My son has now decided he wants a gaming pc. Great i've not used a windows based pc in years so im in need of some spec help please. ie what mb and processor i need.
My son has now decided he wants a gaming pc. Great i've not used a windows based pc in years so im in need of some spec help please. ie what mb and processor i need.
You'll get as my different answers as there are people on the forum!
Most importantly, what's your overall budget?
And are you going for a system that will run VR ?
if so your looking at 300 just for the gfx card .
depends what kids of games your son wants to play, and your budget. You can build a reasonable machine pretty cheaply, but if he's expecting to run the latest games at the highest settings, he will be disappointed.
Are you needing a full system, with monitor etc?
got monitor so thats ok. just need the rest he has a ps4 and plays gta and call of duty
300 ish i guess
As above it depends what types of games and what settings and what monitor he is planning to play on.
If he is wanting to play the likes of GTAV and the new COD games on a PC with decent settings on a decent moniitor then £300 is not going to cut it I am afraid.
Just built myself a new pc to enable me to play all games at max and one of my two graphics cards costs nearly twice as much as your budget...
If the games he is wanting to run are older or at lower settings then there are loads of options need to know what you / he is wanting to get out of it?
Last edited by prezzy; 6th May 2016 at 10:48 PM.
Yerp, theres a few videos on youtube about building a PS4 beating PC for the same or less but usually they have other shortcomings. It may be worth taking a look at those to see what you can expect.
He's got a PS4, give him a shoe up his ass and tell him to be grateful! When I was a lad....
He plays the new cod game and gta. So they are the latest ones yes. I'm lost with spec as I am now on a MacBook. Not built a pc in 20 odd years and have seen loads of pre builds on eBay but have not got a clue what is what.
budget wise i recon around 400
buying a used system from ebay can sometimes fit the bill, loads for sale as people who like to have the latest and greatest sell their old system.
I would look on ebay myself for something people no longer want.
this has all the things that make a good pc and at the moment it is in your range
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ULTRA-FAST...sAAOSwQNRXLHko
Specifications:
CPU - Intel Core i7 4790K 4.0GHz (8 Processor Cores)
Graphics Card -ASUS GeForce GTX 750TI OC DDR5 2 GB
Motherboard -ASUS Z97 SaberTooth Mark 1
Cooling System - Corsair Hydro Series H100i GTX Extreme Performance Liquid
Ram - HyperX FURY Series 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR3 1866 MHz CL10 DIMM Memory Module Black
Hard Drive - WD Black 1TB (7200Rpm)
Optical Drive - DVD MULTI RECORDER RW DVD-R DL
Operating System - Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit Trial (please contact me for more information)
PSU - Cooler Master V650S 80+ Gold Rated SemiModular
Tower Case - Cooler Master Trooper Gaming Case
So far its at £300
I would look on ebay myself for something people no longer want.
this has all the things that make a good pc and at the moment it is in your range
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ULTRA-FAST...sAAOSwQNRXLHko
Specifications:
CPU - Intel Core i7 4790K 4.0GHz (8 Processor Cores)
Graphics Card -ASUS GeForce GTX 750TI OC DDR5 2 GB
Motherboard -ASUS Z97 SaberTooth Mark 1
Cooling System - Corsair Hydro Series H100i GTX Extreme Performance Liquid
Ram - HyperX FURY Series 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR3 1866 MHz CL10 DIMM Memory Module Black
Hard Drive - WD Black 1TB (7200Rpm)
Optical Drive - DVD MULTI RECORDER RW DVD-R DL
Operating System - Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit Trial (please contact me for more information)
PSU - Cooler Master V650S 80+ Gold Rated SemiModular
Tower Case - Cooler Master Trooper Gaming Case
So far its at £300
if the url don't come up type this in the search
ULTRA FAST i7 4790k 4GHZ 16GB GTX 750 Ti OC 2GB
It went for £511 in the end.
TAR seems to be a decent bloke!
Mickey (7th May 2016)
A place worth looking is https://uk.pcpartpicker.com have loads of peoples builds, links to buy the gear and peoples comments on how good/bad they are.
Honestly though i would hate and see if you can get more of a budget. I recently spent £900 on a complete system (needed monitor, keyboard and mouse) and whilst it will run most games on ultra, its already starting to get games that it cannot. It doesn't do 4k, but runs very nicely at 1080p which for me is more than enough when gaming.
I would also wait until the new GeForce GTX 1080 and 1070 cards are out as they will offer more performance for the money, but also because you will be able to get a more than decent current generation card (GTX 980ti, 980, 970 & 960) for a LOT cheaper then they are going for now.
Cheers
Scottio
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