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Hardware => Hardware => Topic started by: Melentar on October 15, 2014, 01:57:26 PM

Title: Advice on my new gaming PC
Post by: Melentar on October 15, 2014, 01:57:26 PM

Hi all,
I'm pretty new to computing gaming wise and I was looking at a few PC's from friends recommendations but when I'm spending a lot of money i want to be completely sure.

I want a pretty badass powerful PC which can run games on ultra like BF4 but also be good with music to an extent (I know Mac's are the best for music generally) but yeah.

I've been looking at these computers so far, tell me what you think and if you have other recommendations, please feel free to say! btw I'm in the UK!

Thanks! Links below!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B007PBH5BY?psc=1

http://www.amazon.co.uk/PILEDRIVER-Gaming-Piledriver-Graphics-Operating/dp/B00CMR6PSA/ref=sr_1_42?ie=UTF8&qid=1413399661&sr=8-42&keywords=Gaming+PC

Title: Re: Advice on my new gaming PC
Post by: Melentar on October 15, 2014, 02:39:11 PM

Please reply asap as really need help!

Title: Re: Advice on my new gaming PC
Post by: patio on October 15, 2014, 02:40:46 PM

This isn't live chat...be patient.
Or do you have to buy everything before midnite ? ?

Title: Re: Advice on my new gaming PC
Post by: Melentar on October 15, 2014, 03:06:18 PM

Lol sorry, I just am very very keen  ;D

Title: Re: Advice on my new gaming PC
Post by: camerongray on October 16, 2014, 02:19:34 AM

I wouldn't trust any of those "Gaming PCs" on Amazon on eBay as they tend to design them to look like they have impressive specs when they don't.  They also tend to use low quality parts for things like the motherboard and power supply as you generally won't look at them when buying it.

You would be much better to get something from a proper custom computer manufacturer like Overclockers UK, Scan, PCSpecialist.etc, the price difference won't be that huge either as those Amazon ones seem pretty overpriced for what they are.  I would also tend to get an Intel Core i5 over an 8 core AMD FX as they perform better in almost all tasks.

Title: Re: Advice on my new gaming PC
Post by: Melentar on October 16, 2014, 02:58:58 PM

Thanks for the feedback, I was looking at this PC, would you say that is a good buy?

http://www.chillblast.com/Chillblast-Fusion-Slipstream-Z97-Haswell-Gaming-PC.html

I am going to put it up 2 mother board's quality wise when you pick specifications as well as a better CPU cooler, the next graphics card up and the next power supply up, all listed when you pick specifications on it.

Thoughts?

Title: Re: Advice on my new gaming PC
Post by: camerongray on October 17, 2014, 03:19:24 AM

That machine looks very good.  I would certainly recommend bumping up to one of the Corsair power supplies (FSP are okay but they don't give much info on what model they are using which worries me) however there is no point upgrading the motherboard and cooler (the default ones are perfectly fine) and the next graphics card up won't really give a performance increase, you would need to go up to the GeForce 770 to get any real benefit.

Title: Re: Advice on my new gaming PC
Post by: Melentar on October 17, 2014, 01:28:27 PM

Thank you very much!

Very much appreciated for your help :) Thanks a load!