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Post by dorf on Nov 29, 2014 18:59:53 GMT
Hi, mate. I was just wondering if you could recommend me a decent gaming PC to play games like Total War. The maximum specs [which I want] I need to play the game are:
CPU: 2nd gen i5 RAM: 4GB VGA: 2GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX560 Ti or AMD Radeon HD 5870 DX: 10 HDD: 35 GB
I've had a look at PCworld and found this: PC SPECIALIST Vortex Cyclone Gaming PC
Intel® Core™ i5-4590 Processor
Windows 8.1
Hard drive: 2 TB
Memory: 8 GB
Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 750 Ti
but I was wondering if you knew of any good sites I could have a look at.
I'd like to spend under £700 if possible. Also, how often do you need to upgrade to keep up with game spec requirements?
Thanks in advance.
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Post by Avinalaff on Nov 29, 2014 20:03:34 GMT
Hi, mate. I was just wondering if you could recommend me a decent gaming PC to play games like Total War. The maximum specs [which I want] I need to play the game are: CPU: 2nd gen i5 RAM: 4GB VGA: 2GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX560 Ti or AMD Radeon HD 5870 DX: 10 HDD: 35 GB I've had a look at PCworld and found this: PC SPECIALIST Vortex Cyclone Gaming PC Intel® Core™ i5-4590 Processor Windows 8.1 Hard drive: 2 TB Memory: 8 GB Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 750 Ti but I was wondering if you knew of any good sites I could have a look at. I'd like to spend under £700 if possible. Also, how often do you need to upgrade to keep up with game spec requirements? Thanks in advance. It's been 3 years since I built one, so would have to take a look at the market again. I did write a huge post explaining all aspects of a pc, but realized it was patronizing so started again. If you take a look at a games max specs, I think they should be the least you should go for if buying a new pc, as if you go for min spec, in 2 years time you won't be able to play the latest games. If you 'must' buy, as opposed to build, I'd personally be looking at i7 rather than i5. Obviously I can't answer anything in one post, so let me take a look at a few things and get back to you, although it may not be tonight. Here are Farcry 4's (latest game) min and max specs: PS, It's not the amount of RAM, but the quality of RAM, and so on .......
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Post by dorf on Nov 29, 2014 20:26:37 GMT
Cheers. In all honesty, I'll probably just want to play Real-time-strategy games rather than games like Far Cry or Fifa which I can by on a console (I do realise that PCs are superior). I'd like to build a PC but I don't want to spend a grand to do so.
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Post by Avinalaff on Nov 29, 2014 20:42:01 GMT
Cheers. In all honesty, I'll probably just want to play Real-time-strategy games rather than games like Far Cry or Fifa which I can by on a console (I do realise that PCs are superior). I'd like to build a PC but I don't want to spend a grand to do so. Building is always cheaper than buying if you are able to do so. You have to decide how important a pc is to you and how rich you are. If you spend 8 hours per day on a pc and everything runs through your pc, such as gaming, forums, films, and so on, it's worth getting the best pc you can afford, but if pc is just an occasional event, consider your alternatives. Personally I think i5 is borderline, and you might want i7, but it depends on your budget. My own pc cost about 2k with monitor, mouse, keyboard etc, and is still smoking all games on full, and my card is a MSI N580GTX lightening, which is better than a standard 580gtx by a long run, but now the series is on 9, so in 3 years, that's how quick things change. Only a percentage of the new generation is necessary though, and a huge percentage is just churning stuff out to make money, so buying something half decent is key. As long as your power supply is good enough, and your motherboard expandable, you can upgrade individual components as and when necessary, as long as the new stuff fits in your case, and is compatible with everything else (you'd need to google that adventure). Missus just got home so need to go offline in a bit, but can chat about it no probs.
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Post by dorf on Nov 30, 2014 2:10:10 GMT
Cheers. In all honesty, I'll probably just want to play Real-time-strategy games rather than games like Far Cry or Fifa which I can by on a console (I do realise that PCs are superior). I'd like to build a PC but I don't want to spend a grand to do so. Building is always cheaper than buying if you are able to do so. You have to decide how important a pc is to you and how rich you are. If you spend 8 hours per day on a pc and everything runs through your pc, such as gaming, forums, films, and so on, it's worth getting the best pc you can afford, but if pc is just an occasional event, consider your alternatives. Personally I think i5 is borderline, and you might want i7, but it depends on your budget. My own pc cost about 2k with monitor, mouse, keyboard etc, and is still smoking all games on full, and my card is a MSI N580GTX lightening, which is better than a standard 580gtx by a long run, but now the series is on 9, so in 3 years, that's how quick things change. Only a percentage of the new generation is necessary though, and a huge percentage is just churning stuff out to make money, so buying something half decent is key. As long as your power supply is good enough, and your motherboard expandable, you can upgrade individual components as and when necessary, as long as the new stuff fits in your case, and is compatible with everything else (you'd need to google that adventure). Missus just got home so need to go offline in a bit, but can chat about it no probs. Fair enough. I'm going to be spending money on games for my console if I'm honest. I don't think I want to spend 2k on a PC but that might change in a few years time.
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