Take a peek at this for me? :)

--sam-- · 13 Sep 2011 at 22:15

hey I'm new to building Pc's but I know a bit about the hardware, so could some of you with more knowledge could take a peek at this list, and tell me if it's good to run modern games, such as crysis 2, and if it could play bf 3.

Intel Core Processor i5-2400
4GB
nvidia Geforce GT545
OS - Windows 7 home premium 64-bit

thanks in advance
- sam

Nickyyy · 13 Sep 2011 at 22:17

I'd say it would run them, but not maxed out probably using medium settings.

chigley · 13 Sep 2011 at 22:20

What's your budget and for which components?
I'd try to stretch to the 2500K if possible!

Ak!ta · 13 Sep 2011 at 22:24

Why this particular spec?
What's your budget ?

j.col · 13 Sep 2011 at 22:30

Hi and welcome to the forum.
i am not familiar with the GT545, but a quick google search, and its basically a rebranded Gt440 http://www.digitalversus.com/recycling-nvidia-way-geforce-gt-545-gt-530-news-19382.html
which is not a good gaming card, on par with a HD5570.

it will run games on low-med on a low resolution monitor, eg. 19" 1280 x 1024, but on a proper HD res 1920 x 1080 22" screen, it will struggle.
some benchmarks
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS/GeForce_GT_440/12.html

get a better card like a HD6870 and get a proper PSU (power supply unit)
do not scrimp on these

cpu and ram are good, also dont forget a good motherboard as well

Buchanan0204 · 13 Sep 2011 at 22:34

Don't suppose that's the specification list from an HP computer?

shamzzz · 13 Sep 2011 at 22:36

It might run them, but I doubt it would run particularly well

ghutchison14078 · 13 Sep 2011 at 22:36

Buchanan0204 said:
Don't suppose that's the specification list from an HP computer?

Gotta be a pre-built system....as far as i knew the GT545 is strictly an OEM part

Also agree with shamzz...it would certainly run the likes of Crysis 2 and BF3 but at best medium settings with pretty poor frame rates

olivier renault · 13 Sep 2011 at 22:38

Not what I'd call a gaming system.

Buchanan0204 · 13 Sep 2011 at 22:40

May I suggest you forget whatever it was you were looking at and take a look at some of the OcUK prebuilt systems on offer. Some really good ones that will be capable of playing the games you mentioned.

Of course if you want to build it yourself... that would be even better

--sam-- · 13 Sep 2011 at 22:52

wow, thanks for all the feedback, I'll definitively take a look at some of the pre-mades on here then, thanks again you've all been a big help ^-^

ghutchison14078 · 13 Sep 2011 at 22:55

--sam-- said:
wow, thanks for all the feedback, I'll definitively take a look at some of the pre-mades on here then, thanks again you've all been a big help ^-^

Remember this good advice for future PC buying.....if you want to do more than office / internet on your system then stay away from the "brand name" high street PC retailers...you will get bent over and wallet raped for a crap system :mad:

--sam-- · 13 Sep 2011 at 22:58

ghutchison14078 said:
Remember this good advice for future PC buying.....if you want to do more than office / internet on your system then stay away from the "brand name" high street PC retailers...you will get bent over and wallet raped for a crap system

Thanks, I'll remember this advice for as long as I can operate a computer, and then some. seriously big help. I'm checking out some of OC's gaming pc's now

ghutchison14078 · 13 Sep 2011 at 23:02

--sam-- said:
Thanks, I'll remember this advice for as long as I can operate a computer, and then some. seriously big help. I'm checking out some of OC's gaming pc's now

The advice is free my friend....a decent PC that you can game on isn't.....unfortunately!

But OCUK is a very good place to start....

--sam-- · 13 Sep 2011 at 23:33

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-179-OE

so, I've had a browse over the PC's available and this probably fits my budget best (around £600), how would this fare playing the fore-mentioned games?

also, do the PC's come with V.A.T receipts?

thanks in advance,
- sam.. again xD

ghutchison14078 · 13 Sep 2011 at 23:36

You will need to upgrade the GPU to at least the GTX 460 (from the drop down list) to be able to play your suggested games with nice settings and enjoyable frame rates.

With the GTX 460 it takes the cost to just over £630, and yes you'll get a full VAT receipt / invoice from OCUK

Also you'll need a copy of windows 7 (64 bit) to have access to DirectX 11 which will allow you to play Crysis 2 and BF3 in all their graphical glory

--sam-- · 13 Sep 2011 at 23:40

ghutchison14078 said:
You will need to upgrade the GPU to at least the GTX 460 (from the drop down list) to be able to play your suggested games with nice settings and enjoyable frame rates.

so are you talking about 30+ FPS?

ghutchison14078 · 13 Sep 2011 at 23:42

--sam-- said:
so are you talking about 30+ FPS?

Yes, you can tweak a games image settings to get better performance without losing too much image quality

i.e. not too much anti-aliasing or DOF (depth of field) as these are performance killers

Buchanan0204 · 13 Sep 2011 at 23:44

This should help you.

--sam-- · 13 Sep 2011 at 23:44

Also, all this is coming to about £715, would it perhaps be better to move up the chain a bit , would this save me money?