Which computer specs are better(gaming & recording with Fraps)?

[superdarkorbits]

Hi,

So basically I have been interested in buying a pre-built gaming computer (don't know how to build one myself). I am currently located in Switzerland but I can ship to The Netherlands as well. These are 4 pre-builds I have found which I am considering to buy. (If you guys could find a pre-built one for around 1000 USD that would be great!) I would kindly ask for you guys to select one of the options, (considering the prices as well).
Option 1 :

GAMING PC AMD FX 4100 Quad Core 4x3,6GHz - Asus Motherboard - 1000GB HDD - 8GB DDR3 (1333 MHz) - DVD Writer - Grafik GeForce GTX550 Ti (1024MB DDR5-VGA-DVI-HDMI-DirectX 11) - Audio - 6xUSB 2.0 - LAN - 650W - Cardreader - Wireless LAN - 1xeSATA - 3xLED Fan - Windows7 Home Premium 64Bit English (incl.DVD u.Lizenzkey) - COMPUTER

(£517.00 - 834 USD)

Option 2 :

Intel Core i7-3770, 3.4GHz, LGA1155, 4C/4T, 8MB Cache, max Turbo 3.9GHz, 77Watt TDP Hz - 2x 4 GB, DDR3, 1600MHz, - Intel H77 - 1TB, S-ATA, 7200rpm - AMD HD7570 1GB - DVD-RW - 7.1 High Definition Audio - 10/100/1000 LAN, 802.11 g/n W-LAN, Bluetooth 4.0 - Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit SP1 64-bit D/E/F/I - 460 WATT

(960 USD)

Option 3 :

GAMING PC INTEL i7 2600K Quad Core 4x3,4GHz - 1000GB HDD - 8GB DDR3 (1333 MHz) - DVD Writer - Grafik GeForce GTX560 Ti (1024MB DDR5-VGA-DVI-HDMI-Di... 11) - Audio - 6xUSB 2.0 - 2xUSB 3.0 - LAN - 650W - Cardreader - Wireless LAN (USB/150MBit) - 1xeSATA - 3xLED fan - Windows7 Home Premium 64Bit (DVD a.Lizenzkey) - COMPUTER

(1212 USD)

Option 4 :

GAMING PC INTEL i5 2400 Quad Core 4x3,1GHz - 1000GB HDD - 8GB DDR3 (1333 MHz) - DVD Writer - Grafik GeForce GTX550 Ti (1024MB DDR5-VGA-DVI-HDMI-Di... 11) - Audio - 6xUSB 2.0 - 2xUSB 3.0 - LAN - 650W - Cardreader - Wireless LAN (USB/150MBit) - 1xeSATA - 3xLED fan - Windows7 Home Premium 64Bit (DVD a.Lizenzkey) - COMPUTER

(901 USD)


I am aware that the graphics card of the second one is complete ***, but I do not have the ability to build my own computer so I am ordering my computer in a full set (hence the crap graphics card)

Should I wait for three more months so I could get option 3? Or are any of these worth the money.

Thanks in advance!

 

[ScrewySqrl]

Option 3 is the bets overall combination of CPOU and GPU

 

[Deemo13]

Option 3 would be the best of those.

 

[FinneousPJ]

Yeah option 3 though it would be brilliant if there was a cheaper version with i5.

 

[superdarkorbits]

Ah, that's another 2 month wait. Hope it's worth it!

 

[ScrewySqrl]

are you willing to learn how to build your own?

Something akin to that third build can be easily made for far less than the prebuilt.

 

[Deemo13]

I would have a build setup for you, but I don't know what website to use in your country.

 

[superdarkorbits]

Amazon.co.uk or amazon.de could work I guess. Any idea on what specs are good for around the same price of what I posted?

 

[ScrewySqrl]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (€214.85 @ Amazon Deutchland)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus 76.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (€41.98 @ Amazon Deutchland)
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Pro4-M Micro ATX LGA1155 Motherboard (€92.77 @ Amazon Deutchland)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (€40.28 @ Amazon Deutchland)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (€93.87 @ Amazon Deutchland)
Storage: OCZ Vertex 4 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (€95.89 @ Amazon Deutchland)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon HD 7850 2GB Video Card (€199.89 @ Amazon Deutchland)
Case: Xigmatek Asgard II Black ATX Mid Tower Case (€37.49 @ Amazon Deutchland)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 450W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (€53.60 @ Amazon Deutchland)
Optical Drive: Sony AD-7280S-0B DVD/CD Writer (€21.69 @ Amazon Deutchland)
Total: €892.31
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

 

[superdarkorbits]

That's a great setup, although rather pricey. Considering getting it but it might take a couple months :/ Are there any cheaper alternatives that have around the same specs? Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.de are both possible seeing as I am able to ship to The Netherlands aswell. ScrewySqrl thank you so much for the setup, I think i just might wait the extra months, it seems like it's worth it

 

[ScrewySqrl]

what, in Euros (or pounds), can you pay right away?

