Good/Ok Gaming Specc?

vimto1

vimto1

Silver Level Poster
Hi PCS Forum People :)

I was just wondering if the below specc is good/okay for playing games like Call of Duty, WoW and other games i might want to buy?... Around £800 is really my budget, but if needs be i can save up more... Also any reccomendations on howto improve it, if needs be?

Case - PCS MAELSTROM T900 BLACK GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU) - Intel® Core™i5-650 Dual Core (3.20GHz, 4MB Cache) + HD Graphics + Turbo Boost
Motherboard - ASUS® P7P55D-E: USB 3.0, SATA 6.0GB/s, CrossFireX™ ***SPECIAL PRICE***
Memory (RAM) - 4GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 2GB)
Graphics Card - 1GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX465 - 2 DVI,HDMI,VGA - DirectX® 11, ***SPECIAL***
Free Item - FREE Need For Speed™ World Starter Pack with any Nvidia® GTS450 or above!
Memory - 1st Hard Disk - 500GB SERIAL ATA 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (7,200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive - 24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply - 600W Quiet 80 PLUS Quad Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£59)
Processor Cooling - SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£19)
Sound Card - Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ Xtreme Audio (£32)
Network Facilities - ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs
USB Options - 6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Operating System - Genuine Windows XP™ Home + SP3, CD & Licence (£88)
Office Software - NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus - BULLGUARD INTERNET SECURITY - FREE 90 DAY TRIAL
Warranty - 3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Data Recovery - NONE
Delivery - STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time - Standard Build - Approximately 11 to 13 working days

Build Price - £681.67 ex VAT. £818 inc VAT and Delivery - Hence the reason i can save up a bit more...

Any help/advice is wanted/liked :)

Thanks

P.s. Here is the build results, if you want to see all of the parts, i just included main ones above... http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/results/
 
Gorman

Gorman

Author Level
Hi vimto!

Ok the core spec is great, no changes there. You could stand to lose the sound card and use on-board unless you need the extra connections the card provides.

Right, the problem, XP?

You are buying a good mid range DX11 graphics card and loading an OS that doesnt support anything past DX9. I cannot put into words how strongly i feel you need to change the OS to 7.

But heres a few things you are going to be missing out on by going XP:

You have 4Gb ram, XP being 32 bit will allow use of 3.2Gb at most and restrict apps to 2gb.

WoW's experimental DX11 mode that uses the DX11 API to improve fps by on average 20-25%? forget it, you have the hardware but not the OS

More secure, reliable and future proof than a soon to be abandoned decade old OS, etc etc etc.

Anyway im sure you see what i am subtly hinting at here, if its a gaming rig, it has to be 7.
 
Rakk

Rakk

The Awesome
Moderator
If you can, you should think about upgrading to the Silver Warranty (it's only a fiver) and the hard drive to one of the WD Caviar drives, will make it speedier on loading stuff in general.
And yeah as Gorman said go Win7.
 
bg92

bg92

Expert
This is what I would go for, given your budget

Case
COOLERMASTER HAF 912 PLUS MID TOWER GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5-2400 Quad Core (3.10GHz, 6MB Cache) + HD Graphics
Motherboard
ASUS® P8H67-M LX SI: MICRO ATX MAINBOARD, LG 1155, SATA 6.0Gb/s
Memory (RAM)
4GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 2GB)
Graphics Card
2GB AMD RADEON™ HD6950 - 2 DVI,HDMI,2 mDP - DirectX® 11, Eyefinity 4 Capable
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
500GB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD5002AALX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 32MB CACHE (7200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply
600W Quiet 80 PLUS Quad Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£59)
Processor Cooling
INTEL SOCKET LGA1155/1156 STANDARD CPU COOLER
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities
ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs
USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 11 to 13 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £814.00 including VAT and delivery.

Configure Here: http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/computers/intel-sandy-bridge-pc/
 
vimto1

vimto1

Silver Level Poster
So Gorman, you can say the specc is good to keep the same, just it is suggested i change to Windows 7 and go for onboard sound becasue sounds card isnt really needed?

And that this is enough...

Case - PCS MAELSTROM T900 BLACK GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU) - Intel® Core™i5-650 Dual Core (3.20GHz, 4MB Cache) + HD Graphics + Turbo Boost
Motherboard - ASUS® P7P55D-E: USB 3.0, SATA 6.0GB/s, CrossFireX™ ***SPECIAL PRICE***
Memory (RAM) - 4GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 2GB)
Graphics Card - 1GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 465 - 2 DVI,HDMI,VGA - DirectX® 11, ***SPECIAL***
Free Item - FREE Need For Speed™ World Starter Pack with any Nvidia® GTS450 or above!
Memory - 1st Hard Disk - 500GB SERIAL ATA 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (7,200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive - 24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply - 600W Quiet 80 PLUS Quad Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£59)
Processor Cooling - SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£19)
Sound Card - ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities - ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs
USB Options - 6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Operating System - Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
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 11 to 13 working days

£777 inc VAT and Delivery.
 
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Gorman

Gorman

Author Level
vimto1 said:
So Gorman, you can say the specc is good to keep the same, just it is suggested i change to Windows 7 and go for onboard sound becasue sounds card isnt really needed?
Click to expand...

Unless you want to rig some huge 7.1 system to it no its not needed, so yeah solid spec.
 
vimto1

vimto1

Silver Level Poster
I dont really need an AMAZING high end machine, just a good one that i can play some games on :)
 
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