New Gaming PC

kfk

Hi
I have been thinking of getting a new gaming PC for the last year. My old one is a dinosaur and I have a few games now that i cannot play. I want a system that will run new games on high setting, especially Flight Sim X. How would ye rate these systems from overclockers.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-025-OE&groupid=43&catid=1300&subcat=&name="Ultima%20OC%20Rage"%20Intel%20Core%20i7%20920%203.33GHz%20Nehalem%20Quad%20Core%20DDR3%20System

Thinking of adding one gtx280 card to above system. Opinions???

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-081-OK&groupid=43&catid=1270&subcat=&name="Ultima%20H²OC%20Trident"%20280%20Intel%20Core%202%20Quad%20Xeon%20X3350%202.66GHz%20@%203.50GHz+%20Quad%20Core%20WaterCooled%20DDR2%20System

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Can anyone recommend a better system for gaming for the same budget? <2000euro

THANKS

curtin10

Would you not build one yourself? Get the latest quad core processor, i7 and ddr3 RAM and a mother =board that supports 24GB RAM. A system like that should last a long time and you could build this for under the 2000 euro budget.

Nichololas

Or you could spend a grand and still get a computer capable of running all the latest games. (If you were building it yourself, that is)

kfk

I don't think that I would be skilled enough to build a system from scratch by myself. Would I save very much on a self build?

What I would want is a system that will last for a few years without the need for upgrading. From what I have read, Flight Sim X is a graphically intensive game so I need a system that will be able to run this game achieving good frame rates on a high setting.

Can anyone here advise me on the advantages and disadvantages of an overclocked system? Should I be aiming for a i7 processor? Also, any drawbacks to water cooled systems?

Thanks

TerrorFirmer

kfk wrote: »

I don't think that I would be skilled enough to build a system from scratch by myself. Would I save very much on a self build?

What I would want is a system that will last for a few years without the need for upgrading. From what I have read, Flight Sim X is a graphically intensive game so I need a system that will be able to run this game achieving good frame rates on a high setting.

Can anyone here advise me on the advantages and disadvantages of an overclocked system? Should I be aiming for a i7 processor? Also, any drawbacks to water cooled systems?

Thanks

1) you'll save a fortune by self building. You'll also save a fortune by buying the components and have them build the machine for you, various online sites do this. Pre built systems are never really the best cash saver. There's a great company called Ankermann, they do great cheap gaming systems - you'd pick up a machine that'd play any game at high settings for 600-700 euro.
2) i7 is not worth it for games, only tasks like encoding. A budget of 1K would build a hefty gaming machine, especially for someone not into the bells and whistles of computer hardware.
3) Flight Sim X is not that graphically intense by the latest standards, so a machine that'll eat it alive won't cost anywhere near your budget
4) Water cooling - stay away if you haven't even self built yet.
5) Advantages of an overclocked system? None, if you buy a pre-overclocked system. They factor that into the price more or less, and the fundamental point of overclocking is to acheieve greater performance for less $$, not pay extra. If you overclock yourself, you basically get the performance of a faster expensive CPU for free.