noob please help

[FIZZINGDRIVES]

hi all

I want to buy my kid brother a new gaming PC as he aced all of his exams and got into his university of choice I have a budget of about £1000 but know squat about pc's especially gaming pc's

if it help a few games I have seen him regularly play

Steel beasts pro-pe
DCS A10 c warthog
battlefield 3 (4 when it comes out apparently)
star wars online (knight of the republic I think it called)
ghost recon
medal of honour
sim city
world of tanks
arma 2
arma 3 (but is complaining that his pc is struggling)

any help of pc's that will run these games and then some will be much appreciated

cheers

 

[mickyflinn]

Does he need a monitor, operating system, etc ?

 

[FIZZINGDRIVES]

sorry he has 3 monitors (don't know why) key board and mouse head set.
As for operating system (if that means windows) he is running vista I think still
well that what is on my laptop and it look the same.

also he as motioned in the past a thrust master control stick for A10c

I could have asked him but I want it to be a supprise

 

[mickyflinn]

Definatley suprise him but does he game using all 3 monitors ?

 

[FIZZINGDRIVES]

I don't know I haven't seen the games across all the screen but I can't confirm as I am away working and wont be back home for a month or two

 

[mickyflinn]

Will you be building the pc or a pre built system ?

 

[FIZZINGDRIVES]

pre build otherwise there would be a small nuclear explosion and I think its a bit check to say " alright bro here's your new computer, by the way you have to build it"

 

[mickyflinn]

Here are 2 systems to look at , the Bayonet system is overclocked and a better case.

YOUR BASKET
1 x "Titan 415i Bayonet" Intel Core i5 4670K @ 4.2GHz Overclocked Haswell Quad Core Gaming PC £507.06
1 x 24 MONTH WARRANTY - COLLECT & RETURN £0.01
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £79.99
1 x Standard Build Systems - Approximately 5-7 working days £0
1 x HIS HD 7870 IceQ X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H787QN2G2M) £199.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TD120BW) £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £51.95
1 x NZXT Phantom 410 Enthusiast Midi Tower Case - Gun Metal £84.95
1 x No Sound Card Upgrade £0
Total : £1,026.14 (includes shipping : £18.50).




YOUR BASKET
1 x "Titan 400i Dagger" Intel Core i5 4670K @ 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo) Haswell Quad Core Gaming PC £450.1
1 x NZXT Source 210 Elite Midi Tower Case - White £39.95
1 x No Sound Card Upgrade £0
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £51.95
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TD120BW) £79.99
1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 760 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE GPU Keyring £199.99
1 x Standard Build Systems - Approximately 5-7 working days £0
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £79.99
1 x 24 MONTH WARRANTY - COLLECT & RETURN £0.01
Total : £922.98 (includes shipping : £17.50).

 

[FIZZINGDRIVES]

cheers for the help mickyflinn

now a final question.

if you received one of the two above systems which one would you be more happy with?

 

[PapaLazaru]

Are they planning on living in halls in the first year? A full blown gaming PC has no place in student halls.

 

[FIZZINGDRIVES]

no he is using my old flat

 

[Rooster212]

Are they planning on living in halls in the first year? A full blown gaming PC has no place in student halls.

If he wants to game during his first year let him, I certainly did quite a bit during down time, especially when the money ran too short to drink every night

 

[Yonathan]

Probably the first one listed.

 

[Gambisk]

I'd have a slight variation on the first system above

1. Remove the second hard drive as it is easily added later/he will already have some HD's in his current rig that he can use.
2. Change the GPU to "HIS HD 7950 IceQ BOOST 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H795QC3G2M)"

That way he will have a better GPU which works well ARMA 3 or so I'm led to belive

Total £1021.99