Need help choosing a pc!

[seanyo_82]

Hi I have decided to buy a new gaming computer as my laptop has completely died on me.

Things to know:

I have no idea what so ever what computer to buy, I know very little about computer parts or what's better than what.

I am looking for a decent gaming computer to last quite a few years.

My price range is £800-1000, so I would be grateful if someone who knows a lot about gaming computers could just pick/build me something and I will buy it.

There is no point in picking me one and telling me to customise it as I have no idea what to get. So I would be very grateful if someone could just link a complete build for me please. Only extras I need is a monitor around 24 inches.

Thanks

 

[zakblood]

i used to build gaming rigs for a living, have done so for 15+ years, now only do it for a hobby, it's hard to pick a spec for someone unless you know what they what it to do, what have you had in the past etc?

you want a 24" monitor, well thats fine and easy but takes £130 out of your budget straight away http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-174-SA&groupid=17&catid=510&subcat=

then you need to decide if you want a over clocked or none over clocked system?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-311-OE&groupid=43&catid=2385&subcat=1444

System Specification
- Case: BitFenix Merc Alpha - Black
- Power Supply: Corsair TX 650w PSU
- CPU: AMD Piledriver FX-4 4300 3.80GHz @ 4.20GHz Eight Core CPU
- Motherboard: Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard
- Cooler: Zero Infinity Phantom CPU Cooler
- RAM: Patriot Viper 3 "Red Venom" 8GB (2x4GB) 1600MHz C9 DDR3 Dual Channel Kit
- Hard Drive: 1B HDD
- Graphics Card: ATI Radeon HD 7850 1024MB Graphics Card
- Sound: Onboard 7.1 Audio
- Optical Drive: OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter - Black

with win7 home 64bit £708.01 inc VAT plus your monitor so under budget, for me i'd get a 2gb vga card but when you order you can change bits like that, they will tell you the price etc, even add more ram and take it to 16gb, will run most stuff on high and some games on ultra, all but the very latest, for those you would need to spend a bit more

 

[zakblood]

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-308-OE&groupid=43&catid=2385&subcat=1270

for a intel system in your price range,

Vortex i5" Intel Core i5 3450 3.10GHz DDR3 Quad Core Gaming PC

System Specification
- Case: BitFenix Merc Beta Tower Case - Black
- Power Supply: Corsair TX 650w PSU
- CPU: Intel Core i5 3450 3.10GHz Quad Core CPU
- Motherboard: Gigabyte H61MA-D2V Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard
- Cooler: Stock Intel CPU Cooler
- RAM: Geil Black Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) 1600MHz C11 DDR3 Dual Channel Kit
- Hard Drive: 500GB HDD
- Graphics Card: ATI Radeon HD 7950 3072MB
- Sound: Onboard 7.1 Audio
- Optical Drive: OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter - Black

again windows 7 home 64bit £706.40 inc VAT

this week on special, vga is way better on this system but hard driver is smaller, something i'd change myself when ordering, min for me is 1tb, sdd's are nice but cost's per mb are still high for most atm

 

[dt97583]

YOUR BASKET
1 x "Titan 8700i Pulse" Intel Core i5 3570K 3.40GHz @ 4.40GHz DDR3 Ivybridge Gaming PC £520
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £79.99
1 x 24 MONTH WARRANTY - COLLECT & RETURN £0.01
1 x Sapphire HD 7850 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card w/ FARCRY3 & Sleeping Dogs PC Games £169.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TD120BW) £79.99
1 x Standard Build Systems - Approximately 5-7 working days £0
1 x Opt Out of FREE AV Software £0.01
1 x No Sound Card Upgrade £0
1 x Samsung S24B300HL 23.6" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £119.99
Total : £989.48 (includes shipping : £16.25).



The monitor is only £10 off until Wednesday... This doesn't include a wifi card either.