Help me decide what does everyone think for gaming

[Sylar]

Only one or so stopping me I need to know for one what the graphics card ive picked will accually run at full settings well and if I got a base unit what kind of monitor / cable would i need?

[CrowdAds]

[wonderwrench]

Originally Posted by Sylar

Only one or so stopping me I need to know for one what the graphics card ive picked will accually run at full settings well and if I got a base unit what kind of monitor / cable would i need?

What monitor are you going to get and whats its resolution? If its 1920x1080 or higher and you want to play the latest games at the monitors native resolution on high settings you will need a 5870 or go SLI or Crossfire. The latter 2 choices would mean going with a X58 i7 board that supports SLI and Crossfire at 16x. Or building a AMD/Crossfire or Core 2/SLI system. If you are going to run 1680x1050 or 1440x900 what you are planning on building should do fine.

I can run Crysis on medium/high settings at 1440x900 on the rig in my sig and its totally playable. Crysis is one of if not the most demanding game out.

Most LCD monitors I have seen lately come with both sub D and DVI cables. Use DVI if you have the choice.

[Sylar]

Final quotes what do we all think.

Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5 Processor i5-750 (2.66GHz) 8MB Cache

Memory (RAM)
8GB CORSAIR XMS3 DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz - LIFETIME WARRANTY

Motherboard
GIGABYTE GA-P55M-UD2: DDR3, SATA II, 2 PCI, 1 PCI-Ex

Operating System
NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED

USB Options
4 PORT USB 2.0 INTERNAL PCI CARD (TOTAL: 12 USB 2.0 PORTS!)

Memory - 1st Hard Disk
1.5TB SERIAL ATA 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 32MB CACHE

2nd Hard Disk
NONE

RAID (HDD 1 & 2)
NONE

1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
22x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM

2nd DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
NONE

Graphics Card
1GB ATI RADEON™ HD 4870 PCI EXPRESS

2nd Graphics Card
NONE

Sound Card
ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)

Network Facilities
WIRELESS N 300Mbps PCI CARD (£16)

Modem
NONE, I WILL BE USING BROADBAND

Floppy Disk Drive
NONE

Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (READS XD, MS, CF, SD, etc)

Case
ANTEC 900 BLACK GAMING CASE

Power Supply & Case Cooling
600W Quiet Quad Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£59)

Processor Cooling
STANDARD CPU COOLER

Firewire & Video Editing
2 x IEEE 1394a FIREWIRE PORTS (1 onboard, 1 at back panel)

TV Card
NONE

Monitor
NONE

2nd Monitor
NONE

GeForce 3D Vision
NONE

DVI Cable
NONE

Keyboard & Mouse
NONE

Mouse
NONE

Speakers
NONE

Webcam
NONE

Headsets (VOIP)
NONE

Surge Protection
NONE

Printer
NONE

Anti-Virus
NONE

Office Software
NONE

External Hard Drive
NONE

Home Installation
NONE

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1 Year Return-to-Base incl 1 Year Free Collect & Return (£5)

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STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)

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Standard Build - Approximately 12 to 14 working days

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1

£825 inc VAT and Delivery.

or

Computer Case Raidmax SAGITTA II
CPU Intel Core i5 750 (2.66GHz) 8 MB 4.8GT/s
Motherboard Asus P7P55D (Intel P55) (Includes 2 Free Games)
Memory Corsair 8GB XMS3 PC3-12800 1600MHz (4x2GB) - Lifetime Warranty (DDR3)
Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD 4870 XXX - 1 GB - 2xDVI/VGA (XFX) (Includes 3D Mark Vantage)
Power Supply 650W PSU
Hard Drive 1 750 GB SATA-II HDD UDMA 300 7200 32MB
Optical Drive 1 Samsung (S222A) DVD PLUS/-RW 22x Dual Layer - Black (IDE)
Sound Card Motherboard Integrated 7.1 Sound
Firewire Card 1 Port Firewire IEEE 1394 (Built In)
Networking Edimax Wireless LAN 300Mbps (PCI)
USB Ports 10 X USB 2.0 Ports
Card Reader Internal Card Reader 50-in-1
CPU Heatsink Intel i5 - i7 Heatsink & Fan - Low Noise
Security Software No Security Software Included
Backup Solution Standard Operating System Backup

814.28

[wonderwrench]

That is a tough choice as both will do the job fine.

A has Realtek sound going for it and a bigger HDD.
B has bigger PSU. Its also a ATX board not micro ATX like A.

In the end you need to decide which is more important to you.
I wish people could comment on the VIA onboard sound Asus
is using on most of their boards these days.

[Sylar]

Thanks for your response was just about to update my post dont think i can afford these lol forgot to add cost of monitor mice keyboard speakers and games would all prob up the price by 200 £££!

[wonderwrench]

Originally Posted by Sylar

Thanks for your response was just about to update my post dont think i can afford these lol forgot to add cost of monitor mice keyboard speakers and games would all prob up the price by 200 £££!

What have you got for a system now? You could build a Core2 Quad or AMD system for less money and still get a great gaming platform. I would guess you could get everything for less than 800.

[Sylar]

Right now I have a laptop with 4gb ram and its intel dual core based not core 2 duo even! And i suppose your right just didnt want last years tech a pc shop I went to refused point blank to sell me a core 2 quad based system calling it "insert word an admin shouldnt say" which I know core 2 quad is still good however.

[johnrr6]

B

Tad more----but you get what you pay for....Asus board, bigger faster HD etc

Wonder is right----put the card reader in AFTER you have installed the software-----totally less problematic in the long run---I have seen card readers totally hose OS installs by assigning CRAZY drive letters so you wind up with your HDD as the D or F drive (not good)

I don't think you will have any problems with the Via sound as I have a couple of Via Envy 24 sound cards that are just fine and dandy----quite good actually.

[Sylar]

Thanks for all your input I think I will leave it until January now thanks ppl ill get back to you then.