Opinions on new gaming computer
Discussion
ZesPak said:
Just some guidelines:
all of the above, plus I want a 1070 graphics card as well :-)- i5 is plenty
- 8GB should be enough, but an upgrade to 16GB is so cheap it would be silly not to do it straight away
- A modern machine should have an SSD, reduces boot times and just generally gives a much nice experience
CerberusRogue said:
all of the above, plus I want a 1070 graphics card as well :-)
Thing is, when you want something like that in a pre-built system, they often going to up everything. 32GB of RAM, 3TB of HDD, i7,... and the price goes up.To me, a gaming rig, esp sub 1000, you're often better off building it yourself.
ZesPak said:
CerberusRogue said:
all of the above, plus I want a 1070 graphics card as well :-)
Thing is, when you want something like that in a pre-built system, they often going to up everything. 32GB of RAM, 3TB of HDD, i7,... and the price goes up.To me, a gaming rig, esp sub 1000, you're often better off building it yourself.
ZesPak said:
That way you also have quality gear. I know Dell can get huge discounts on RAM because of volume, but they also won't hesitate to put in some obscure variant of a gpu that they could get from some manufacturer if it means it'll save them 10 quid.
OK, fair point. I'll look at that route. I'll also check out some local computer shops, they might have some good prices as well.Aphex said:
Am I missing something, where are all these people playing forza on pc?
In their living room? I'll get my coat.Its in open beta last time I checked: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/apps/forza-m...
thanks everyone for all the help, it's been great. This *should* be my final question...!
I've customising a computer on Overclockers, to see how it comes out. When it gets to the graphics card section it's offering way too many options! Looking at either the 980 or the 1070, there seem to be lots of different types. How can I pick the right one, or do I just pick on the price alone?
Example below...
I've customising a computer on Overclockers, to see how it comes out. When it gets to the graphics card section it's offering way too many options! Looking at either the 980 or the 1070, there seem to be lots of different types. How can I pick the right one, or do I just pick on the price alone?
Example below...
thanks everyone for all the help with this. Without it I would no doubt have bought a box of useful crap from PC World!
I've now bought an i5 with 16GB of RAM and the 1070 graphics card from Scan for £900. I opted not to get the SSD as the difference got be the better graphics card. Scan customer service were really helpful, giving honest advice rather than just trying to squeeze me for money. I also ended up getting a 27" monitor as they had some sale items going
It's being delivered today :-)
I've now bought an i5 with 16GB of RAM and the 1070 graphics card from Scan for £900. I opted not to get the SSD as the difference got be the better graphics card. Scan customer service were really helpful, giving honest advice rather than just trying to squeeze me for money. I also ended up getting a 27" monitor as they had some sale items going
It's being delivered today :-)
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Obviously if someone else nicks this before you use it PM me and will send you the other one i have.
tankplanker said:
n their living room? I'll get my coat.
Its in open beta last time I checked: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/apps/forza-m...
Well I never! Cheers for the info Its in open beta last time I checked: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/apps/forza-m...
chris285 said:
Hope you are happy with your purchase, as above an SSD is a must for gaming now IMO but I am sure your new system will be bang on the money for what you want as scan and pretty good
I'm trying to not think about watercooling my rig, well custom water cool it all that is lol
I had planned on the SSD but the guy from Scan told me that the only real benefit of the SSD is for booting of the computer and loading the game - once both of these are done the value of having one is pretty low. He advised upping the graphics card instead to the 1070 as i'd see a far bigger benefit from that for the same money.I'm trying to not think about watercooling my rig, well custom water cool it all that is lol
but thanks!
CerberusRogue said:
chris285 said:
Hope you are happy with your purchase, as above an SSD is a must for gaming now IMO but I am sure your new system will be bang on the money for what you want as scan and pretty good
I'm trying to not think about watercooling my rig, well custom water cool it all that is lol
I had planned on the SSD but the guy from Scan told me that the only real benefit of the SSD is for booting of the computer and loading the game - once both of these are done the value of having one is pretty low. He advised upping the graphics card instead to the 1070 as i'd see a far bigger benefit from that for the same money.I'm trying to not think about watercooling my rig, well custom water cool it all that is lol
I run a high-end system (overclocked 5820k and now a GTX1080), previously I had a 1TB HDD for games and a 256GB NVMe M.2 SSD for the OS. Fallout 4 experienced terrible texture pop-in in areas with lots going on when installed onto the HDD; some object textures would only render in low-resolution mode and on occasion some wouldn't render at all. Issue was entirely resolved by moving the game from the HDD to the SSD; I've now junked all of my old HDDs and run a pair of SATA3 Samsung SSDs in addition to the M.2 drive.
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