Help for a new gaming PC.

[Vr5fx]

Hello! First post, yay!

 

I would like some help in getting a gaming rig, as I've looked around a little already, I'm in the "To buy, or build?" dilema.

 

I currently play games on my laptop

http://www.bitdynasty.com/product-specifications-and-comparison/notebooks/entertainment/hp-pavilion-dv6-3100-dv6-3141ea-specifications-reviews-and-shopping/

For the most part it's good, but for good performance I have to turn the graphics down to low, on everything. My PC is 6 or 7 years old, so it has no chance... HAH.

 

I'm saving up my pennies for a new PC, so it will take a few weeks. I'm looking at a prebuilt PC at the moment and I'm wondering.... For this age in PC's is this an acceptable PC, and would it keep up to date for a few years?

 

---EBAY LINK---

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/170731926998?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

 

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated. :)

Thanks

Vr

[KenB]

Hi and welcome to ExTS

 

The specs of your proposed pc look fine.

 

It doesn't say that it comes with an O/S so you must assume that it doesn't.

You need to add this to the cost.

 

I couldn't see a specification for the PSU.

Without this information I cannot say if it is possible to upgrade the Video Card ( if you wanted to ) in the future without replacing the PSU too.

[Vr5fx]

Ah! I did send a message regarding the PSU *digs*

I also asked for the dimensions of the rig.

 

"The PSU is the 750 Watt CIT branded. The size of the case is

Dimensions (mm) : 451mm x 186mm x 424mm

(D x W x H)"

 

I figure it's like this one.

----EBAY LINK----

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CiT-750W-Black-PSU-12cm-Dual-12v-Pc-ATX-Power-Supply-/140621096807?pt=UK_Computing_PowerSupplies_EH&hash=item20bdaba767

 

As for the OS, you are correct, that build is OS bare. I can put Vista onto it, but it would be a shame to taint a new machine with Vista, so I might fork the extra and get W7 with a pre build.

Which would lead me to this, same build but with W7

---EBAY LINK---

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Venus-AMD-6100-Bulldozer-6-Core-3-3Ghz-Windows-7-PC-1tb-8gb-DDR3-GTX-550TI-1gb-/170731926862?pt=UK_Computing_DesktopPCs&hash=item27c06a754e

 

£77.26 for the OS, which I suppose is reasonable.

 

Thanks for the sharp reply. :)

-Vr

[KenB]

I am not a gamer - nobody here ( that I know of ) is.

 

750Watt is reasonably future-proof.

Some of the high-end Video Cards need more.

 

As you say - £77 for an OS is not bad.

I would suggest that this should be Win7 64bit.

A 32 bit system will only recognise 4GB RAM and make use of about 3.5GB.

As your system comes with 8GB RAM a 64bit O/S is the way to go.