Buying a new gaming computer

[benboy1996]

Hello again, i posted about 6 months back asking for advice on geting a new computer, but would like to get an updated opinion before i purchase. I am looking for a gaming computer that will run all of the modern games and the ones to come on max settings such as bf3, call of duty, arma 3, halo,far cry and assassins creed ect, as well as to be used for office/college type work and a little dabeling in programs like cryengine, blender and photoshop, my buget would be anywhere from £600 to £1400.

 

[keynes]

Case
COOLERMASTER CM690 MKII ADVANCED 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)
16GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (4 x 4GB KIT)
Graphics Card
2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 670 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
120GB INTEL® 330 SERIES SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 500MB/sR | 450MB/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 PRO SERIES™ HX750-80 PLUS® GOLD MODULAR (£119)
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
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 8 Standard Edition 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Office Software
FREE 60 Day Trial of Microsoft® Office® 2010 Professional Edition
Anti-Virus
BULLGUARD INTERNET SECURITY - FREE 90 DAY TRIAL
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 8 to 10 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £1,241.00 including VAT and delivery.

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[benboy1996]

Thank you for your recommendation, i really like the look of this build. Can you add a soundcard to it and if yes what card would you suggest? And it says this build only requires something like 450w, so would you suggest keeping the 750w power supply.

 

[Tehmoe]

Thank you for your recommendation, i really like the look of this build. Can you add a soundcard to it and if yes what card would you suggest? And it says this build only requires something like 450w, so would you suggest keeping the 750w power supply.

Sound cards are really overrated unless your doing music work, and the 750w power supply is more to future proof the machine, later on you can pop in another GPU and other things and still be safe.

 

[keynes]

Thank you for your recommendation, i really like the look of this build. Can you add a soundcard to it and if yes what card would you suggest? And it says this build only requires something like 450w, so would you suggest keeping the 750w power supply.

You could add a soundcard if you wish but I'd suggest trying onboard audio first. I suggested a 750w PSU for you to have the option of adding a 2nd gtx 670 in the future.

 

[benboy1996]

Case
COOLERMASTER CM690 MKII ADVANCED 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)
16GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (4 x 4GB KIT)

Graphics Card
2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 670 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready

Memory - 1st Hard Disk
120GB INTEL® 330 SERIES SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 500MB/sR | 450MB/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 PRO SERIES™ HX750-80 PLUS® GOLD MODULAR (£119)

Processor Cooling
Super Quiet 22dBA Triple Copper Heatpipe Intel CPU Cooler (£19)

Sound Card
Creative Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ Xtreme Audio (£28) *SPECIAL*

Network Facilities
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 8 Standard Edition 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)

Office Software
FREE 60 Day Trial of Microsoft® Office® 2010 Professional Edition

Anti-Virus
BULLGUARD INTERNET SECURITY - FREE 90 DAY TRIAL

DVI-D & HDMI Monitor Cables
1 x 2 METRE GOLD PLATED V1.4 HDMI CABLE (£8)

Surge Protection
6 Socket Compact 2M UFO Surge Protector (£9)

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
Standard Build - Approximately 8 to 10 working days

Will i need to add a different cooling if i want to add another gtx card later on? and would you suggest windows 7 or 8, as i have been using windows 7 since it came out.

 

[keynes]

Will i need to add a different cooling if i want to add another gtx card later on? and would you suggest windows 7 or 8, as i have been using windows 7 since it came out.

You wouldn't need any additional cooling if you are planning to add a 2nd gpu. I am using windows 7, I am afraid I don't have any experience with windows 8.

 

[Toxophilix]

would you suggest windows 7 or 8, as i have been using windows 7 since it came out.

I have tried 8 and gone back to 7. I think the Win 7 UI is the better choice if you multi-task heavily or just have a lot of applications installed.

If you can, however, get a look at 8 before you decide. If the attack-of-the-solid-coloured-rectangles look really appeals to you then you might find it worthwhile to put up with its annoyances.

 

[baron75mk2]

What sort of framerates do you want to achive in these games ? particularly battlefield 3 , far cry 3 & asassins creed series

( i believe you want the max or ultra settings as you have mentioned )

also for my two pennies worth on windows 8 - if your going to use the metro functions then go with windows 8 - if not stick with windows 7 , its less annoying all round that win8 is all ill say

 

[benboy1996]

I just ordered it, i cant wait for it to arrive In the end i decided to go with windows 7 because im familiar with it and to be honest windows 8 looks horrible. I also just ordered a razor mouse and keyboard, the black widow ultimate stealth and the blackadder mouse. Thank you for suggesting this build, i am very happy with it and like the fact that i can upgrade it in the future without many issues.

 

[Karnor00]

Depending on your existing setup, you might want to consider getting some speakers to go with it. In my experience most built in monitor speakers are pretty poor (which I assume you are planning on using given the HDMI cable), rather worse than even some cheap £10-£20 speakers.

 

[benboy1996]

I currently have some very good speakers, creative somethink, i have had them for a couple of years, the sound quality is exellent, although i often use my turtle beach headset.

 

[benboy1996]

Ps. its in the building stage already!