What system you prefer?

Plimax

Plimax

Plimax

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I am stuck on choosing, rather have a pre-built system never built one before I would end up messing something up :P

I basically want to play all MMOs at 60 fps, and Battlefield, DayZ, Arma 2/3 etc.
Would any of these two systems be any good for me :)?

Thanks.
 
This is from PC mag.

PROS
Clock speed bumps. Modest price cut from previous iteration. Multiple display-outs allow for more multimonitor configurations.

CONS
Still based on older GPU technology.

BOTTOM LINE
The AMD Radeon R9 270X is a great GPU for those who can't afford luxury models but want strong 1080p performance.

Not sure if this will put me off and not play the right games etc?
 
In a long run this would work out better?

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With selected SSD 120GB £67.00 would cost £1173.95 inc VAT
Guessing this image of the PC would play any good with the processor and graphics card it has?
 
It's a no-brainer for me - The first system with the 290. SSD drives are good, don't get me wrong. But once the computer has booted and you're actually 'using' it the SSD makes little difference to gaming performance outside of loading times.
 
Plimax said:
This is from PC mag.

PROS
Clock speed bumps. Modest price cut from previous iteration. Multiple display-outs allow for more multimonitor configurations.

CONS
Still based on older GPU technology.

BOTTOM LINE
The AMD Radeon R9 270X is a great GPU for those who can't afford luxury models but want strong 1080p performance.

Not sure if this will put me off and not play the right games etc?
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You've got the 290 at the top and talk about the 270X here. Is that intentional? Based on your first post the R9 290 setup gets my vote.
 
also first one comes with no OS which would cost around £1186 but with the second image if it comes with an OS it costs around £15 cheaper which has a better system :P?
 
With Windows, 290 and a SSD:

YOUR BASKET
1 x "Titan Katana" Intel Core i5 4670K @ 4.2GHz Overclocked AMD Radeon Gaming PC £313
1 x 24 MONTH WARRANTY - COLLECT & RETURN £0.01
1 x Standard Build Systems - Dispatched within 7 working days £0
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x NZXT Phantom 530 Full Tower Gaming Case - Black £104.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £164.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £55.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £67.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
1 x MSI Radeon R9 290 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £335.99
1 x No Sound Card Upgrade £0
Total : £1,178.14 (includes shipping : £13.50).

 
The thing you probably need to figure first is what resolution you're playing at. Then concentrate your research on the graphics card at that resolution. IMO it'll be a waste of money to spend on a great card with lots of vram in the build if you're never going above 1080p. And I'm sure that you're aware that AMD and Nvidia excel at different games.
 
ocmanus said:
The thing you probably need to figure first is what resolution you're playing at. Then concentrate your research on the graphics card at that resolution. IMO it'll be a waste of money to spend on a great card with lots of vram in the build if you're never going above 1080p. And I'm sure that you're aware that AMD and Nvidia excel at different games.
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I'd be playing with full screen, 1920 x 1080 23 inch monitor
Honestly stuck what PC to get been told different stories from GeForce and AMD there both totally different cards

Don't fancy building a PC myself would mean buying all the parts, a new tower I'd rather spend an extra £200-300 on a new PC tower ;)
 
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