Anyone know anything about gaming pcs?

**mspvxr** · 1st April 2011, 16:06

Just to add i installed flight sim on my mates dual core and it was quite stuttery. Was getting around 15-20 fps. I know its a big game but thats terrible lol

**MURDO** · 1st April 2011, 16:52

whats your budget. Mate has an I5 and it runs fine. Has good ram and good graphics too.

Really depends on your budget. Heres a wee peek at mine. Spend around 400+ on her a year. Mad considering all i do is use it for Xbox and DVD's.

Heres a wee pic.
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**honyin** · 1st April 2011, 17:03

try this site http://www.bit-tech.net/ they can help you find a good gaming pc setup to suit your budget if your planning to build one yourself.

**Rebellion8878** · 1st April 2011, 17:07

You could knock up a gaming pc for £500 that would be many times better than what pc world have to offer. They usually throw in a decent processor, ram and a huge hard drive saying wow look at the speed and then give you some shoddy onboard graphics. I build computers for a hobby and for friends and to be honest its quite simple. The new i5 Sandy bridge processors have alot of motherboard issues at the moment, so would stay clear until thats sorted, the normal i5's are fine or even a AMD Phenom 955 or 965 are great value and will offer excellent gaming performance.

Key things IMO are,

- Quad Core CPU - Although alot of games only ultilize 2 cores, alot more games are aiming at using more cores so it makes it future proof.
- For value and gaming go for AMD, as they is no real difference unless you do some serious video editing etc.. but for gaming your be fine.
- 4gb of Ram will be plenty and isnt too expensive.
- As for graphics cards this will be the make or break for many games, performance wise with ATi nothing lower than a 5770 is an entry card, the 6870 is nicely priced and can be overclocked in the control panel. Or Nvidia 460 models are pretty good for gaming, and depending on your motherboard you could xfire/sli in years to come when in need of more performance.
- A decent power supply to run it all too, plenty of amps on the 12v rail and a single rail is better than multiple ones.

Example:
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/190673
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/218921
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/135514
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/232853
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/182435
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/180490
all that for around £475, just need to add a case, dvd drive and windows all in all could be under £600.

**goafer** · 1st April 2011, 18:51

Just a further note. My 2nd weaker machine is as follows:-
E6600 CPU (2.4) Dual core (overclocked to 3.2)
2gig ddr2 (1066)
Ati 5750 (slightly overclocked)
It will still run every game (I play mainly fps. Battlefield, Call of Duty etc)
on maxed settings on all options, and it never dips below 60fps. Average is 90fps good enough & never misses a beat!
However I would agree with Rebellion above, that quad core would be best way to go at this date, but budget dependant not completely necessary. Depends on budget & how seriously you want to take PC gaming?!?!?

**Rebellion8878** · 1st April 2011, 19:25

Problem is these days you get a new machine 6 months later something superior is out you really can't win. Intel seem to change like the wind with motherboad sockets where as AMD not so much. I'm waiting for the new AM3+ boards personally will keep it up to date for a year or two.

**mspvxr** · 1st April 2011, 22:10

Well i need to get a monitor and keyboard so iv got about 800 to spend maybe a bit more. If it can run flight sim il be happy

**mspvxr** · 1st April 2011, 23:12

Originally Posted by Rebellion8878

You could knock up a gaming pc for £500 that would be many times better than what pc world have to offer. They usually throw in a decent processor, ram and a huge hard drive saying wow look at the speed and then give you some shoddy onboard graphics. I build computers for a hobby and for friends and to be honest its quite simple. The new i5 Sandy bridge processors have alot of motherboard issues at the moment, so would stay clear until thats sorted, the normal i5's are fine or even a AMD Phenom 955 or 965 are great value and will offer excellent gaming performance.

Key things IMO are,

- Quad Core CPU - Although alot of games only ultilize 2 cores, alot more games are aiming at using more cores so it makes it future proof.
- For value and gaming go for AMD, as they is no real difference unless you do some serious video editing etc.. but for gaming your be fine.
- 4gb of Ram will be plenty and isnt too expensive.
- As for graphics cards this will be the make or break for many games, performance wise with ATi nothing lower than a 5770 is an entry card, the 6870 is nicely priced and can be overclocked in the control panel. Or Nvidia 460 models are pretty good for gaming, and depending on your motherboard you could xfire/sli in years to come when in need of more performance.
- A decent power supply to run it all too, plenty of amps on the 12v rail and a single rail is better than multiple ones.

Example:
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/190673
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/218921
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/135514
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/232853
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/182435
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/180490
all that for around £475, just need to add a case, dvd drive and windows all in all could be under £600.

Thanks alot mate thats exactly the sort of thing i needed. My mate said he can get a case, keyboard and monitor so might go with the above. Looks a good setup. Quite like amg over intel. Always seems cheaper and still just as good. The reviews look good too. Is that graphics card pretty high spec then? If its gonna be a bit cheaper then might be able to stretch to something even better

**Rebellion8878** · 1st April 2011, 23:31

Well I'm not sure where your located but would be happy to put one together for you. Depending what size monitor you get and the resolution your be playing at depends on the card really. Also flight sim is very CPU demanding too, so a decent quad will benefit and £800 at the upper limit is a good budget for a nice system. For gaming and general use I can't justify paying the extra for Intel. Flight Sim X ran really well on my previous graphics cards which were ATi 4870 and an Nvidia 275, Nvidia are just a bit more power hungry.

**Rebellion8878** · 1st April 2011, 23:34

Just a side note your friends case will need decent cooling and enough room for the graphics card as they are on the large size and can run fairly hot, the cooler you can make it the more performance you can squeeze out your CPU and graphics by overclocking and keeping them in safe operating temps.