zs_phil

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Hi all im after a gaming pc for one of the kids christmas present

Its a different ball game pcs compared to consoles and i dont have a clue
What would £400 get if at all;they like games such as sims and sim city and i wouldnt mind civilization for it

Could anyone recommend any

Thanks phil

Tidgy

i wouldnt even entertain anything for a gaming machine under £1000 as bare minimum imo

Mustoe91

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I purchased this very computer about 3 weeks ago and honestly can't fault it I haven't loaded any brand new games such as black ops 3 as I have a ps4 for that but I bought it for a few old games that I used to enjoy playing, I did add a 2gb graphics car to it for a extra £70 but does everything I think you'd need

Freshtech AMD 4.1Ghz 8GB 1TB FTS Gaming PC Windows 10 64Bit HDMI Vantage USB3 Computer Gigabyte F2A68HM-HD2 Motherboard 8GB DDR3 1600mhz Performance Ram Onboard AMD Radeon HD 8470D 500 Watt Power Supply With 12cm Fan 1tb Seagate Barracuda Sata 6Gb/s 64mb Cache 7200rpm https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B013QYSR..._yWkzwbKQ3YFJN
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B013QYSR..._yWkzwbKQ3YFJN

zs_phil

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Thanks guys
Tidgy i expected this response as ive seen a few around 1k-1.5k and definitely get what you pay for
She doesnt play any new top games like black ops or starwars so just hoping for an average one if thats possible do you think ?

Mustoe91

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Well I'm running old games no new games and the PC I got runs them fine with the upgraded graphics card I can't fault it

zs_phil

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Looks good thanks mustoe wouldnt mind some old games too that i used to play

Mustoe91

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Also I'd suggest setting up a steam account loads of games on there

brendy76

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Sign up to forums like overclockers, you can sometimes come across a decent spec used pc that could box above the weight of a new lower spec 400 quid box.

Tidgy

how about summit like this,

http://www.chillblast.com/Chillblast...NSHIELD21.html

Ant

I got mine for £750 and plays witcher/fallout on ultra 60fps

Tidgy

whole unit or bare bones?

Shaun

I built a new gaming PC early last year..... purely for games (sounds obvious I know).

8GB RAM
i5 4670
DVD-R
Gaming case
B85 motherboard
600W 80 GOLD PSU
2TB HD
R9 280X
1080p 27" Display
£816

On top of that you'd need OS, Keyboard & Mouse, controller and speakers.

With a £1k you can build a good gaming setup imo. Saying this though, a couple of months back I junked the R9 and wanged in a 980ti (for over £500)! lol Now it's kick ***.

Shaun

List the spec and we'll decide!

Littleted

Phil its all down to the VGA card in most nowadays as long as you have 8gb ram and an half decent AMd or Intel itll play stuff.

Ring Chillblast and speak to Ben, he will guide you the best very good guy and will tell you how it is....

AMD are cheaper and will meet your budget, Intel Core i5 will run cooler
get either with 8gb or 16gb, i would say and an SSD but kids will fill an SSD quick so go with a 2tb spinner, run slower but work fine..

VGA card get as much as you can afford... i like ATI never got on with Nvidia.

Shaun

I used to be red until recently swapping to green. Wish I'd done it years ago TBH.

LSherratt

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Why not just buy a PS4 or an Xbox? Cheaper, less hassle and they'll probably enjoy it more.

Shaun

Because PC master race!

Ant

I7 4ghz
280x
16gb ram
Run at 1080p .

LSherratt

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Gotta laugh at the "glorious" PC "master" race who still have to wait years for games to be compatible with their precious computers.

Mustoe91

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I only bought my computer as I was fed up with new games like cod where you could triple jump run across walls and so on that just wasn't for me so bought a PC to play a few old school games that I used to love and a few more realistic shooters and it's taking me a while to using a key board instead of a controller but I'm enjoying it so far

Tidgy

i wonder what the games are programed on and then downgraded to be able to run on?

EddScott

I don't bother with consoles but if it's just for kids I wouldn't recommend a gaming PC. PS4 or XBone

I have a SteamLink so use my PC on my TV so get best of both.

Geezer

I'm actually a PC gamer again now, but I believe that the big games are now developed on PS4 and ported. There was a high profile one recently where the PC version would never work.

I find now that Steam and thelikes of Origin have got their acts together, the days of frustratingly finding it difficult to get your games working and modding have gone.

And, the games look better!

I bought a gaming laptop, i7, 16gb ram, SSD RAID OS disk, Nividia GT860M. It has run everything I throw at it on maxium so far. I fear the thing that will be the weak point eventually is the GFX card, such is mobile, but there you go.

Another disappointing thing for me is that Occulus Rift will not work with any current laptop, nor any in the foreseeable future due to the way mobile GFX is implemented

Shaun

Who told you that.... head of Sony marketing?

As far as I know nearly all games are developed on a PC platform, but constrained by the console target devices. Then the dev's have to spend more time on the PC versions to be able to take advantage of the extra grunt, by taking the shackles off.

Geezer

It was Batman Arkham Knight, developed on PS4 and ported, but it was unfixable.

LSherratt

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Just get a consol and save yourself an awful lot of bother and grief It's not all about the marginal increase in graphics or performance, it's about how enjoyable it is to play and you'll find it hard to enjoy a fiddly expensive gaming PC more than an "out the box" consol that just works with no waiting for games etc. Another thing to consider is that if you're buying for your kids(?) then surely their friends with have console anyway that they'll want to play against?

stevebt

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I'm still on an overclocked water cooled i5, it's running about 4.6ghz and use a r290 GPU. I can max everything out on my ultra res monitor . There is no way budget build would get my spec as most of your spend will be on a GPU.

Rescue Dude

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I'm just in the throws of getting all the bits together to build my own gaming pc. Not sure whether it'll be worth waiting till after Xmas to possibly get better prices.

Shaun

What you playing..... solitaire!

If you're running "ultra" res and everything maxed out on settings, you can't be running many of the proper GPU smashers. The r290 GPU is some way behind the likes of the 980ti.

Rescue Dude

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I looked at a 980ti but it's pretty much twice the price of an r290.

You have to draw the line somewhere.