Gaming laptop help

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Completedesigns

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Ok so i need a new laptop (Or desktop , If its cheaper but considering i need a monitor , mouse and keyboard i doubt it) , The things i need it for include :

All basic functions (Surfing web , Music , Watching movies , Word etc)
Design work / Uni work (Photoshop , Illustrater , In design)
Gaming (Call of duty games , Including Black ops 3 , CS:GO maybe , DayZ , Fifa 16)

So the budget im looking at is the lowest i can make it while doing all of these things , Im looking at around £700 , Ive seen you can order already made laptops which are cheaper / faster to come , havent really played around with the custom ones but im hoping you guys can point me towards the right direction.

So

Laptop or PC? (I dont have any mouse / monitor etc)
Custom , Or premade?

What are my best options?
Thanks
 
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SlimCini

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More bang for your buck with a desktop and you're on a tight budget. So...

Case
InWIN G7 BRUSHED EFFECT DARK GREY CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD FX-6300 Six Core CPU (3.50GHz/8MB CACHE/AM3+)
Free Item
FREE HITMAN GAME CODE with AMD R9 390 Series or AMD FX Processor
Motherboard
ASUS® M5A97 R2.0 (DDR3, USB3.0, 6Gb/s)
Memory (RAM)
8GB Kingston DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz (1 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 960 - DVI, HDMI, 3 x DP - 3D Vision Ready
1st Hard Disk
500GB SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 16MB CACHE
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Processor Cooling
Super Quiet Titan DragonFly Heatpipe AMD CPU Cooler (£19)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 450W VS SERIES™ VS-450 POWER SUPPLY
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND (£9)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (Wi-Fi NOT INCLUDED)
USB Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 4 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Operating System
Genuine Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft® Office® 365
Anti-Virus
BullGuard™ Internet Security - Free 90 Day License inc. Gamer Mode
Monitor
AOC 21.5" E2270SWDN LED Monitor. 1920 x 1080, 5MS (£79)
Keyboard & Mouse
PCS S300 USB MEDIA KEYBOARD (£5)
Mouse
PCS S300 USB OPTICAL MOUSE (£2)
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 4 to 6 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £700.00 including VAT and delivery.

Unique URL to re-configure: http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/quotes/amd-bulldozer-top-spec-pc/I8YeswJ9Ja/
 
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Completedesigns

Member
SlimCini said:
More bang for your buck with a desktop and you're on a tight budget. So...

Case
InWIN G7 BRUSHED EFFECT DARK GREY CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD FX-6300 Six Core CPU (3.50GHz/8MB CACHE/AM3+)
Free Item
FREE HITMAN GAME CODE with AMD R9 390 Series or AMD FX Processor
Motherboard
ASUS® M5A97 R2.0 (DDR3, USB3.0, 6Gb/s)
Memory (RAM)
8GB Kingston DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz (1 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 960 - DVI, HDMI, 3 x DP - 3D Vision Ready
1st Hard Disk
500GB SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 16MB CACHE
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Processor Cooling
Super Quiet Titan DragonFly Heatpipe AMD CPU Cooler (£19)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 450W VS SERIES™ VS-450 POWER SUPPLY
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND (£9)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (Wi-Fi NOT INCLUDED)
USB Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 4 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Operating System
Genuine Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft® Office® 365
Anti-Virus
BullGuard™ Internet Security - Free 90 Day License inc. Gamer Mode
Monitor
AOC 21.5" E2270SWDN LED Monitor. 1920 x 1080, 5MS (£79)
Keyboard & Mouse
PCS S300 USB MEDIA KEYBOARD (£5)
Mouse
PCS S300 USB OPTICAL MOUSE (£2)
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 4 to 6 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £700.00 including VAT and delivery.

Unique URL to re-configure: http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/quotes/amd-bulldozer-top-spec-pc/I8YeswJ9Ja/
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Ok cool looks like a good build , That will handle everything i want?
Also is it a PC that is going to last? , Not going to have to replace parts to keep up with games etc? (Though im not one to play the newer games anyway , Other than Cods/Fifas)

Ive seen in the already made section they have Intel i5 computers for under £700 , Would this be better?
Ive always used Intel and been recommended to stay away from AMD though im not up to date with specs so may be wrong?
 
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Completedesigns

Member
Thanks for the build , Looks good , that will be able to handle everything yeah? , Would i need to do any upgrades soon?

Ive never really used AMD (Been recommended not too) and there are premade options with Intel i5s for under £700 , Would that be a better option?
 
