New Pc or Next Gen?

[woofercooker]

I can't make up my mind weather to get a Next gen console or a new pc.

My current rig is seriously old

Antec Fusion V2 MATX MediaCenter Case - 430W PSU

E2220 2.4GHz Overclocked @ 3ghz

Gigabyte GA-G31M-S2L iG31 Socket 775 mATX

OCZ 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 800MHz/PC2-6400

8800gt 512mb

I have a case,monitor, OS and hardrives i can salvage but will need everything else.

Its been soo long since i was update with components so literally have no idea. I can budget £5-600, What sort of rig can i build with that? isit worth upgrading or isit better value to go with a next gen console?

 

[ExRayTed]

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 270X Boost OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Card with BattleField 4 PC Game Included £155.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £119.99
1 x Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3 AMD 990FX (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £113.99
1 x Seasonic G series 550w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £71.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £53.99
1 x Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 CPU Cooler £19.99
Total : £546.73 (includes shipping : £9.00).



Will play anything at high / ultra settings and will be a massive improvement over what you have already.

 

[Ethermaster]

Intel

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 280X Gaming Edition OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with BattleField 4 PC Game Included £239.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4430 3.00GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £139.99
1 x MSI Z87-G43 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard - FREE Alpenfohn Civetta Cooler!! £86.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD38G2400HC11CDC01) £59.99
1 x OCZ ModXStream Pro 500w Silent SLI Certified Modular Power Supply £49.99
Total : £589.85 (includes shipping : £10.75).

 

[woofercooker]

how long would a system like this last before i can no longer play the latest games maxed out?

 

[ExRayTed]

About this long |---------------|

No-one knows beyond the current crop of games, it's a guess at best.

 

[mattdunnapoo]

how long would a system like this last before i can no longer play the latest games maxed out?

still longer then the latest consoles

 

[honosuseri]

Round of applause to everyone spec'ing ATX mobos when the case is mATX and tower coolers sure as hell won't fit in it Are the HDDs and Optical drive sata or IDE? IDE has been dropped from modern mobos.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £185.99
1 x HIS Radeon R9 270X IceQ BOOST 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with BattleField 4 PC Game Included (H270XQ2G2M) £155.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87M-D3H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £95.99
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L8 530W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - With 120mm Silent Wing Fan Built in £65.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan GOLD 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLYD38G2400HC11CDC01) £59.99
1 x Be Quiet! Shadow Rock Topflow SR1 CPU Cooler £39.95
Total : £614.69 (includes shipping : £9.00).



You really need to check the specs of your case i.e the max length allowed for a GPU and the height of coolers allowed. This 270X is external exhaust so the heat isn't being dumped inside the case, it comes with BF4 to help sweeten the deal too. A modular PSU will make cable management so much easier....OCZ are a company in financial trouble so I won't be buying their kit.

If there are exclusive games you want to play on consoles then get a console but you have to factor in the yearly subscription to play games online.