making the switch to pc gaming.

[adam bussey]

Adam what games are you looking at playing?

most of my current games, such as dawn of war, BF2, BF3, lord of the rings battle for middle earth, starwars empire at war, and hopefully BF4

 

[jcheeseright]

Don't bother with ATA, it's an extinct interface, just get a bigger SATA disk or even better a SSD.

The AMD a10 as a multi-core processor with very poor single core performance is (comparatively) dog turd for gaming since very very few games are optimised for multi core processors. Get an i5, and don't get a GTX 660 Ti, it's an 18 month old budget card which kinda struggled with BF3 let alone BF4;

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-gtx-660-ti-benchmark-review,3279-4.html

 

[adam bussey]

Don't bother with ATA, it's an extinct interface, just get a bigger SATA disk or even better a SSD.

The AMD a10 as a multi-core processor with very poor single core performance is (comparatively) dog turd for gaming since very very few games are optimised for multi core processors. Get an i5, and don't get a GTX 660 Ti, it's an 18 month old budget card which kinda struggled with BF3 let alone BF4;

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-gtx-660-ti-benchmark-review,3279-4.html

The ATA has the OS on it and thats all It's going to have

http://www.dabs.com/products/evga-geforce-gtx-660-1046mhz-2gb-pci-express-3-0-hdmi-superclocked-89QY.html?refs=13-57220000&src=3

 

[adam bussey]

also I'm on a £400 Budget

 

[jcheeseright]

Lolz, good luck getting something that'll halfway play BF4 for £400.

Seriously, save longer and get something you'll be happy with.

 

[adam bussey]

Time to ring my PC expert (the guy how has built all my dads business computers)

 

[Moose87]

to be fair. being able to build a computer doesnt make you an expert. its realativly simple to find all the correct parts. i built one at 15 with no training. but they are right. at 400 your not gonna get alot. a good graphics card is 150+ easily so half your budget. so either save for longer or see if theres any good deals in january sales

 

[adam bussey]

to be fair. being able to build a computer doesnt make you an expert. its realativly simple to find all the correct parts. i built one at 15 with no training. but they are right. at 400 your not gonna get alot. a good graphics card is 150+ easily so half your budget. so either save for longer or see if theres any good deals in january sales

I'm not saying that you have to be an expert to build computers, it's just that this guy has been making gaming and powerful workstation PC for about 10-12 years now.

also found a GTX 680 on ebay that sounds tempting

 

[Mack]

psu (power supply unit) you could have just said power supply

I could, I could also say central processing unit, giga byte, tera byte and serial advanced technology attachement but Its much easier to use shorthand, I kinda figured someone planning on building a pc would know what PSU stands for

 

[adam bussey]

I could, I could also say central processing unit, giga byte, tera byte and serial advanced technology attachement but Its much easier to use shorthand, I kinda figured someone planning on building a pc would know what PSU stands for

I use long hand when talking about components

 

[Mack]

Were not talking though, were typing in text

If your looking at a 680, I think the minimum requirement for it is at least a 550w PSU

 

[adam bussey]

Were not talking though, were typing in text

If your looking at a 680, I think the minimum requirement for it is at least a 550w PSU

noted

 

[adam bussey]

also found out that what I thought was an ATA hard drive is actually SATA (it's the hard drive thats already in the computer, with the OS on it)

 

[adam bussey]

or will the GTX 760 be any good?

 

[Mike1971]

If you want to be playing BF4 on a pc You kinda need to be looking at over £200 for a graphics card, with a pc wrapped around it that will cost circa £800-900.

Just looked at my PSU and its a 800w that may account for the house lights dimming when i start it up :blink:

 

[adam bussey]

not to bothered about sound as I can't tell the difference with my headphones on so i am going to use the motherboards sound card

 

[Tariq]

SATA II or SATA III?

Harddrives are like a few quid difference but sata III is a lot faster. Also you only need 60-120GB for an OS drive.

Yeah BF3/4 you're looking at over £200 for a GPU, otherwise you're just better off with a console.

 

[adam bussey]

there is an offer on amazon for a GTX 760 for £200

the sata will only be a sata 2

 

[Tariq]

But why. Just had a look and SATA III is the same price, if not cheaper. You can get a 1TB for £40...

Also you can pick up 760 starting at £180 on Scan.co.uk

 

[adam bussey]

But why. Just had a look and SATA III is the same price, if not cheaper. You can get a 1TB for £40...

Also you can pick up 760 starting at £180 on Scan.co.uk

the SATA I already have