Gaming PC advice

DRakE

Hi chaps

Looking at getting a new pc to play Evolve, Far Cry 4, Star Wars Battlefront, the new Batman etc when they all come out.

Budget of £900 -

Question is: is it worth buying now or should I wait 2 months? Will there be that much of a price difference / quality difference by then? Evolve isn't out until mid October.

Here's the filled out template from when I asked the same questions last year

1. What is your budget? About €1100

2. What will be the main purpose of the computer? Gaming and Photo editing. I'd like to be able to play the newest games at 60fps or better

3. Do you need a copy of Windows? No

4. Can you use any parts from an old computer? [Keyboard, Mouse]

5. Do you need a monitor? [Yes, 24" ideally perhaps 2 if the budgets stretches]

6. Do you need any of these peripherals? [need a wireless card]

7. Are you willing to try overclocking? [yes]

8. How can you pay? [on line]

9. When are you purchasing? [next month or so]

multimate

I'd wait for the 4690k and 4790k processors to be available on amazon and hardwareversand (very soon). Nvidia are due a refresh but it's only expected in 2015.

corsair 220r 45
2x komputerbay 8gb 1600mhz 85
samsung 840 evo 120gb 55
wd 1tb 40
i5 4670k 163
gigabyte z97-hd3 84
benq 2450hm 114
hyper 212 evo 25
Sapphire AMD R9 290 TRI-X OC 284
cx 500 42

35 over but if needs be drop to a 770. The 4690k should be the same price as the 4670k (it's just there for referece). All gbp on amazon by the way.

DRakE

Thanks for the info - how soon are the processors you mentioned likely to be available on amazon?

Yeti Beast

DRakE wrote: »

Thanks for the info - how soon are the processors you mentioned likely to be available on amazon?

I've seen some shops with the ETA of 23rd of this month. Sounds about right.

DRakE

Hi,
I think I'm set on a monitor - this one. http://www.ebuyer.com/519826-benq-gl2450hm-24-led-vga-dvi-hdmi-monitor-9h-l7cla-dbu-9h-l7cla-dbe

I've been looking at keyboards and they are incredibly priced, anyone have a recommendation for one?

DRakE

multimate wrote: »

I'd wait for the 4690k and 4790k processors to be available on amazon and hardwareversand (very soon). Nvidia are due a refresh but it's only expected in 2015.

corsair 220r 45
2x komputerbay 8gb 1600mhz 85
samsung 840 evo 120gb 55
wd 1tb 40
i5 4670k 163
gigabyte z97-hd3 84
benq 2450hm 114
hyper 212 evo 25
Sapphire AMD R9 290 TRI-X OC 284
cx 500 42

35 over but if needs be drop to a 770. The 4690k should be the same price as the 4670k (it's just there for referece). All gbp on amazon by the way.

Hi man Im pricing these but as I'm new to hardware, I'm not entirely sure which bits are which

Tipsy McSwagger

DRakE wrote: »

Hi man Im pricing these but as I'm new to hardware, I'm not entirely sure which bits are which

corsair 220r 45 (Case)

2x komputerbay 8gb 1600mhz 85 (Ram)

samsung 840 evo 120gb 55 (SSD)

wd 1tb 40 (Internal Hard Drive)

i5 4670k 163 (Processor)

gigabyte z97-hd3 84 (Motherboard)

benq 2450hm 114 (Monitor)

hyper 212 evo 25 (Cooler Fan for Processor)

Sapphire AMD R9 290 TRI-X OC 284 (Graphics Card)

cx 500 42 (Power Supply Unit)

DRakE

Thanks, is 16GB entirely needed? From a lot of stuff I've been reading it seems 8GB is enough for most games? Just asking!

Tipsy McSwagger

DRakE wrote: »

Thanks, is 16GB entirely needed? From a lot of stuff I've been reading it seems 8GB is enough for most games? Just asking!

8GB is enough

DRakE

Thanks again.

I just noticed that I said yes to overclocking in the OP, something I don't think I'd actually be interested in

Could anyone do me another build with links? :O

SterlingArcher

Then go for the I7 9470 "non k" about 260 euro.

Or the Xeon 1230. 208 euro.

Both have 8 cores.

Or go for a regular I 5 non k. 150 to 200.


Use Geizhals.de discount site, when using hardwareversand.