New PC for gaming?

garydog

garydog

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Guys, a little help, I am currently looking to update my very old PC, which at present is only used for Lightroom and CS5. However the kids are slowly taking over my PS3 and I was wondering would a new PC be as good as the PS3 for games? If so what spec would I need to improve on the PS3 and also improve my editing times for photos?

All help would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers

Gary
 
garydog said:
I was wondering would a new PC be as good as the PS3 for games?
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PC graphics will blow a PS3 away

PS3 can only ran 95% of it games at 720p (1280x720) or less

garydog said:
If so what spec would I need to improve on the PS3
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A very low spec :D


Before anyone can spec you a PC system they will need to know your price range and what hardware you already own if any..
 
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Sandy Bridge build:

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor £194.99
(£162.49) £194.99
(£162.49)
MSI GeForce GTX 460 Cyclone 768MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE 3D Mark 11 £119.99
(£99.99) £119.99
(£99.99)
Foxconn P67A-S Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) £99.98
(£83.32) £99.98
(£83.32)
BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W Power Supply £46.99
(£39.16) £46.99
(£39.16)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £44.99
(£37.49) £44.99
(£37.49)
Antec 100 One Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £44.99
(£37.49) £44.99
(£37.49)
GeIL 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz VALUE PLUS Dual Channel (GVP34GB1600C9DC) £33.98
(£28.32) £33.98
(£28.32)
Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £26.53
(£22.11) £26.53
(£22.11)
OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
(£11.66) £13.99
(£11.66)
Sub Total : £522.03
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £106.51
Total : £639.04
 
Instead of the antec case above id go for the coolermaster thats on offer today. Also get 8gb of ram as that will benefit cs5
 
The equipment I have at present is an advent 4003 from pc world. It has an amd processor 2.2ghz, I changed the graphics card to a gainward gtx460 and had to change the power supply too. that is a coolermaster gx650. I also have a dell U2311 monitor. Like everybody, I would prefer to spend as little as possible, but I am aware that if I need something that is going to last me a few years then, I am going to have to get my hand in my pocket.

Hope this helps..

Gary
 
garydog said:
The equipment I have at present is an advent 4003 from pc world. It has an amd processor 2.2ghz, I changed the graphics card to a gainward gtx460 and had to change the power supply too. that is a coolermaster gx650. I also have a dell U2311 monitor. Like everybody, I would prefer to spend as little as possible, but I am aware that if I need something that is going to last me a few years then, I am going to have to get my hand in my pocket.

Hope this helps..

Gary
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In that case, use the 460 in your new one along with the psu. I specced you a sound card -do you really need one? Is there anything else you can transfer?
 
I don't think there is anything else inside it that's worth using, on the sound card front you will have to excuse my ignorance, but, I thought they were already on the motherboard. If they are not then I'm going to need one.

Cheers
 
Really need a budget tbh but.....

Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor £194.99
(£162.49) £194.99
(£162.49)
Asus P8P67 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) £122.98
(£102.48) £122.98
(£102.48)
Crucial RealSSD C300 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CTFDDAC064MAG-1G1) £101.99
(£84.99) £101.99
(£84.99)
GeIL 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz VALUE PLUS Dual Channel (GVP38GB1600C9DC) £79.99
(£66.66) £79.99
(£66.66)
Coolermaster HAF 912 Plus Case - Black £63.98
(£53.32) £63.98
(£53.32)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £44.99
(£37.49) £44.99
(£37.49)
Titan Fenrir Evo CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1156/LGA1155/LGA1366/AMD K8/AM2/AM2+/AM3) £32.99
(£27.49) £32.99
(£27.49)
Sub Total : £534.92
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £11.75
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £109.33
Total : £656.00
 
I would prefer not to go over £800, but one final question re my gtx 460, it is only a slow one as it was used for lightroom and cs5. It has 768MB, and a memory clock of 1800, is this going to be good enough for gaming?

Thanks
 
It will be OK. What resolution is your monitor? I haven't look it up.

I would advise trying it out on a few games that you like and if the FPS are high enough for you then change it also. I would suggest an ATi 6950 at the moment.

If you can spend more then I would upgrade the case from above to something like:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-022-NX&groupid=701&catid=7&subcat=

mmmmm WHITE...

or

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-102-AN&groupid=701&catid=7&subcat=160


Both will have more room which is nice is want to keep this spec for as long as possible. This is my only regret not getting a full tower. The time will come.


Possibly increase the SSD size to:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-060-OC&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=1427

Regarding the 460 768mb have a look at this:

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/315?vs=293

This is comparing the 460 768mb with the 6950 2GB which atm is what I would get at £239. (prices will come down though but you can flash these atm to a 6970 which is nice) so it depends if that FPS difference is worth the £230 odd in the games that you play.

GZA


EDIT: at 1920 x 1080 I would say try it out and decide then. Benchmarks aren't worth the screens they're displayed on compared to just trying out games yourself imo. Play some games if the 460 768mb struggles - sell it and get a new card.
 
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