Can anyone recommend a top notch gaming PC for upto £1000.. the family are all chipping in to treat the old man for his 60th birthday, basically he loves games and he's never been able to afford a decent system. He will never play online so that's not a consideration. Want a system that's sold as a package not one where we buy the bits separately and the more future proofed the better. He likes games like Starcraft 2, XCom, Bioshock and the smoother the frame rate the better .gif) It will only ever be used as a games machine, or maybe to type up some invoices and print them out. Any ideas?Would like a decent screen included in the package, obviously if something decent can be had for less than 1000 then even better. Edited by IronGiant at 12:33:51 28-10-2012 |
Recommend me a gaming PC
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IronGiant 5,681 posts
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http://www.ebuyer.com/store/Computer/cat/Gaming-PC
Pick one
http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/
Use as reference point if there's something you want to benchmark -
kadooosh 3,103 posts
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Registered 8 years agoHow will this play bf3?
http://www.ebuyer.com/398367-cyberpower-gaming-battalion-502-desktop-eecc01139 -
WoodenSpoon 12,345 posts
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Registered 15 years agoIf you've got £1000 to spend then just spend it, it'll play everything fine. -
PeaceWalker 63 posts
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Registered 6 years agoI have a computer I built myself for sale...Quad Core Athlon X2 Processor @3.8Ghz...8GB of DDR3 RAM, Radeon 6870 HD graphics card, 1TB hard drive, Blu-ray drive! Fixed price: £500
If you're interested contact me on *snip* or email me at: peaceandlovelight@gmail.com
Edited by PeaceWalker at 17:34:02 28-10-2012
Edited by PeaceWalker at 17:35:24 28-10-2012
MrTom sez: posting your phone number for all to see on the Internet is an incredibly stupid thing to do. You're welcome.
Edited by MrTomFTW at 17:43:27 28-10-2012
Thank you MrTomFTW...everything else is so easily accessible, I didn't think! My braincell had gone off for a cup of tea and a choccy biscuit!
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IronGiant wrote:
Isn't that going to be a problem with patches and things?
He will never play online -
BillMurray 9,149 posts
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Registered 10 years agoI think he means he'll never play any multiplayer stuff, not never connect to the Internet. -
@BillMurray
Well he should of made that clearer. Huff. -
PeaceWalker 63 posts
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Registered 6 years agoGround Control to Mr Tom!! -
superdelphinus 9,781 posts
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Registered 13 years agoI can tell you the specs of my pc that I built about a month ago if you want. It cost about a grand (including monitor) and runs pretty much everything at ~60 fps, max detail @1080p -
IronGiant 5,681 posts
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Registered 15 years agoYeah ok, would be interested to read. -
coastal 5,424 posts
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Registered 12 years agoWhy SLI? I don't see any reason why he has to go down that route. You can get a lovely machine with a single graphics card that'll play on the latest and greatest without SLI.
I'd only mention noise as a factor. He might want some of that money spent on a decent case or cooling options so he can hear the game as well as play it. -
Armoured_Bear 22,018 posts
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Registered 6 years agorodpad wrote:
Exactly the spec I've been building this weekend, I strongly recommend doing it yourself, you save plenty of cash and gain satisfaction as well as flexibility.
Intel i5-3570k
8GB DDR3 Memory
A fast and large SSD, compatible with Sata 3.0
A motherboard that supports Sata 3.0, PCI-E 3.0 and USB 3.0. Most of the Z77 boards for instance.
Nvidia GTX 670 or AMD 7950.
Those are the essentials for a new gaming PC that fit within your budget. -
Armoured_Bear 22,018 posts
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Registered 6 years agorodpad wrote:
Bleach ain't going to cut it after where my hands have been...
/high fives Ecosse
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coastal 5,424 posts
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Nvidia 6 series seems to be quieter than the ati 7 series, investigate the twin frozr ones from msi. -
THFourteen 47,940 posts
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Registered 13 years agoArmoured_Bear wrote:
And spend your life offering PC support to your parents when things inevitably go to shit.
rodpad wrote:
Exactly the spec I've been building this weekend, I strongly recommend doing it yourself, you save plenty of cash and gain satisfaction as well as flexibility.
Intel i5-3570k
8GB DDR3 Memory
A fast and large SSD, compatible with Sata 3.0
A motherboard that supports Sata 3.0, PCI-E 3.0 and USB 3.0. Most of the Z77 boards for instance.
Nvidia GTX 670 or AMD 7950.
Those are the essentials for a new gaming PC that fit within your budget.
"Why didn't you just get one from dell"
i can hear it now -
Tonka 27,692 posts
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Registered 14 years agojesus, I find myself wanting to play games for the first time in years and they are all on the PC.
I thought the PC died eight years ago? -
THFourteen 47,940 posts
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Registered 13 years agoSplinter found some PCs 8 years ago around a cannister of ooze in the New York City sewers and he has been raising them ever since -
Tonka 27,692 posts
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Registered 14 years agoAwesome!
I think I want my next work laptop to be a PC. Will create problems though since the rest of the offis are on OSX . -
ali1vegeta 1 posts
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Registered 6 years agoif u live in canada go to ncix.com great web site for building gaming pc's -
Armoured_Bear 22,018 posts
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Registered 6 years agoTHFourteen wrote:
Aye, fair enough.
Armoured_Bear wrote:
And spend your life offering PC support to your parents when things inevitably go to shit.
rodpad wrote:
Exactly the spec I've been building this weekend, I strongly recommend doing it yourself, you save plenty of cash and gain satisfaction as well as flexibility.
Intel i5-3570k
8GB DDR3 Memory
A fast and large SSD, compatible with Sata 3.0
A motherboard that supports Sata 3.0, PCI-E 3.0 and USB 3.0. Most of the Z77 boards for instance.
Nvidia GTX 670 or AMD 7950.
Those are the essentials for a new gaming PC that fit within your budget.
"Why didn't you just get one from dell"
i can hear it now
I forgot about the prezzie for dad bit... -
Tiger_Walts 16,674 posts
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Registered 15 years agoYou need at least 2 RAMs and a Graphics.
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Moot_Point 5,530 posts
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Registered 6 years ago@Tiger_Walts Hehe! -
I'm in the same boat, although with a little less money. I've got £850 and I want to get back into PC gaming. I used to know lots about PC hardware and specs but that was a long time ago when I had a 1.4G processor and a 64Meg graphics card. These days I don't know squat.
My question is, should I bother with a monitor as I have a 32" TV with HDMI in @ 1080p. Would it be a mistake to get a 660Ti when only using a 1080p TV.
Also is a i7 overkill or is the i5 struggling these days.
I want to play Arma, Warthunder, Silent Hunter 5, and a bit of 64 player Battlefield.
I'm thinking of getting this, Chillblast PC
Edited by xYOSSARIANx at 12:52:44 31-10-2012
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