Geeking it up

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Nidge

Member
Totally need a new pc and im not totally clued up on all the specs of pc's and a new game is coming out i fancy playing so wanna get me a gaming pc that will be able to play this game really well the games specs are:

CPU: Intel Core 2 DUO @ 2.0 GHz / AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+
RAM: 1.5 Gb
Video RAM: 256 Mb
Graphic Card: nVidia GeForce 8600 / ATI Radeon HD 3600
Sound: DirectX Compatible
DirectX: 9.0c
OS: Windows XP/Vista/7

So what im wondering if i had 1500 to spend on a pc would i be able to get one that would play this game well and what would you recommend the kind of things to get.

any help would be appreciated because as i said im a tad clueless when it comes to pc specs and building on up :p
 
steveuk87

steveuk87

Super Star
heres mine :

Case
PCS MAELSTROM T900 BLACK GAMING CASE (£59)
Processor (CPU)
AMD PHENOM II X6 1090T (3.20GHz/9MB CACHE/AM3/125W) - BLACK EDITION
Motherboard
ASUS® M4A79XTD EVO: DUAL DDR3, S-ATA II, 2 x PCIe x16, 2 x PCIe x1, 2 x PCI
Memory (RAM)
8GB CORSAIR XMS3 DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz - LIFETIME WARRANTY
Graphics Card
1GB ATI RADEON™ HD 5670 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11
2nd Graphics Card
NONE
3rd Graphics Card
NONE
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
250GB SERIAL ATA 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (7,200rpm)
2nd Hard Disk
250GB SERIAL ATA 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (7,200rpm)
RAID (HDD 1 & 2)
RAID 0 (STRIPE) (£9)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
2nd DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
NONE
Memory Card Reader
NONE
Power Supply & Case Cooling
450W Quiet 80 PLUS Dual Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£25)
Processor Cooling
SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£19)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities
ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT
USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Modem
NONE, I WILL BE USING BROADBAND
Floppy Disk Drive
NONE
Firewire & Video Editing
NONE
TV Card
NONE
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
KASPERSKY ANTI-VIRUS 2010 - 1 Year Licence for 1 PC (£8)
Monitor
32" VIEWSONIC CD3200 LCD MONITOR (inc. Speakers & Stand) (Special Offer) (£249)
2nd Monitor
NONE
DVI Cable
NONE
Keyboard & Mouse
Logitech® Cordless Desktop EX100 Keyboard & Optical Mouse (£18)
Mouse
NONE
Speakers
NONE
Webcam
NONE
Headsets (VOIP)
NONE
Surge Protection
NONE
Printer
NONE
External Hard Drive
NONE
Home Installation
NONE
Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, Lifetime Tech Support)
Data Recovery
NONE
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 6 to 8 working days
Price (excluding VAT)
£1,064.68

Price
£1,251.00

Order Quantity
1

Bulk discount
£0.00

Total order price (Ex VAT)
£1,064.68

Total order Price

£1,251.00

as you can see my price is under your budget.. and would well run the game.. but i got an average Graphics card (you should get better) and i got a 32" HD monitor so without that you save £250..

So maybe upgrade to Intel and Nvidea and your sorted :)

Steve
 
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Sweeney47

Well-known member
Slightly over the cost of Steve's and mine does not include a monitor. I play a lot of top end games (crysis etc) and this setup should handle any game for several years and then after that might need to tone the odd graphics setting down. Heres my ordered setup:

Case

PCS MAELSTROM T900 BLACK GAMING CASE (£59)

Processor (CPU)

Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-930 (2.80GHz) 4.8GTs/8MB Cache

Motherboard

ASUS® P6X58D-E: DDR3, USB 3.0, SATA 6.0GB/s, 3-Way SLI

Memory (RAM)

6GB CORSAIR XMS3 TRI-DDR3 1600MHz (3 X 2GB)

Graphics Card

1GB ATI RADEON™ HD 5870 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11

Memory - 1st Hard Disk

1TB SERIAL ATA 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 16MB CACHE (7,200rpm)

1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive

24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM

Power Supply & Case Cooling

CORSAIR 850W PSU (TX850) 80+ ULTRA QUIET (£105)

Processor Cooling

TITAN FENRIR EXTREME DIRECT TOUCH COPPER CPU COOLER (£39)

Sound Card

ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)

Network Facilities

ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT

USB Options

6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD

Operating System

Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)

Total order price (Ex VAT)

£1,072.34

Total order Price

£1,260.00
 
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Nidge

Member
Nice thanks guys thats well awesome :D

and the game is Final fantasy 14 going to be pretty damn awesome :D
 
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Sweeney47

Well-known member
you try FF11? Was it as grind-fest as I heard it was? Is 14 the same? I did look at the website earlier today, looks very shiney indeed but I dont have the patience for grind-fest :p
 
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Sweeney47

Well-known member
popcap do just make the most addictive simple games ever... PvZ and Peggle Extreme... talk about addiction...
 
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Nidge

Member
it sounds like alot of the grind has been taken away tho like steve said its a jrpg so there will be some but they have hopefully learned from 11. there doing alot of stuff for the casual gamer this time around and have a few more solo options available....but regardless it just looks awesome ha
 
Meds

Meds

Moderator
Moderator
Alot of people are raving about FF, I can honestly say I have never played any of the games;

a) are they actually THAT good?
b) are they a long story or can I join in @ FF14 ?
 
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Sweeney47

Well-known member
They are all different stories except FF X and X-2 (which we will pretend never had its sequel). The thing with FF14 (and FF11) is that its an MMO of the game so isn't the same as the rest of the series... But on the whole, yes they are that good :D

Due to my gaming platform of choice though, I havnt played a FF beyond FFX
 
steveuk87

steveuk87

Super Star
Meds said:
Alot of people are raving about FF, I can honestly say I have never played any of the games;

a) are they actually THAT good?
b) are they a long story or can I join in @ FF14 ?
Click to expand...

a) YES THEY ARE
b) As Sweeney says they are all differant, but have similar stories/characters (as thats what works) FF11 and FF14 are MMO and are typical of the JRPG (well cant really say for FF14 but what i have seen so far..) But either way should try them out if you like the genre

Steve
 
Meds

Meds

Moderator
Moderator
I think I'll have a dabble when I get some spare time, which is supposedly the best one?
 
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Sweeney47

Well-known member
7 any day of the year... its not a winner in the graphics department but its by far the best one ive played...
 
steveuk87

steveuk87

Super Star
yeah 7 is the best!! GFX and gameplay are still awsome no matter what anyone says for a game thats 13 years old!!
Steve
 
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