My PC which I built 4/5 years ago is getting old now and is struggling to run new games even on low graphics so I've decided to buy a complete new gaming PC atlast. (pref Intel/Nvidia although not fussy if there is good reason otherwise)
However i'm not sure if it is the right time to buy or if it's better to wait as I'd like to buy one that will stay high end for a long period of time and be able to easily run any games that come out for the next 2 years or so on max/high graphics, and I hear that the current range of intel CPUs and Nvidia GPUs are about a year old now.
I've been looking at a pre-built system which I'm tempted to buy for £1,310:
iForce Intel Core i7 2600K Processor - Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Motherboard - 16GB DDR3 Memory - 2 x 1TB 6GB/s Drives - Intel 311 20GB SSD NVIDIA GTX 580 Graphics
Although I wonder if it would be worth spending extra money on a custom pre-built and jumping up to the i7 3900k CPU with x79 chipset and/or to 590 instead of 580, or if it would be better going in opposite direction and there would be little difference in getting i5 and/or 570 instead. Or whether to just not buy and wait for the new ranges in CPU and GPUs to come out and purchase that or the 590,x79 when they drop in price.
I want value for money in the long term rather than saving money at the moment, and having a system that will stay high end for maybe 2 years or so if that is possible, although I understand the release of the next generation of consoles will have a big effect on that and the hardware being released (although 10 FPS is killing me on certain games and not sure if i'm prepared to wait more than half a year)
I originally planned on spending around/abit over 1K but if it is worth the money I'm willing to spend up to around 2K.
I'd also buy the components seperately and build it myself if it would save enough money to mean getting the next step up in GPU/CPU over the same price for a pre-built system, but the idea of pre-built is very appealing this time round.
Any advice greatly appreciated.
However i'm not sure if it is the right time to buy or if it's better to wait as I'd like to buy one that will stay high end for a long period of time and be able to easily run any games that come out for the next 2 years or so on max/high graphics, and I hear that the current range of intel CPUs and Nvidia GPUs are about a year old now.
I've been looking at a pre-built system which I'm tempted to buy for £1,310:
iForce Intel Core i7 2600K Processor - Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Motherboard - 16GB DDR3 Memory - 2 x 1TB 6GB/s Drives - Intel 311 20GB SSD NVIDIA GTX 580 Graphics
Although I wonder if it would be worth spending extra money on a custom pre-built and jumping up to the i7 3900k CPU with x79 chipset and/or to 590 instead of 580, or if it would be better going in opposite direction and there would be little difference in getting i5 and/or 570 instead. Or whether to just not buy and wait for the new ranges in CPU and GPUs to come out and purchase that or the 590,x79 when they drop in price.
I want value for money in the long term rather than saving money at the moment, and having a system that will stay high end for maybe 2 years or so if that is possible, although I understand the release of the next generation of consoles will have a big effect on that and the hardware being released (although 10 FPS is killing me on certain games and not sure if i'm prepared to wait more than half a year)
I originally planned on spending around/abit over 1K but if it is worth the money I'm willing to spend up to around 2K.
I'd also buy the components seperately and build it myself if it would save enough money to mean getting the next step up in GPU/CPU over the same price for a pre-built system, but the idea of pre-built is very appealing this time round.
Any advice greatly appreciated.