SpyderTracks

SpyderTracks

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Completedesigns said:
Thanks for the build , Looks good , that will be able to handle everything yeah? , Would i need to do any upgrades soon?

Ive never really used AMD (Been recommended not too) and there are premade options with Intel i5s for under £700 , Would that be a better option?
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Your budget is the limiting factor to what build you can have. You can only get mid/low end components for that kind of cash. You would need to think about upgrading after maybe 2 years to cope with games. Processor around the same period.

Nvidia is definitely preferable over amd (controversial :yawn:) but not within your budget.
 
Oussebon

Oussebon

Multiverse Poster
This is another option for gaming, with an intel skylake i3.
There are some gaming benches here showing the i3 and some other CPUs:
http://pclab.pl/art66945-14.html
It seems to perform better than an FX 6300 pretty well across the board in games (note that they're benching the CPUs with a 980ti to avoid GPU bottlenecks)
A GTX 960 should handle even very demanding games on medium-high settings at 1080p res. It'll handle many games on ultra.
e.g. http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS/GTX_960_STRIX_OC/23.html

Case
InWIN G7 BRUSHED EFFECT DARK GREY CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i3 Dual Core Processor i3-6320 (3.90GHz) 4MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® H110M-D D3: Micro-ATX, LG1151, USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs
Memory (RAM)
8GB Kingston DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz (1 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 960 - DVI, HDMI, 3 x DP - 3D Vision Ready
1st Hard Disk
1TB SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 32MB CACHE
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Processor Cooling
INTEL STANDARD CPU COOLER
Power Supply
CORSAIR 450W VS SERIES™ VS-450 POWER SUPPLY
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (Wi-Fi NOT INCLUDED)
USB Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Operating System
Genuine Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft® Office® 365
Anti-Virus
BullGuard™ Internet Security - Free 90 Day License inc. Gamer Mode
Monitor
AOC 21.5" E2270SWDN LED Monitor. 1920 x 1080, 5MS (£79)
Keyboard & Mouse
PCS S300 USB MEDIA KEYBOARD (£5)
Mouse
PCS S300 USB OPTICAL MOUSE (£2)
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 4 to 6 working days


Price: £692.00 including VAT and delivery.

Unique URL to re-configure: http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/quotes/intel-skylake-home-office-pc/UTUkcGcoYO/

Going to an i5 would be an extra £34.
 
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Oussebon

Oussebon

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Completedesigns said:
What kind of spec would i be looking at if i went this route? , I only wanted £700 really but could maybe stretch it to get a intel build.
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You can do a half decent intel build for less than £700, as above. Stock intel cooler and paste would be fine for an i3. You can bump up to an i5 6400 for another £34 (£726).
 
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Oussebon

Oussebon

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Agreed. Indeed you can already see pretty huge differences with Total War titles that I hear are quite CPU heavy (and though there are some MMO type games that might prefer the i3's single core performance, hopefully in time they'll make use of more cores). Also, i5 will probably help for design work and so forth.
 
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Oussebon said:
Agreed. Indeed you can already see pretty huge differences with Total War titles that I hear are quite CPU heavy (and though there are some MMO type games that might prefer the i3's single core performance, hopefully in time they'll make use of more cores). Also, i5 will probably help for design work and so forth.
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Ok cool , So the spec you posted , Bumped up to a I5 for just over £700 would be ideal for me it seems?
Nothing lacking with that build?

Cheers for the help guys , Really appreciate it.
 
S

SlimCini

KC and the Sunshine BANNED
Pushing it to the most basic i5, a decent cooler (dragonfly) and some Arctic paste takes it to £750.
 
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Completedesigns

Member
Cool sounds good , Thats sorted then?
Should be fine for everything i need and shouldent need to be upgraded too soon.
only just over budget

Will be purchasing it in the next week when i get paid , Any more reccomendations in the meantime are welcome.
 
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Completedesigns

Member
Im thinking of having the one monitor for the main use (Photo editing / gaming etc) and then plugging it into a tv as well to put music / movies on etc while im doing work or whatever.


Then later on add in another monitor instead of the TV , Would this computer work with multiple monitors?
 
J

jerpers

Master
The 960 has connections for HDMI, Dvi and 2 DP I believe she multi monitor is fine depending on your connections
 
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Completedesigns

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Sorry i meant in terms of performance? , Ive never done multiple monitors so im not sure about the performance issues or anything with doing that.

Ill be using DVI and HDMI most likely.
 
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