NewGaming PC Help and Ideas

setheroph · 19 Jun 2012 at 04:02

Hello Ladys and Gents.

I am deadly serious about getting my hands on a new gaming PC, I have been hearing a lot of good things about Overclockers so decided to come here first, thing is I dont really know too much about the hardware to make an intelligent decision. The things I can tell you is I need a 64 bit operating system, A new moniter, I would be willing to spend around £1500 (is this enough to be able to play top tier games at highest graphics)? and a damm good graphics card or cards, thats about it to be honest with you. Any help, ideas, and links would be ruddy helpful, the one thing I know for sure is not to go to PC world for anything.

Chris-.- · 19 Jun 2012 at 04:16

£1500 is a really good budget, are you willing to build it yourself or are you looking for a pre-built system?

setheroph · 19 Jun 2012 at 04:18

It will have to be pre-built, I am thinking about learning to build myself but have no experience yet, and would rather pratice on lesser machines then the one I will use day in day out.

Iwas looking at the Gainward GrForce GTX 680 http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-153-GW&tool=3
Seems a good way to go for the graphics, compared to my current GTX8800 lol embarrassing.

Hicks · 19 Jun 2012 at 08:20

Morning.

Firstly, your going to want to sort your Sig out. Maximum of 4 lines of text.

I would advise that you build yourself as this saves a lot of money and really is quite simple. I will post some videos to show you how simple.

Spec: This one is a basic one that gets the job done but you could spend more on the GPU and Monitor to fill out the budget. It will play the latest games with no issues. Alternatively get a soundcard and a bluray drive if you want to watch movies or grab another monitor.

YOUR BASKET
1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 670 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £299.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £189.95
1 x Iiyama Prolite X2377HDS 23" Premium IPS Panel Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £149.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £105.98
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £89.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £79.98
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 700W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £72.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £69.98
1 x Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML8GX3M2A1600C9) £44.99
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £44.99
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £1,206.30 (includes shipping : £13.75).

There will be plenty of people along with other specs too