Having had some bad dealings with an organisation I used to shop with regularly I've been on the hunt for a place that can build me a rig and save me the time and hassle of doing it myself. From what I have read so far PCS seems to be highly regarded so with that said I was hoping I could ask for some general advice before going any further.
Bit of background: I've been out of the PC gaming scene for almost 2 years now after a very bad experience with my last purchase (seems drastic I know!) but I now hope to return to the fun with Battlefield 3 and Star Wars: The Old Republic both of which I hope will be available in the coming months.
So you know what I want from a PC and from the subject you can see I have an approx budget of £1,000 to spend so I'd just like it if people could give me some general recommendations on the current choices available.
Current thoughts
Case - I had an Antec 900 case before and loved that but I can't see it available on the site, so any suggestions there would be good. Hopefully one with large fans that can run at a lower speed...I do hate a noisy PC
CPU - From what I've been researching Intel seems to be the way to go at the moment with regards to a CPU. A quad core would be good I guess (possibly overclocked?).
Motherboard - No idea!!
RAM - Not sure here either. I'm guessing 8GB would be a good starting place these days, not sure which manufacturer though. I think the last I had was OCZ. Can this also be overclocked by PCS?
GFX Card - Again, no idea here. Last one I had was an ATI 512MB but I forget the model. This is a probably a very important choice as like I said the main use will be gaming. I don't think I would bother about having more than one - SLI always seemed a bit overboard - does that still hold true?
HDD - Well I'm hearing SSD are finally a realistic choice due to the price coming down over the years so I guess it's a good idea to try it out - 60-100GB would to the trick I think. Only thoughts on a secondary would be 1.5/2TB one for my storage needs.
PSU - No idea once again, only stipulations are that is it as quiet as possible and will have enough power to still andle the system if I decide to add further components at a later date.
Cooling - best there is but gotta be quiet I guess, no preference other than that.
Sound - I've always had on-board sound before but seen as though I'm splasing out is it wort the jump to a dedicated one considering my usage?
Peripherals - None required at this stage. I still have a 24" BenQ, 19" Samsung, Logitec G-15 keyboard and Razor mouse.
Ok so I best stop typing here as I seem to have put down a lot more than intended. I suppose it's better to have more info to go from rather than too little though
Thanks for reading and I appreciate any response. Feel free to ask any questions about anyting I may have missed.
EDIT - Ok so rookie mistake missing the excellent sticky. I'll leave this thread as it is anyway in case anyone has anything further to add.
Bit of background: I've been out of the PC gaming scene for almost 2 years now after a very bad experience with my last purchase (seems drastic I know!) but I now hope to return to the fun with Battlefield 3 and Star Wars: The Old Republic both of which I hope will be available in the coming months.
So you know what I want from a PC and from the subject you can see I have an approx budget of £1,000 to spend so I'd just like it if people could give me some general recommendations on the current choices available.
Current thoughts
Case - I had an Antec 900 case before and loved that but I can't see it available on the site, so any suggestions there would be good. Hopefully one with large fans that can run at a lower speed...I do hate a noisy PC
CPU - From what I've been researching Intel seems to be the way to go at the moment with regards to a CPU. A quad core would be good I guess (possibly overclocked?).
Motherboard - No idea!!
RAM - Not sure here either. I'm guessing 8GB would be a good starting place these days, not sure which manufacturer though. I think the last I had was OCZ. Can this also be overclocked by PCS?
GFX Card - Again, no idea here. Last one I had was an ATI 512MB but I forget the model. This is a probably a very important choice as like I said the main use will be gaming. I don't think I would bother about having more than one - SLI always seemed a bit overboard - does that still hold true?
HDD - Well I'm hearing SSD are finally a realistic choice due to the price coming down over the years so I guess it's a good idea to try it out - 60-100GB would to the trick I think. Only thoughts on a secondary would be 1.5/2TB one for my storage needs.
PSU - No idea once again, only stipulations are that is it as quiet as possible and will have enough power to still andle the system if I decide to add further components at a later date.
Cooling - best there is but gotta be quiet I guess, no preference other than that.
Sound - I've always had on-board sound before but seen as though I'm splasing out is it wort the jump to a dedicated one considering my usage?
Peripherals - None required at this stage. I still have a 24" BenQ, 19" Samsung, Logitec G-15 keyboard and Razor mouse.
Ok so I best stop typing here as I seem to have put down a lot more than intended. I suppose it's better to have more info to go from rather than too little though
Thanks for reading and I appreciate any response. Feel free to ask any questions about anyting I may have missed.
EDIT - Ok so rookie mistake missing the excellent sticky. I'll leave this thread as it is anyway in case anyone has anything further to add.
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