Help with gaming pc please.

[arrmar]

I'm looking to buy a gaming pc for the first time. I'm not very good with what is good and what isn't with pc's, so some advice would be great. I want it to have very good graphics, ram, processor, hmm whatever else a gaming pc should have. My budget max is probably around £900. Also I want it to last for many years.

I'm not a very hardcore gamer, but I do play a lot of mmorpg's, fps and some pc games. I like to download music, watch vids, browse etc.

If anyone can come up with a system, would be helpful, thanks!

 

[Simo]

Personly I'd go for

Case
PCS MAELSTROM T900 BLACK GAMING CASE (£59)

Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7-870 Quad Core (2.93GHz, 8MB Cache)

Motherboard
ASUS® P7H55-M SI: MICRO ATX VALUE MAINBOARD,USB 2.0 & SATA 3.0Gb/s

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

Graphics Card
1GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX460 GDDR5 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11

2nd Graphics Card
NONE

3rd Graphics Card
NONE

Memory - 1st Hard Disk
500GB SERIAL ATA 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (7,200rpm)

2nd Hard Disk
NONE

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

2nd DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
NONE

Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (READS XD, MS, CF, SD, etc)

Power Supply & Case Cooling
CORSAIR 650W PSU (TX650) 80+ ULTRA QUIET (£76)

Processor Cooling
TITAN FENRIR EXTREME DIRECT TOUCH COPPER CPU COOLER (£39)

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

Network Facilities
ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT

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
FREE Microsoft® Office Starter 2010 (Limited functionality Word & Excel)

Anti-Virus
BULLGUARD INTERNET SECURITY - FREE 90 DAY TRIAL


Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, Lifetime Tech Support) (£5)

£902 all in

 

[arrmar]

Thanks for the reply Simo, If I was to improve on one of your options for a little more money, which would you improve on? CPU or graphics or maybe RAM?

 

[steveuk87]

to be honest thats a great rig, and an increase would be a bit costly! i'd go for that as it would blow MMO's out the water

Steve

 

[LDUK]

Nice rig simo. I think he hit the nail on the head with this one for you arrmar. And welcome to the forums. Trust me, when you get to know us more, you'll know we know a good PC when we see one. Watch how many others approve of this build.

 

[HMFC_Riley]

Thanks for the reply Simo, If I was to improve on one of your options for a little more money, which would you improve on? CPU or graphics or maybe RAM?

I'd say graphics IMHO. If your using the build up above the only thing I think you'd need to change is the CPU Cooler unless you're planning on overclocking. The standard CPU cooler should do for stock.

The GTX 460 is a nice card, but again, if you're planning on overclocking it. If you don't want the hassle then I'd say the 5850 would be better for gaming especially if the majority of your games don't take advantage of Physx etc.

 

[arrmar]

Thanks for all your replies, I'll be ordering at the end of the month. Exciting stuff!