 

[superdarkorbits]

I'm paying in Euros but i'm waiting for a bit to maybe find some cheaper alternatives. If I were to build one are there any things to keep in mind?

 

[Deemo13]

If I were to build one are there any things to keep in mind?

Use a quality power supply. Don't skimp on it.

 

[ScrewySqrl]

I was asking because you had several systems that appeared to be in that price range. if you can only spend 500 Euro, I can design a build around that as well.

Here is a 600 euro build

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-3330 3.0GHz Quad-Core Processor (€172.89 @ Amazon Deutchland)
Motherboard: ASRock B75M-GL Micro ATX LGA1155 Motherboard (€60.26 @ Amazon Deutchland)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (€40.28 @ Amazon Deutchland)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (€59.48 @ Amazon Deutchland)
Video Card: XFX Radeon HD 6870 1GB Video Card (€152.85 @ Amazon Deutchland)
Case: Xigmatek Asgard II Black ATX Mid Tower Case (€37.49 @ Amazon Deutchland)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 450W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (€53.52 @ Amazon Deutchland)
Optical Drive: Sony AD-7280S-0B DVD/CD Writer (€21.69 @ Amazon Deutchland)
Total: €598.46
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

 

[superdarkorbits]

Wouldn't the system need a CPU cooler and what are the major differences between this build and the last?

 

[superdarkorbits]

Also, would the graphics card be good enough? is the GTX 560 TI any better?

Thanks,

Dark

 

[ScrewySqrl]

Wouldn't the system need a CPU cooler and what are the major differences between this build and the last?

this won't need a cooler -- no overclocking, so stock cooler is fine.

major differences:

i5-3330 vs i5-3570K: not overclockable, and runs about 400 MHz slower. Still plenty fast however, and still a quad core

B75 vs Z77 chipset. the B75 Does not do SLI/Crossfire, and only limited overclocking (pushes up turbo a few bins only -- which is also all the CPU can do). basically a reduced feature set to save money, matching well with the reduced feature set of the cpu.

smaller had droive (500 GB vs 1 TB), also no SSD

HD 6870 vs HD 7850: a notch slower (still good for 1920x1080 gaming however, at high/ultra settings), the 6870 is similar in performance to a 560ti.


trimming it back further to under 500 euros would probly mean an i3 processor (or possibly a 965BE or AMD A10-5800K), a drop to9 4 GB of RAM, and possibly a further step down in GPU to a 7770 or GTX 650

 

[superdarkorbits]

So 500 GB drop and a less powerful CPU and GPU. If I could upgrade any component even more, which one would be most useful?

Thanks

 

[ScrewySqrl]

for games and FRAPS, GPU.

dont forget we are also looking at a 300 Euro drop in price between the two builds.

 

[superdarkorbits]

So if you had 650 euro, which GPU would be better?

 

[ScrewySqrl]

for 650 Euro, I can beef back up the 600 euro build a little biut: a i5-3470 instead of 3330, back to a 1tb hard drive, and back to a 7850 gpu

 

[superdarkorbits]

This good?

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/de/p/jqxf
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/de/p/jqxf/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/de/p/jqxf/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (€196.24 @ Amazon Deutchland)
Motherboard: ASRock B75M-GL Micro ATX LGA1155 Motherboard (€60.67 @ Amazon Deutchland)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (€40.09 @ Amazon Deutchland)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (€73.89 @ Amazon Deutchland)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon HD 7850 2GB Video Card (€199.89 @ Amazon Deutchland)
Case: Xigmatek Asgard II Black ATX Mid Tower Case
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 450W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (€53.33 @ Amazon Deutchland)
Optical Drive: Sony AD-7280S-0B DVD/CD Writer (€21.67 @ Amazon Deutchland)
Total: €645.78
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

 

[ScrewySqrl]

yes, thats very good.

 

[superdarkorbits]

Are these cases compatible with the build?
http://pcpartpicker.com/de/part/antec-case-onehundred
http://pcpartpicker.com/de/part/antec-case-vsk2000

 

[superdarkorbits]

The price doesn't show on the PcPartPicker (The case you supplied), SO I had to find another one