First gaming pc

[disturbed360900]

Hello,
anyone able to give advice on what PC's are good for my very first gaming PC ? needs to be something that is able to play games like skyrim and dragon age smoothly although i am not fussed whether or not its on max graphics, normal/ default do me fine

any help would be much appreciated

 

[sosofm]

What is your budget ?

 

[bumnut53]

Can't really offer any advice without a budget.

 

[AntiZig]

are you looking to build a rig or buy one? and as said above, what is your budget.

do you need monitor/mouse/keyboard/speakers/OS to be included in the budget?

Any preferences on size/vendor/etc?

and lastly I'm assuming you want a desktop

 

[disturbed360900]

i have a ok ish monitor but it'll do for now and i have some speakers, mouse and keyboard lined up.

so just really a decent gaming tower my budget is around £500. £600 tops at the moment. i know that this price does limit me a great deal so that is why i came here for advice and help to get the best for my money.

 

[AntiZig]

take a look at this:

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/phenom-ii-overclock-graphics-card,3032.html

given the price differences/etc see what that comes out to in your money and if you still got space in your budget you could bump up some of the components

 

[disturbed360900]

the main thing i want is something fast and possibly 1TB hard drive, although not that fussed if not. the other is graphics card, i was looking at graphic cards at £100 alone.

AntiZig i can not seem to find how fast the machine is (in Ghz) and is the Sapphire 100314-3L Radeon HD 6870 1 GB powerful enough to play bug rpg games like the ones listed above? sorry if thats a stupid question.

 

[disturbed360900]

(EDIT) - just looked up the Sapphire 100314-3L Radeon HD 6870 1 GB, didn't realise how good it was, so now just wondering how fast the machine is?

 

[disturbed360900]

right i've done some looking around, mainly from the site AntiZig provided, and i have found these parts. the only problem is i can not find the case that is being used.
here is the list of what im looking at so far:

AMD Phenom II X4 Quad 955 Core 3.2GHz Processor 4 x 512 KB Boxed - Black Edition
http://www.amazon.co.uk/AMD-Phenom-3-2GHz-Processor-Boxed/dp/B002TQYUAE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1323510103&sr=8-1


Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev.2 CPU Cooler
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Arctic-Cooling-Freezer-Rev-2-Cooler/dp/B002G392ZI/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1323510206&sr=8-3


ASRock AM3 M3A770DE/A/ASR Motherboard Socket S/L 5200MT/S
http://www.amazon.co.uk/ASRock-M3A770DE-Motherboard-Socket-5200MT/dp/B002LFYYAY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1323510315&sr=8-1


Crucial Ballistix Sport - Memory - 4 GB : 2 x 2 GB - DIMM 240-pin - DDR3 - 1333 MHz / PC3-10600 - CL9 - unbuffered - non-ECC
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Crucial-Ballistix-Sport-PC3-10600-unbuffered/dp/B004T8TREE/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1323510393&sr=8-1-fkmr0


Sapphire 11179-09-20G HD 6870 1GB GDDR5 Graphics Card
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sapphire-11179-09-20G-6870-GDDR5-Graphics/dp/B004R7MTPQ/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1323510514&sr=1-1


SEAGATE Barracuda 3.5" Internal Hard Drive - 500 GB (ST500DM002)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/SEAGATE-Barracuda-Internal-Hard-Drive/dp/B005F306RY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1323510597&sr=8-1


Antec Earthwatts, 500W A/PFC Power Supply - Green
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Antec-Earthwatts-500W-Power-Supply/dp/B002VLYKDO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1323511005&sr=8-1


Samsung SH-S222A/BEBE Internal DVD Writer with 2 MB Buffer Memory
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-SH-S222A-BEBE-Internal-Writer/dp/B001IBKR94/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1323511055&sr=8-2

as you can see i have no case for the components, does anyone know of any decent priced ones that can hold these components and also are these components compatible with one another?

i do not know what to look for when it comes to whether they will work together or not.

thanks

 

[6_5x47lapua]

it takes ALOT of research to learn how to build a computer... i would recommend hours and hours on toms and other forums. newegg is a great place to get components, with a good system for narrowing down the list and comparing.
looks ok, but if you continue to research you will adapt it better to fit your needs, and looking back you will probably think "man, glad i didnt go with that!" im not saying it is not a good setup, but im sure that it is possible to find a better setup made from more reliable brands for cheaper.

600 isnt a huge amount to spend on a well built rig, many prebuilt computers can play those games fine. (my $600 dell inspiron laptop will do them)

and welcome to the forum.

 

[6_5x47lapua]

also i would recommend posting in the PC section, not console gaming

 

[Uther39]

He is from the UK and he means £600 not $, which is a healthy budget for a mid range gaming system.

 

[6_5x47lapua]

oops didnt pick up on that

 

[Mousemonkey]

This topic has been moved from the section Video Games to section Systems by Mousemonkey