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By danneth
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m1ke wrote:Wondering why I ever stopped playing games on PC. Consoles are so far behind.
They aren't really behind if you're comparing the same price point, but if there is no budget then nothing to really compare.

That said I'm well and truly back into CSGO now and hardly touching the console apart from Pcars recently.
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By kev_croombs2
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NyseriA wrote:You can easily surpass a "next gen" console for £500 notes
I'm considering a gaming pc, what sort of things do i need to be looking out for? The massive list of components doesn't make it very idiot friendly to identify better spec.

Looking to hook up to 42" HD tv so don't need monitor, and have keyboard and mouse from an older pc.

Not used pc for gaming for years.

I've had a look on ebay thinking i might be able to get a cheap used one that people seem to upgrade quickly.

Any ideas/links appreciated :bigthumb:

Would i also be able to use it as a media server for Sonos for example?
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By Adey
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You can have mine for £400. I'm getting a laptop to free up some space.

Intel Core i5-4670
AMD Radeon R9 270 GPU
320gb Hybrid Hard Drive
ASUS H87M-E Mobo
8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz
Thermaltake Smart SE 530W 80+ Bronze Efficiency Modular PSU
Windows 8.1
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By smartie
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Above spec would be ok at 1080p but newer titles you will need to dial down the settings to get 60FPS. :)

Probably need to spend nearer 800-900 quid to smash 1080p these days.
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By kev_croombs2
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Adey wrote:You can have mine for £400. I'm getting a laptop to free up some space.

Intel Core i5-4670
AMD Radeon R9 270 GPU
320gb Hybrid Hard Drive
ASUS H87M-E Mobo
8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz
Thermaltake Smart SE 530W 80+ Bronze Efficiency Modular PSU
Windows 8.1
Thanks Adey, After speaking to a friend i might look to build one.

Think i'll do some more investigating.

My friend is suggesting

970GTX GPU
i5 Processor
16GB Ram.

This will probably come in over budget so may need to tweak it.

I want something that will last at least as long as a next gen console. (hopefully)
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By smartie
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Personally I would rather have an unlocked "K" series i5 CPU like a i5 4690K.
SSD is a bit small, will be full of junk from Windows soon enough. Bearing in mind games are getting bigger all the time(GTA V is 60gb) you wont be able to fit more than 1 maybe 2 games on it alongside windows.

If you dont mind running games from the 1TB drive its fairly decent overall.
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By EvoStu
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smartie wrote:Personally I would rather have an unlocked "K" series i5 CPU like a i5 4690K.
SSD is a bit small, will be full of junk from Windows soon enough. Bearing in mind games are getting bigger all the time(GTA V is 60gb) you wont be able to fit more than 1 maybe 2 games on it alongside windows.

If you dont mind running games from the 1TB drive its fairly decent overall.
Definitely go for a K series CPU, totally agree with that and the bigger drive.
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By kev_croombs2
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So went ahead with this bubdle in the end, tried pricing up seperate components and it was coming out quite a bit more expensive. so decided to stick with it.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showprod ... catid=2834

All set up and was playing Project Cars this weekend. Very good, always seems to be carnage on the first corner though!

Bundle also came with Witcher 3 and Batman, Arkham Knight (not released yet) Unfortunately with my 5mb internet it takes forever to download!!

Really impressed so far, and the case is cool with colour changing LED's and pretty quiet.

I can use my Xbox wireless controller(with adaptor) and DFGT wheel from my PS3 so thats a bonus especially as if i'd have bought the PS4 i'd have had to buy a new wheel and pedals.

if anyone wants to add me my steam name is gammyeye.

Any future game recommendations?
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By smartie
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Really want to love it, wanted to get another R. Expect the performance is pretty great but only a mother could love those looks.

Been watching these, though seems there are TONS of issues, poor build quality, excessive backlight bleed and dead pixels. Hopefully he got a good one?
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