New PC

Hello,

Am starting to think about getting a new PC and would like some advice. Am look at spending around the £700 mark, something that will let me play stuff like Assetto to a high standard and also run GTR2 with big grids on a decent setting. Can anybody recommend any websites that are good? Also has anyone had any experience with paying for their PC using finance?

Thanks a lot

J

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3, 4x 3.30GHz, Socket 1150
Board: MSI Z97-G43
Ram: G.Skill RipJawsX DIMM Kit 8GB, DDR3-1600, CL8-8-8-24
Graphic: MSI R9 290 Gaming 4G, Radeon R9 290, 4GB GDDR5
Power Supply: Sea Sonic M12II-620 Bronze EVO Edition 620W ATX 2.3
SSD: Samsung SSD 850 EVO 250GB, SATA 6Gb/s
HDD: Western Digital WD Black 500GB, SATA 6Gb/s (WD5003AZEX)


cooling and case i dont know what you prefer the compilation i selected with the best price / performance just dont know whats the price in £ but if its too heavy a downgrade it easy possible, thats a selection with the better parts... for example you can take a smaller card, mostly the price is a bigger difference than the performance lost between the cards and so using a smaller powersupply too... using a smaller ssd will save some money also...

a xeon 1230 server cpu because its much cheaper than a i7 but has the same performance, you just cant overclock it and a amd card because you will have enough performance but they are much cheaper than nvidia card... i have amd cards since years now and im always happy with them...
8gb ram are enough, i dont think you will need more even when using photoshop

with this configuration you should be able to run ac or pcars on high settings




if you want press my signature ^^ i have nearly same specs

Have a look at PC Specialist, I bought my sons PC a couple of years ago from there and it's been fine. I will be buying a new PC next month from them, they offer 4 year finance deals too and let you spec a PC to your specific requirements.

The Vortex 750 Gaming PC

Specification Snapshot:
Intel® Core™ i5-4590
ASUS® H97M-E
8GB Kingston DDR3 1600MHz
2GB AMD RADEON™ R9 270X
1TB 3.5" SATA-III 6GB/s

£700 inc VAT or £21.40pm

I bought also a new PC:

Intel Xeon E3 1241 V3
Geforce GTX 760
ASRock H87m Pro4
8GB Crucial DDR3 1600 MT/s PC3-12800, CL11
SanDisk SSD Ultra Plus 128GB
Aerocool V3X Advance Evil Blue Edition Midi-Towe

costs 895,-€

3Dmark11= 7998 points

Thanks for the reply guys Ive had a look on PC specialist David and the apr with the finance option is crazy. Ive looked at wired2fire.co.uk who get good reviews. For just under £600 which is kind of the max that I can spend I came up with this:

CPU: Intel Core i3 4150 Dual Core (3.5GHz, 3MB Cache) Socket 1150
Graphics: nVidia GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB GDDR5 PCI Express Graphics Card
Memory: 8GB Standard DDR3 1600MHz
Motherboard: Asus B85M-E Intel B85 Motherboard
System Drive: Seagate 1TB/8GB Desktop Solid State Hybrid Drive (SSHD)

What do you guys think?

just a i3? i would go for a i5 minimum

Try to get a i5 3470 at least (it's 1155 tho). It's quad core, way better than a i3 even if the i3 is newer

what about the i5 4430 quad core?

lol if you have the money for this i5 then you can buy the xeon i wrote about.... dont know if its same everywhere but here the xeon costs just 10€ more than this i5 but has muuuuuch more power

Am just going through what is available from the website, also I don't have a clue what is good and what is bad but I can't go any higher then £650.

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Getting the 3470 will reduce the price as the motherboard for 1155 is also a bit cheaper. They are pretty close.

i would stay on 1150 will

using the i5 or the xeon and he will be happy

can you send a link for this site james so i can check there?

Well that's depends on his budget and what he already have tho.
If he already has a 1155 motherboard then even better he wouldn't need to spend money on it and if he needs something better he can get an i7 3770 later.
But if you are going to buy all new and the 1150 is still inside what you want to spend then yeah go for it.

hmm so this isnt a "shop" overall, there just complete pc what you can configure to your liking, so no xeon ^^

i will see whats the better configuration


edit: question is if he needs a windows or can use his windows from his current pc so you can save a lot money, i have changed some parts now and im at 635£

James - have a look at the Novatech site - you can spec a machine as you want it either from scratch or using a Barebones bundle.  I have used them for some time and find their customer service to be very good.  Prices of components will vary depending on the lifecycle of the product - remember everything is out of date after 3-4 months!

Thanks for all of you help guys, Just placed the order for my new rig, these are the specs.

Diablo Ultima (Budget Gaming)
Case
1 x Corsair Carbide Series Spec01 Red LED Case
CPU
1 x Intel Core i5 4670 Quad Core (3.4GHz, 6MB Cache) Socket 1150
CPU Cooler
1 x Raijintek Themis CPU Cooler
CPU Thermal Paste
1 x Standard Thermal Paste
Overclocking
1 x Wired2Fire Overclocking (non-standard cooler required)
Tuning and Optimisation
1 x Wired2Fire Tuning (BIOS, Driver and OS Tweaks)
Graphics Card 1
1 x AMD Radeon R9 280X 3GB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
Memory
1 x 8GB Corsair DDR3 1600MHz C9 Dual Channel Memory Kit (2 x 4GB)
Motherboard
1 x Asus Z97-P Intel Z97 Motherboard (4 Phase Power, CrossFireX)
System Drive
1 x Kingston 120GB SSDNow V300 SATA III 6Gb/s Solid-State Drive
RAID Option
1 x No RAID
Optical Drive 1
1 x DVD-RW 22x
Power Supply
1 x Corsair CX500 500W Power Supply
Cable Management
1 x Wired2Fire Cable Management
Case Fan Upgrades (choose quantity)
2 x Corsair AF120 Air Flow Case Fan (High Performance)
Sound Card
1 x Onboard HD 7.1 Audio
Operating System
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 (64-bit)
Build Options
1 x Standard Build (5-15 working days)
Warranty
1 x 3 Year Return to Base Warranty (2 years parts and labour 3 years labour)

delete the overclocking option save money

Its free

but not always a good option

hi! the intel i3 isn't good for play at any games..it's a processor for office job i think..for assetto corsa you need to have a i7 with 4 or 6 or 8 giga di ram..and 2 giga di ram dedicated to video|

My new unit is going to be i5 quad core with 8gb of ram and 3gb of virtual.

skylinemanning wrote:My new unit is going to be i5 quad core with 8gb of ram and 3gb of virtual.

your pc it's a bomb

Meanwhile, for my birthday, I just brought home a new PC, again an "all AMD", as in the last 15yrs

AMD A8-6500 (3.5Ghz Processor + AMD HD8570D)
AMD R7 240 with 4GB of dedicated ram + 3.5Gb from the system for a total of 7.5Gb, as it says
8Gb ram DDR3
HDD 1Tb

......and that damn Windows 8.1

Sounds like a cool PC you got there Fab! Also

Crimson764 wrote:Sounds like a cool PC you got there Fab! Also

Thanks mate