but should handle some gaming

Xein · 20 Oct 2010 at 13:41

Jony27 said:
are you looking for a laptop AND a pc or just the laptop for everything else?
if laptop is for everuthing else you could look at msi's range of laptops

I was getting a spec for both then I can choose which I prefer, If I was to go down the laptop route it would be JUST a laptop or if I went down the desktop route it would be JUST a desktop.

Havent seen many laptops that are good which can handle gaming etc.

Xein · 20 Oct 2010 at 13:42

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Xein · 25 Oct 2010 at 13:56

I think I'm going to go with a Desktop as I can get a higher quality and spec for the same price as getting a half decent laptop.

(Sorry for triple post :/)