is this good enough for gaming destiny , battlefield, witcher and photo,video editing

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constant00

Bronze Level Poster
Case
PCS GENESIS G1B CASE + SD CARD READER
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™ i5 Six Core Processor i5-8400 (2.8GHz) 9MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® H310M-A: Micro-ATX, DDR4, LGA1151, USB 3.1, SATA 6GBs
Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 2133MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
4GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1050 Ti - DVI, HDMI, DP
1st Hard Disk
2TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 64MB CACHE
1st M.2 SSD Drive
250GB SAMSUNG 970 EVO M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 3400MB/R, 1500MB/W)
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
16x BLU-RAY WRITER DRIVE, 16x DVD ±R/±RW & SOFTWARE
Power Supply
CORSAIR 350W VS SERIES™ VS-350 POWER SUPPLY
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
INTEL STANDARD CPU COOLER
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking
WIRELESS 802.11 AC1300 867Mbps/5GHz, 400Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD
USB Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Samsung LS24E45KBS/EN 24" Monitor
Keyboard & Mouse
PCS S300 USB MEDIA KEYBOARD
Mouse
ROCCAT™ Lua – Tri-Button Gaming Mouse
 
polycrac

polycrac

Super Star
It should be able to play those games, though not at very high settings. What is your budget and what did this build cost? You could maybe save some cash on things like the wifi, blueray drive etc. Perhaps even a cheaper ssd. That might free up some cash for a better graphics card.

Edit: just spotted your motherboard, are you going for a small for factor build?
 
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polycrac

polycrac

Super Star
When I try and replicate your build above, it comes out over £1100, so I'm struggling to improve on it for the £1000 price point.

You could: think about whether you need the blueray player, think about a cheaper wifi card (or none, if you have ethernet access).

At the very least, swapping to the WD black ssd will save you £7, £5 of which would get you the silver warranty (which is a bargain)

If it was me, I'd drop to a cheaper ssd and up the psu at least, for future upgrades.
 
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Rob574188

PC Specialist
Hi OP,

£1000 including peripherals is a little tight but you could potentially move things around a little as polycrac has said.

You could potentially come down to 8GB of RAM (a single 8GB stick so that you can upgrade to 16 in future). Also you could switch to a slightly cheaper monitor such as the IIYAMA G2530HSU-B1 24.5".

Ideally for the best upgradeability with our service if you go for a slightly higher processor you can always upgrade the CPU in future
 
Oussebon

Oussebon

Multiverse Poster
As above, you need to be exact with the budget.

If you're telling us a budget of £1000, but posting specs worth almost £1100, it's very hard to suggest improvements or changes as we're not comparing like-for-like.

What's your absolute top budget for the system including peripherals? And ofc we'll try to get it in lower if that makes sense.
 
Oussebon

Oussebon

Multiverse Poster
Something like:


Case
GAME MAX FALCON BLACK GAMING CASE (RGB LED)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™ i7 Six Core Processor i7-8700 (3.2GHz) 12MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® PRIME Z370-P: ATX, LGA1151, USB 3.1, SATA 6GBs
Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3000MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
6GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1060 - DVI, HDMI, 3 x DP - GeForce GTX VR Ready!
1[SUP]st[/SUP] Hard Disk
2TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 64MB CACHE
1[SUP]st[/SUP] M.2 SSD Drive
250GB SAMSUNG 970 EVO M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 3400MB/R, 1500MB/W)
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
NOT REQUIRED
Power Supply
CORSAIR 550W VS SERIES™ VS-550 POWER SUPPLY
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
PCS FrostFlow 100 Series High Performance CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking
WIRELESS 802.11N 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD
USB Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
Genuine Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [KUK-00001]
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
Windows 10 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Unlimited Downloads from Online Account
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft® Office® 365 (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
BullGuard™ Internet Security - Free 90 Day License inc. Gamer Mode
Browser
Microsoft® Edge (Windows 10 Only)
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 13 to 15 working days
Quantity
1

Price £1,274.00 including VAT and delivery

Unique URL to re-configure : https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/intel-z370-pc/Htsv!f9BYn/


For straight gaming and i5 + GTX 1070 might be the better choice, but for the video and photo editing too I'll go with the i7 plus making sure there is enough in the budget for 16gb RAM and a fast SSD. A GTX 1060 is still very strong for gaming at 1080p and would play things like the Witcher on very high settings.
 
Oussebon

Oussebon

Multiverse Poster
Not meaning to be rude, the advice is free and most of us don't work for PCS so we have no interest in whether you actually buy or not, but you have started a lot of topics asking for advice:

https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/foru...em-good-enough-for-basic-games-and-schoolwork July 2018, laptop, ~£1100
https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/foru...his-good-for-a-basic-gaming-and-office-system Dec 2017, laptop, £800
https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/foru...43-new-laptop-for-schoolwork-and-basic-gaming May 2018, laptop, ~£900
https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/foru...ng-at-1080-and-also-are-there-any-heat-issues August 2017, laptop, ~£1300
https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/foru...-please-comment-if-this-is-a-good-build-thnks Jan 2017, laptop, ~£1800-2000?
https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/foru...or-can-it-be-improved-without-going-over-2500 Jan 2017, laptop, £2500
https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/foru...e-for-very-high-end-games&p=388668#post388668 April 2017, laptop, £2500
https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/foru...tter-with-this-high-end-graphics-card-or-60hz Aug 2017, laptop, ~£2000+

I'm not sure if you got any of those or not.

And then this topic where we go from £1000-£1100 to £1300 for a desktop.

I'm not criticising :) I'm highlighting this to suggest that I think you will find deciding on a spec easier if you decide on what kind of thing you're looking for, and stick to that plan. Otherwise there is just too much to choose from.
 
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constant00

Bronze Level Poster
sorry...thnx for the tip..

and how did you manage to get those old threads...i cant find them myself...can you find my long lost brother from another mother as well.
oh and i actually already purcheased that laptop from 2017 which worked ok until the 1080 graphics card failed...pcs replaced it and so far so good.....this laptops ace....
 
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Oussebon

Oussebon

Multiverse Poster
Your laptop will better performance than the PC spec l posted. Unless you are getting another system eg for someone else you could stick with that

Clicking a forum user's name lets you see old topics
 
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Rakk

Rakk

The Awesome
Moderator
constant00 said:
and how did you manage to get those old threads...i cant find them myself...
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Couple of ways, click on your name which is to the left side of your post and one of the options that turns up it to 'View Forum posts' - that shows you the posts from the person whose name you clicked on (which will be yours in this case).
Or click on the Advance Search link in the top right of the forum screen, in there you can specify which users threads you want to look for, put your name in the username section before pressing the search button.
Or if you just want to see your recent activity then click on your name in the header of the page (ie. where it will say 'Welcome, constant00') to go to your profile and you can see your recent activity in there.

constant00 said:
can you find my long lost brother from another mother as well.
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Fraid not :)
 
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