New gaming pc

Aston998 · 26 Dec 2014 at 20:58

Hello All,

On behalf of a friends,

He plays on a Laptop at the moment which is aspire 5734z, He looking at spending no more than £900( Cheaper the better)

Games he wants to play are League of legends, World of Warcraft and wanting to stream them as well.

Seen a few Computers but want to see you guys think? as i have not really design a computer for some time!

Thank you in Advance!

Cheers

Danny75 · 26 Dec 2014 at 21:08

Hi,

Will he need monitor/OS/peripherals?

Aston998 · 26 Dec 2014 at 21:08

Only OS

Aston998 · 26 Dec 2014 at 21:18

*UPDATE* Needs to have wireless in it as well

Echowez · 26 Dec 2014 at 21:23

Check this thread => http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18645434

Doomedspeed · 27 Dec 2014 at 01:26

Something like this would be ideal:

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1 x Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £188.99
1 x MSI AMD ATI Radeon 7950 Twin FrozR BE 3072MB PCI-Express Graphics Card **REFURB 90 DAY WARRANTY** (R7950 TF 3GD5/BE) £99.95
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £86.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97-HD3 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £79.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2400HC11CDC01) £59.99
1 x Zalman Z9 USB 3.0 Midi Tower Case - Black £54.98
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
1 x Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler £19.99
1 x Asus USB-N13 300Mbps Wireless Adapter £14.99
Total : £792.84 (includes shipping : £12.50).

Those games are PCU heavy but single threaded so the i5 is perfect. As GPU power isn't amazingly imporant an older (hig-end) card would work wonders, this 7950 is a bargain.

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