New to PC gaming

pagey81 · 30 Oct 2011 at 10:50

Morning

I have been debating for a good 6 months about buying my 1st gaming PC

At the moment I game a lot on my Xbox 360 and would continue to do so for multiplayer games but looking to buy a good gaming PC for RPG's and single player games especially SkyRim and Fallout

I have my eye on this one at the moment

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-179-OE

I would add windows 7 premium to it and would also upgrade the graphics card to the GTX 570

Would this be a good PC to start with ?

95thrifles · 30 Oct 2011 at 10:56

Hi and welcome

In short, yes
Though we do advocate trying to build your own computer here

its actually quite simple, but if youre not happy then yes that system would be perfectly fine

idiocious · 30 Oct 2011 at 11:26

As has been suggested building a system from scratch is actually quite simple however the pre-built system comes overclocked, ready to go and with a 12 month warranty.

The i5 2500k is quite easy to overclock and each component of a system built from scratch will come with its own warranty so if you'd still have that protection. It really depends on how comfortable you'd feel with putting the pieces together!

Nonetheless the system you've linked to will still be great.

pagey81 · 30 Oct 2011 at 15:11

To be honest I am that good with PC's, this would a home computer for the family and a gaming system for myself.

My brother in law is pretty clued up with the technical side of things so can use him for assistance

olivier renault · 30 Oct 2011 at 16:09

YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK ATI Radeon 6950 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £199.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £167.99
1 x Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £109.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Home Premium 64 Bit £68.40
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £79.99
1 x Antec TruePower New Modular 650W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £64.99
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £49.99
1 x Xigmatek Dark Knight CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/1156/1155/1366/754/AMD 939/940/AM2+) £23.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9AD3B1K2/4G) £23.99
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-5280S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
Total : £824.81 (includes shipping : £13.75).

This is what I have for a DIY system. Price difference, £5. You might as well go pre-built. I don't like the case though, especially with a hot GPU.