Advice please - circa £1k to £1.2k

[Dragosanii]

Hi all,

Looking to buy a new gaming rig, unfortunately the TITAN is a little out of my reach/price range (£1k to £1.2k).

It needs to be designed for gaming (Battlefield 3/4, CoD's, WoW/EvE) and looking for good solid performance (BF4 as a benchmark)....

Questions at this stage: AMD over Intel? GeForce over AMD? Windows 8 64-bit vs Windows 7 64-bit?

My current spec:

https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/quotes/626106/

Thanks in advance guys....

 

[Rakk]

Unfortunately the page you linked is only accessible by you when you're logged in.

For us to be able to see your spec you need to:
Build your spec, then proceed to checkout, about 3/4 down the page underneath the "price for this system" section you will see a "post to forum" button.
Click the button and copy everything (including the unique URL it has at the bottom) over into this thread.

Personally I wouldn't want a Titan anyways, overpriced as far as I'm concerned
And for your budget I'd go for an Intel i5 over an AMD CPU.
The choice between Win7 and Win8 really is a personal preference, some people like Win8, some dont.

 

[mantadog]

Get a gtx 780 or 780ti, much cheaper and aimed more at gamers than the titan which is more of a workstation card these days.

I would get something along the lines of this.

Case
COOLERMASTER CM STORM ENFORCER - GAMING ENTHUSIAST CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5 Quad Core Processor i5-4670 (3.4GHz) 6MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® Z87-A: ATX, USB3.0, SATA6GB/S, SLi, XFIRE + **FREE GAME**
Free Item
FREE BATTLEFIELD 4 GAME with Z87-A MOTHERBOARD!
Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (2 x 4GB KIT)
Graphics Card
3GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 780 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
Free Item
FREE BATMAN: ARKHAM ORIGINS GAME with GTX 660 & 7 Series GPUs!
Free Item
FREE ASSASSINS CREED BLACK FLAG & MORE with GTX 660 & 7 Series GPUs!
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
120GB KINGSTON HYPERX 3K SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 555MB/sR | 510MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk
1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1003FZEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Power Supply
CORSAIR 650W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ MODULAR TXM-650 V2-80 PLUS® (£79)
Processor Cooling
Super Quiet 22dBA Triple Copper Heatpipe Intel CPU Cooler (£19)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs
USB Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 4 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Power Cable
1 x 2 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit w/SP1 - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft® Office® 365
Anti-Virus
BULLGUARD INTERNET SECURITY - FREE 90 DAY TRIAL
Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 9 to 11 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £1,241.00 including VAT and delivery.

Unique URL to re-configure: http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/quotes/intel-haswell-pc/YjHh6fQcw2/

The i5 is the gaming cpu of choice these days, you could go for an i7 but right at this moment it would not give you any FPS increase because games don't really support hyperthreading. The 780 is a very capable card, it will handle gaming over a single screen with little problem. The SSD is a nice addition, for your OS plus most commonly used games and applications. along with the nice fast caviar black for the mass storage. I also added the slightly upgraded cooler to keep everything quiet as possible.

 

[bigben]

3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)

Don't forget silver warranty! Looks good apart from that though.

 

[Dragosanii]

Thanks guys. Sorry for the screwup on my initial link.

Out of what has been said above it answers the doubts I had on my spec. I'll re-spec and post it correctly later....

- Drago

Here's the spec then....kinda stretched it a little.....Haven't fully decided on Windows 8.1 Pro vs 7 Ultimate yet....I like/love 7, not enough exp on 8 to know if the support is there fopr gaming...

Case
PCS TRAIL-BREAKER 7206B BLACK CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5 Quad Core Processor i5-4670K (3.4GHz) 6MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® Z87-A: ATX, USB3.0, SATA6GB/S, SLi, XFIRE + **FREE GAME**
Memory (RAM)
16GB KINGSTON HYPERX BEAST DUAL-DDR3 2400MHz X.M.P (2 x 8GB KIT)
Graphics Card
3GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 780 Ti - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
120GB KINGSTON HYPERX 3K SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 555MB/sR | 510MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk
1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1003FZEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply
CORSAIR 850W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ MODULAR TXM-850 V2-80 PLUS®
Processor Cooling
Corsair H80i Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler
Sound Card
Asus Xonar DG 5.1 SoundCard & Headphone AMP (Award Winner)
Wireless/Wired Networking
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs
USB Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 4 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Power Cable
1 x 2 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Operating System
Genuine Windows 8.1 Professional 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence
DVD Recovery Media
Windows 8.1 (64-bit) Professional DVD with paper sleeve
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 9 to 11 working days
Miscellaneous
FREE BATTLEFIELD 4 GAME with Z87-A MOTHERBOARD!
Quantity
1