gaming pc

[dmc25_uk]

HI all i would like to know that you all think of the spec of this pc

[Tar'el]

Honestly I would build your own system it would be cheaper. How much you looking to spend?

[dmc25_uk]

It's going to cost £900

[hagz]

you get a warranty on a pre built system just return to base that gives you peace of mind.

what games you gonna play then Dave? that has a big effect on what you need hardware wise but that looks ok to me the CPU is maybe a bit average but should handle things with 16 gig of ram to should speed things up. i had a 128 Gig SSD as my main drive and it filled up in a few months so i would say if you could afford to upgrade it to a 500g it might be better. it is susprising just how much the OS can fill out when you add stuff.

[dmc25_uk]

Hagz it will be that same games I play now like ccs just want a pc that is quick not slow as fuck as my one is lol

[dmc25_uk]

i dont understand , i have been given 2 hard drives , 1st 250gb and 2nd 1tb. please explain as i have only ever had 1 hard drive at 500gb. how will this effect me ?

[hagz]

i had a similar set up but had 120 Gb for my windows installation but i found that after 2 months the drive was full. over time the windows install grows whether you want it to or not. i am looking at another ssd for my windows stuff but have decided to go for a 500Gb just call it futureproofing. it is only advice and if your only going to have windows and a couple fo games etc then you might well be fine. but as it stands i have a redundant (and what was at the time very expensive) doorstop in my computer. I also had issues at times with steam installing games on a different hard drive for some reason things like nvidia geforce experience had trouble recognizing the games on a different drive.


if all your going to do is browse the net and play a few games then yeah a 250 Gb should be sufficient. I just simply ran out of space on my 120 Gb drive.

[moe_guays]

I think the memory is a little overkill... maybe drop it to 1666 mhz or 1866 mhz and bet better graphics card
but thats me... The rest sounds, but you can save a little more by going AMD over Intel, especially as you will be primerally gaming and not rendering video.... maybe a few things to consider, along with a self build

[hagz]

i see a lot of systems with 16 gig memory (including my own) but i doubt there are any games out there that need that much, however video/image editing can make use of that much.

this article (not what i base my comments on) does seem t back that up.

http://elitegamingcomputers.com/the-bes ... or-gaming/

[dmc25_uk]

Ok I'm going to change the SSD to a 500 instead of the 250GB so then I will have a 500 and a 1TB I can update the graphics at a later date if I need to.as for changing the memory I will not save a lot at all if I change it so it's staying As it is

[hagz]

this is true Dave memory is comparatively cheap and goodness knows what games will need in 2 years time

[daggsy]

I decided to upgrade my laptop..

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/computing ... 9-pdt.html

need a quicker pc mainly for Astronomy usage, but also it will eat any game thrown at it.. So far.. Its proving its money ^_^