Pre built system for gaming

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Hi all, hope you are well.

I am looking to upgrade my system as I bought my current one three years ago from this very site and never had any problems at all but alas it is time for an upgrade. I really just want a pre built machine as I am lazy.

I want the machine for a specific game in all honesty. The game is Monster Hunter Online as it was announced to being released here in the west. FINALLY! :)

Anyway, the game uses the same engine that crysis three is using and I know that that game can be very demanding so basically I am looking for a system that can run Crysis three and MHO with ease.

I would like to use OCUK again as I think the systems they provide are fantastic and they offer an unmatched service. So the system I was aiming for was this:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-337-OE&groupid=43&catid=2475

That would runt he game perfectly but I was wondering if I am shooting way to high for this or is this the sort of system I really should be buying.

Thanks for all the help.
 
You could actually build one cheaper than that. So, if you bought a system 3 years ago, that means hdd, dwd/rw, Psu(probably) and OS can be reused. Maybe, even the case.

YOUR BASKET
2 x MSI HD 7950 Twin Frozr III Boost Edition 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **NEW REVISION** £263.99 (£527.98)
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £189.95
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £112.99
1 x Antec P280 Super Midi Tower Case - Gun Metal Black £99.95
1 x Toshiba SSD HG5D Series 7mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - (THNSNH128GCST) £89.99
1 x XFX 750W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £83.99
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £56.39
1 x Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML8GX3M2A1600C9) £55.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £51.95
1 x LG GH24NS95 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £1,316.50 (includes shipping : £24.45).

 
I'd wait for Haswell systems, we're like a month away.
I'd be picking an i5 over an FX8350 for a gaming system. The Crysis 3 performance improvement is with FMA optimisation, which Haswell will also have, without the inconsistent performance disadvantage that comes with the PD chips in other gaming situations.

Having said that, I'd be tempted to wait for whatever AMD bring out this year.
 
Hi thank you so much for all the help everyone has provided.

Idleman said:
You could actually build one cheaper than that. So, if you bought a system 3 years ago, that means hdd, dwd/rw, Psu(probably) and OS can be reused. Maybe, even the case.
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My HDD is actually already been reused from my old system before this one and I know it's on it's last legs, It's making the ticking clock sound :(

CD drive is however okay and the PSU is really good but I don't think it has the correct watt I would need to run a serious gaming rig. I only have a 500 Watt just now.

My current setup is:

Core i3 OC to 4.00GHz
4 GB Ram
500 GB HDD
Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit
Gainward GeForce® GTX 460 2GB
500 Watt Corsair PSU

The case I wouldn't really recommend at all if I am honest. it is my old HP pavilion case and it is rather small so I know my system is probably already struggling for air flow.

I really just want/need a fresh new computer and one hell of a good one to boot. I plan to play some quite high end games with arma 3 on release soon and battlefield 4 alpha starting soon and my favourite game ever Monster Hunter being released too, I want one that will be future proof for these games without the effort of building another one.

Torn a bit between these ones now:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-327-OE&groupid=43&catid=2475&subcat=2489

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-338-OE&groupid=43&catid=2475&subcat=2489

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-341-OE&groupid=43&catid=2475&subcat=2489

and the ultima scarab system.

If anyone can recommend any of these and what options would be best suited to match these games then that would be fantastic.
 
Dual card set up.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte ATi Radeon HD 7950 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £263.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £179.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £112.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HG5D Series 7mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - (THNSNH128GCST) £94.99
1 x XFX 750W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £83.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £71.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Case - Black £64.99
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £59.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £43.99
Total : £998.33 (includes shipping : £17.85).



Single card set up and use your 500w Psu, how old is it?

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire HD 7970 OC BOOST 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £319.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £179.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HG5D Series 7mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - (THNSNH128GCST) £94.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £71.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Case - Black £64.99
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £59.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £43.99
Total : £946.44 (includes shipping : £17.10).

 
Neither of those are dual card :p?
But flipping hell, that 7950 is pretty high priced.
Back when I ran two, I paid 200 per.
 
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Martini1991 said:
Neither of those are dual card :p?
But flipping hell, that 7950 is pretty high priced.
Back when I ran two, I paid 200 per.
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The top spec is capable of xfire, the other just single card. I thought you could read.;)
Just basing the specs, price wise, on the systems the OP is linking to. Now if we knew what his budget was and if he is willing to build it himself, then we good spec a system to match his requirements as much as possible.
Seems prices on everything are going up.
 
My PSU is around 3 years old. But i'm just not sure it has the proper get up and go for a proper gaming system. I built my last machine to run WoW and that was it but I want to play better games now.

My budget would probably be around 1.3K stretching to 1.4. I can build the system myself but would rather just buy it this time around. OCUK provides an unmatched service from previous experiences so really want to use them again.
 
If you can, hold off until next month, I think Haswell's launching on the 4th, I assume OCUK will spec some new systems there abouts. Current ones seem all over the place in price/performance both AMD and Intel wise.
 
Martini1991 said:
If you can, hold off until next month, I think Haswell's launching on the 4th, I assume OCUK will spec some new systems there abouts. Current ones seem all over the place in price/performance both AMD and Intel wise.
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Yeah I am in no rush at all. My current system is working fine just I need/want the upgrade. I will have a look into the haswell system though and see what happens.

Thanks for the help :)
 
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