URGENT advice required.

[Mr.RKH]

Computer mainly for watching 1080p movies, and playing latest games in mid/high-settings, while I will also use it for some light video editing for youtube or 3d software depending on which spec I will go with. (using sony vegas)

I'm tempted to use the higher budget, but I keep thinking with this rate of technologic advancement, there will surely in 1-2 years be completely different and much better computers, and wouldn't want to waste my money. (especially since my parents are paying for it)
I will also start univercity in 1-2 years, so I keep thinking that when that time comes, I will buy a high end laptop, but then I keep thinking about all the disadvantages of a latop.

I have made two specs:

£1535 One which is ideal so I can play high end games on max settings for many years and have many other software benefits, and where I could add a second GPU in the future if it slows down, BUT I keep thinking such computers will come out that these types will be useless as new games will be produced for those 'new generation computers'

£982 The second list is a low budget spec where I can play latest games on mid settings for another few years and watch full hd movies eventhough I will have a restrict on upcoming softwares, and in this one I wouldn't add another component if needed, so once it is useless it will be thrown away, this one is more 'future proof' because if some major breakthrough of new generation computers came out, I would be able to buy them because I didn't spend much on this spec.

Please please read the above, I will forever be thankfull.

SPEC 1 £1535 (best computer, monitor, speakers, mouse and keyboard)

Case
InWIN BLACK DRAGON RIDER GAMING CASE

Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-3770 (3.4GHz) 8MB Cache

Motherboard
ASUS® P8Z77-V: PCI-E 3.0 READY, WIFI, SLI, CROSSFIREX

Memory (RAM)
8GB SAMSUNG DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 4GB)

Graphics Card
2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 670 - 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 WD1002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)

1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM

Power Supply
CORSAIR 750W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX750 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£86)

Processor Cooling
SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE INTEL CPU COOLER (£19)

Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)

Network Facilities
GIGABIT LAN & DUAL-BAND WIRELESS 802.11N 450Mbps PCI-E CARD (£35)

USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD

Operating System
NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED

Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE

Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE

Monitor
IIYAMA E2473HDS 24" LED WIDESCREEN, 2 HDMI/DVI-D 1920x1080 (£159)

Keyboard & Mouse
LOGITECH® MK250 WIRELESS KEYBOARD & MOUSE COMBO (£21)

Mouse
LOGITECH® G500 LASER GAMING MOUSE (£48)

Speakers
LOGITECH Z320 2.0 SPEAKERS - 10W RMS with 360 Degree Sound (£39)

Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)

Delivery
PCS EXTRA-CARE DIAMOND DELIVERY - MON-FRI, PRE-NOON (£9)

Build Time
FAST TRACK 5 WORKING DAY DISPATCH (£39)

SPEC 2 £982 (good computer, monitor, keyboard)

Case
COOLERMASTER HAF 912 PLUS MID TOWER GAMING CASE

Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5 Quad Core Processor i5-3550 (3.3GHz) 6MB Cache

Motherboard
ASUS® P8Z77-V LX: USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs, ATI®CrossFireX

Memory (RAM)
4GB SAMSUNG DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 2GB)

Graphics Card
1.25GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 570 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready

Memory - 1st Hard Disk
750GB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD7502AAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB 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
SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE INTEL CPU COOLER (£19)

Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)

Network Facilities
GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS 802.11N 300Mbps PCI-E CARD (£16)

USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD

Operating System
NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED

Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE

Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE

Monitor
IIYAMA E2273HDS 22" LED WIDESCREEN, HDMI/DVI-D 1920x1080 (£129)

Keyboard & Mouse
LOGITECH® K200 USB MEDIA KEYBOARD (£10)

Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)

Delivery
PCS EXTRA-CARE DIAMOND DELIVERY - MON-FRI, PRE-NOON (£9)

Build Time
FAST TRACK 5 WORKING DAY DISPATCH (£39)

 

[Wolvo7]

I'd go with the 1st one, simply because if you keep waiting for new tech to come out you'll never get a good PC. Your argument will be as valid in 2 years as it is right now and as it was 2 years ago.

Intel releases a new chip every year, with a major release every 2 years (tick-tock mentality). With that in mind, they're gonna release a new chipset, codenamed Haswell, next summer and this CPU will be using a new architecture, which means you'll need a new mobo to use it. But then they'll release something else 2 years later etc..

Your first spec is high end and should last you for a long time, unless you absolutely crave new tech and can't live without it you don't need to upgrade every time something new comes out. A first generation iPhone still works fine even though the 4S is out and can still do whatever you need from it.

Current CPU requirements for games are way behind the 3770 so there's no pb there, and the 670 will be able to max out games for a couple of years and still be able to play them at mid-max settings for some time after that. The advantage of a desktop is that you can upgrade, so you can always SLI as you said in a few years and you'll still have a top spec PC. Buying a desktop to throw it away in 1-2 years without upgrading would be foolish from both an ecological and financial standpoint.

I keep thinking such computers will come out that these types will be useless as new games will be produced for those 'new generation computers'

They don't make games to fit a certain type of "computer". A PC is made of many components which are upgradable. We're not talking about something like the release of the PS3 which prompted everyone to stop making PS2 games so that you had to buy a PS3 to continue gaming. Games need a minimum processing and graphical power, which is reflected by the minimum spec requirements, and of course as they evolve the system requirements are gonna evolve too but this spec is already well ahead of current requirements so no worries there.

 

[Mr.RKH]

Thank you so much fr replying, really appreciate your advice and the fact that you read my paragraphs.