PC Crisis! Need a new Desktop.

YamiBeast

YamiBeast

YamiBeast

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Alright guy's, I'm one of 'them' looking forward to ESO coming out in April, played the Beta on my current laptop and quickly realised that I didn't have a chance of running it at top graphics and lagged a ton! (Don't think it was my internet that caused the lag.)

Any way! Long story short I'll be honest I don't really know anything about computers so I don't think I'd stand much of a chance putting one together, could any one point me in the right direction to a system that could manage to run that game at max graphics without any problems? I'm open to see what sort of price I'd have to pay (Although anything under £1,000 would be nice.) If this is a bit vague apologies I'll try my best to fill in any blanks or questions you throw at me.

Cheers.
 
Do you need a monitor/operating system/keyboard/mouse?

Is there any chance of you building it yourself? You get more for your money and it isn't particularly difficult - the PC in my signature was my first build, and with the help of some video guides it was a breeze (and quite enjoyable).

Either way, I believe MMOs tend to like good single-core performce on the CPU so a 4670k build should do you nicely.
 
Yeah I'll probably need all of that, I'm not to bothered about a top of the range mouse/keyboard just something that'll look half decent.

If it really is as simple as that I can follow videos and read up on it Lol Any idea what sort of saving I'd be looking at if I did it that way?

So an Intel® Core™ i5-4670K Processor would do the job? What about graphics card thing's like that? Again sorry for my blindness.
 
Looking online, it doesn't seem it needs a hugely powerful graphics card at all... Go with the rule buy what you can afford. I would spec you something but the site is down atm :(
 
Yeah I noticed :( Have to wait to check out the systems Lol to play on average I don't think it does have to be that powerful but I don't mind paying extra and having it above what's needed to play at max settings just for that peace of mind that the desktop won't have any problems at all with it.
 
One from OcUK range of overclocked systems:

YOUR BASKET
1 x "Titan Katana" Intel Core i5 4670K @ 4.2GHz Overclocked AMD Radeon Gaming PC £313.00
- 1 x HIS Radeon R9 270X IceQ BOOST 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £155.99
- 1 x No Second Hard Drive Option (ZERO Cost) £0.00
- 1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £47.99
- 1 x TeamGroup Vulcan GOLD 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLYD38G2133HC11ADC01) £69.95
- 1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £169.99
- 1 x NZXT Phantom 530 Full Tower Gaming Case - Black £104.99
- 1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £69.95
- 1 x 24 MONTH WARRANTY - COLLECT & RETURN £0.01
- 1 x Standard Build Systems - Dispatched within 7 working days £0.00
- 1 x No Sound Card Upgrade £0.00
1 x Iiyama Prolite E2481HS-B1 24" Widescreen LED Super Slim Bezel Monitor - Black £139.99
Total : £1,092.07 (includes shipping : £16.85).



And one from the configurator with similar specs:

YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK Gamer X60i Intel Z87 Mid-Tower - Gaming PC Configurator £1070.75
- No Overclocking Options (Zero Cost)
- Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Case - Black (CC-9011014-WW) (temporarily out of stock)
- Game Controller Not Selected
- No Headset Option (Zero Cost)
- Speakers Not Selected
- Iiyama Prolite E2481HS-B1 24" Widescreen LED Super Slim Bezel Monitor - Black
- System Build Fan - Noiseblocker BlackSilent Pro Fan PLPS - 120mm PWM (EXNO-001)
- Mouse Not Selected
- Keyboard Not Selected
- Case Mods Not Selected
- Networking Not Selected
- Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614)
- BeQuiet Pure Power L8 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply - With 120mm Silent Wing Fan Built in
- No Sound Card Upgrade
- OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM
- No Second Hard Drive Option (ZERO Cost)
- Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD
- Powercolor Radeon R9 270X DEVIL 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
- TeamGroup Vulcan GOLD 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLYD38G2133HC11ADC01)
- Gigabyte Z87-HD3 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard
- Alpenföhn Brocken 2 CPU Cooler
- Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail
- No Office Software
- No Security Software
- Standard Build Systems - Dispatched within 7 working days
Total : £1,089.35 (includes shipping : £15.50).



Buying these components separately would come to around £950. For approximately the same price you get a self-build with a 280X, an SSD, and a gold-rated PSU:

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 280X Gaming Edition OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £239.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £191.99
1 x Iiyama Prolite E2481HS-B1 24" Widescreen LED Super Slim Bezel Monitor - Black £139.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-SLI Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £104.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £69.95
1 x SanDisk Pulse 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - (SDSSDP-128G-G25) £67.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Case - Black (CC-9011014-WW) £65.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £59.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £47.99
1 x Alpenföhn Brocken CPU Cooler £32.99
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £14.99
Total : £1,115.75 (includes shipping : £19.10).

 
Well that's more then what I thought I'd need to spend :') But since it has a monitor as well, basically is it just easier getting the first option?
 
All three specs include a monitor. The first one would certainly be the easiest, yes, as OcUK overclock it a bit for you too.

The 280X and SSD on the self-build option would give you noticeably better performance - but a 270X will run most current games (including ESO, I'd imagine) at 1080p with max settings.
 
Been speaking with a mate whose put a few together so may give the third option a go :)Can get windows so that's at least £70.00 saved hah I've also emailed the guys at overclockers so I'll see what they say as well although I can probably see myself going for that third option lol thanks for your help Fulax!
 
Could save a bit of dosh on the motherboard if you were never going to SLI and maybe drop to the MSI one with a free cooler - probably saves about £40 with the saving on the free CPU cooler also
 
Am I the only one who looked at the title and thought that should be "crysis"
 
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