Choosing a gaming pc, need help please!

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Hi guys i am looking for a gaming computer within the price range of £300-£400, would like it to be basically Fresh out the box ready to use, can put gpu in if needed.

I would like to be able to play the following games on medium settings with very playable frames if possible:

World of warcraft
Assassins creed rogue/unity
Final fantasy XIII + XIII-2
Grand theft auto V
Dragon age inquisition
Shadows of moordor??? (possible on this budget even if 40-60fps on low with some AA?)
Dying light (med settings capeable)

My current resolution i think is 1280x720 @ 720p 60hz refresh rate and i am fine playing at lower res if needed as long as it will look good on my 27" monitor still without much disadvantages.

Anyways guys i dont know if such thing is possible on this budget but i hope it is, i dont think my requirements are to high? would just like to be able to play newer games on generally good settings and not be behind my console gaming buddys anymore!

thanks guys in advance!
 
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If it's a 1080p monitor, then 1080p should be the sharpest possible image. If you just want the text/icons larger, you can adjust their size from the same menu. "Make text and other items larger or smaller.) There may be an issue with your current video card, driver, or cable. Make sure the latest driver is installed. You can also try adjusting the refresh rate to 30Hz, etc...see what's under the monitor options. FYI, You'll get better frame-rates on your current rig if you set AA to none.

Take a look at the "best X for your Money" articles here. There's really not a lot of reasons to go with the FX-8350, as most games won't use the extra cores at all, and will run much slower on the cores they do use. That mobo is fine if you stick...
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If your monitor is truly 720p, then yes, you shouldn't need as much horsepower to push ~half as many pixels as a 1080p screen. If your monitor is really 1080p, your doing it a disservice to run at a lower/non-native resolution.

A box with a recent i5-4XXX series quad-core and a GTX 960 would be a good target to shoot for. If you're going to upgrade to 1080p or higher, go with GTX 970. Not sure about pre-built, but if you want a part list to build yourself, we can provide that. That should crush any game you throw at it.

If you have room in the budget, try to fit at least a 256GB Solid State Drive (SSD) for Windows, Applications, and your most played Games. Your other data should sit on a 1TB - 2TB storage Hard drive (HDD). SSD's will drastically improve system responsiveness, and game loading times.
 
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Thanks for your reply!

I think i have decided on

Processor - fx 8350 Black edition ( hear it is good for other tasks and i would like to use map builders which apparently this will be good for? also it is 50% the price of an i5 4xxx series, i think is good?)

Ram - 8GB g.skill ns series 2x4GB

Motherboard - GIGABYTE GA-970A-D3SP (REV 2.0) AM3+ AMD ( will this motherboard work? i think it will)

Case - RAIDMAX ALTAS ATX-295WBP BLACK STEEL / PLASTIC ATX MID TOWER 500W PSU

HDD - SEAGATE BARRACUDE 1TB 7200RPM 64MB CACHE SATA 3.5" INTERNAL HARD DRIVE

GPU - R9 280X 3GB GDDR5

will this build be okay? it is within my price range and from some benchmarks i can see that the FX 8350 is just behind the i5 and can sometimes depending on type of game engine pull slightly ahead of the i5?

i dont care much for "ultra quality games" i found this when i got my last computer and could turn up WoW from low to ultra that i really didnt care about the extra detail so much, i would just like to run some games Med settings, mabey some AA options and be stable at 60ish fps, will this build do that?

The main games i want to play is final fantasy XIII+ and assassins creed unity and future games like that. right now with my amd A6-3620 and intergrated HD 6530D final fantasy runs at 13 fps all lowest settings and x2 AA and unity rougly 20fps on low. so i hope new build will run both smoothly at medium?

My monitor (TV actually) is 1080p/1080i but the only way i can make the text/icons sharp/readable is to put it on 720p @ 1280x720 and to screw with the overscan in catalyst to get it to fit. am i doing something wrong? can i get it to 1080p with it being as sharp as 720p? i have 22" samsung tv if that matters.

Thanks again for reply :)
 
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If it's a 1080p monitor, then 1080p should be the sharpest possible image. If you just want the text/icons larger, you can adjust their size from the same menu. "Make text and other items larger or smaller.) There may be an issue with your current video card, driver, or cable. Make sure the latest driver is installed. You can also try adjusting the refresh rate to 30Hz, etc...see what's under the monitor options. FYI, You'll get better frame-rates on your current rig if you set AA to none.

Take a look at the "best X for your Money" articles here. There's really not a lot of reasons to go with the FX-8350, as most games won't use the extra cores at all, and will run much slower on the cores they do use. That mobo is fine if you stick with the FX-8350, but again, I would not.

Most video games only use two to four cores and prioritize single-threaded performance (a domain where Intel dominates AMD) so when it comes to gaming performance, AMD’s FX-8350 is no match for Intel’s Core i5-4570. On top of that, the Fx-8350 consumes roughly 85W more power at load than the Core i5-4590, a considerable difference.

While its 8 cores might make it seem like an attractive option for heavy multi-threaded programs, even then, the Core i5-4590 competes with it thanks to its far higher IPC and far higher single-thread performance.

- See more at: http://www.hardware-revolution.com/best-cpu-apu-processor-may-2015/#sthash.7m8buTY2.dpuf
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The R9 280X is a good card in it's price range.

That PSU will absolutely not cut it, especially with a FX-8350. You want a more reputable brand, and at least 600W with that setup. Check this article for more recommendations: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html



 
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Here's one recommendation we can work around. You can drop Windows if you have it. (8.1 is now going to get you the fastest experience in/out of games, and should include a free upgrade to Windows 10.)

You can also shave £100 off the total with an i3-4160 instead. It's a dual-core with hyper-threading, so it approaches the performance of a modern quad-core, and the platform leaves you room to grab the latest generation, top-end CPU down the road.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor (£149.10 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97M-HD3 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£63.11 @ Dabs)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport XT 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£51.57 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.00 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 2GB Superclocked Video Card (£159.29 @ Aria PC)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (£49.19 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£46.60 @ CCL Computers)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£75.37 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £633.23
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-19 21:36 BST+0100

Swapped to a pretty close GTX 960, as it has a lower power requirement, and allows for a cheaper Power Supply.
 
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