System to play elite on?

csmith · 20 Dec 2014 at 19:57

I fancy a new system to play elite on, I have nothing, so I need everything . What should I get for 1000 plus vat?

I was elite on elite on the c64 but that's 30 years ago!!

stulid · 20 Dec 2014 at 20:18

Everything like os, monitor etc?

Deleted member 66701 · 20 Dec 2014 at 20:24

csmith said:
I fancy a new system to play elite on, I have nothing, so I need everything . What should I get for 1000 plus vat?

I was elite on elite on the c64 but that's 30 years ago!!

You don't need to spend £1k on a machine just to play ED - it's not that demanding.

This would be prefectly adequate.

csmith · 20 Dec 2014 at 21:03

stulid said:
Everything like os, monitor etc?

Yep everything, I haventbrought any desk top stuff in 5 plus years so I'm totally out of the loop. These days I game on a xbox one, but the call to play elite is strong!!!

stulid · 20 Dec 2014 at 21:10

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1 x CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle - USB Keyboard & Mouse £29.99
1 x MicroLab M700 40W 2.1 Speaker System - Gloss Black Finish £29.99
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csmith · 20 Dec 2014 at 21:15

Looks good, what joysticks etc would people recommend?

stulid · 20 Dec 2014 at 21:18

csmith said:
Looks good, what joysticks etc would people recommend?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GC-027-TH&groupid=702&catid=288

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZuWi3nyYF8

csmith · 21 Dec 2014 at 09:08

stulid said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £185.99
1 x MSI Radeon R9 280 Gaming 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £149.99
1 x AOC E2460SH 24" Widescreen 1ms Gaming LED Monitor - Black £113.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-SLI Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £92.99
1 x SK Hynix 256GB SSD SH910A SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (HFS256G32MNB-2201A) £84.98
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2400HC11CDC01) £65.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £59.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
1 x Raijintek Agos Midi Tower - Black £39.95
1 x CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle - USB Keyboard & Mouse £29.99
1 x MicroLab M700 40W 2.1 Speaker System - Gloss Black Finish £29.99
1 x Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler £19.99
1 x Asus 24x DVD±RW DRW-24F1ST SATA ReWriter - Black (Retail) £13.99
Total : £1,040.34 (includes shipping : £25.45).

Free shipping - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18630207

£22.50 cashback - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18637856

These offers expire soon.

Will this spec also run most other games a max detail on the monitors resolution?

stulid · 21 Dec 2014 at 09:15

Yes.

Want to make sure? Then fit a R9 290 and maybe use the 128GB SSD version.

Or go AMD and even get a 144Hz screen,

YOUR BASKET
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 290 PCS+ OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £209.99
1 x AOC G2460FQ 24" Widescreen 144Hz 1ms Gaming LED Monitor - Gunmetal £173.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £109.99
1 x SK Hynix 256GB SSD SH910A SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (HFS256G32MNB-2201A) £84.98
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
1 x MSI 970 Gaming AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £69.95
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £59.99
1 x Avexir Core Red Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16001104G-2IR) - Red Light £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
1 x Raijintek Agos Midi Tower - Black £39.95
1 x MicroLab M700 40W 2.1 Speaker System - Gloss Black Finish £29.99
1 x CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle - USB Keyboard & Mouse £29.99
1 x Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler £19.99
1 x Asus 24x DVD±RW DRW-24F1ST SATA ReWriter - Black (Retail) £13.99
Total : £1,045.31 (includes shipping : £25.45).

Would be good to try and install windows via USB drive (copy the files of the disk to it via another PC) and not have to buy a DVD drive.

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YOUR BASKET
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 290 PCS+ OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £209.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £185.99
1 x AOC E2460SH 24" Widescreen 1ms Gaming LED Monitor - Black £113.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-SLI Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £92.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2400HC11CDC01) £65.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £59.99
1 x SK Hynix 128GB SSD SH910A SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (HFS128G32MNB-2201A) £44.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
1 x Raijintek Agos Midi Tower - Black £39.95
1 x MicroLab M700 40W 2.1 Speaker System - Gloss Black Finish £29.99
1 x CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle - USB Keyboard & Mouse £29.99
1 x Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler £19.99
1 x Asus 24x DVD±RW DRW-24F1ST SATA ReWriter - Black (Retail) £13.99
Total : £1,060.34 (includes shipping : £25.45).

Scirocco · 21 Dec 2014 at 14:11

stulid said:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GC-027-TH&groupid=702&catid=288

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZuWi3nyYF8

I play elite dangerous using the thrust master hotas, if it fits your hand it's comfortable, but if not it's awful due to the flared base of the hand grip which is very irritating unless your sitting at the right angle. Simply put you need to be sat at the right height relative to the controller, otherwise you cannot grip the stick properly and the base will rock.

The throttle is pretty unrefined as well, it's really sticky on my unit to the point I simply don't use it anymore. Thankfully you can use voice control to control throttle settings or key binds.

The whole unit is ok, it's responsive and works just fine, but it's cheap and it feels a bit cheap although it's quality is greater than its price would suggest.

If price is an issue, definitely go with the thrust master, itll do the job just fine. if price is not a concern, maybe go for one of the higher rated controllers on the ED website forums, there is a thread about controllers which details everything you need to know for buying and setting up a flight stick specifically for ED.

Either way the Thrustmaster is a top 10 stick for ED.

System to play elite on?

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