Opinions on this PC build?

Post » Mon Jun 10, 2013 9:34 am

Hey guys, I need expert advice

http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/view/Vortex-500-gaming-pc/

I'm planning on purchasing this computer, I was recommended this website by a friend (i'm from England) and this computer seems to be in my budget <£600 but I have no idea about computers.

What is your opinion on this PC? Would you recommend me getting an i5 instead of an i3 processor? Do you think this will run this game smoothly on medium-high settings?

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Sarah Bishop
 
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Post » Mon Jun 10, 2013 12:39 pm

Personally, I'd spend the extra £12 and switch to the 2G GeForce GTX650, but that's mostly because I personally have had better luck with NVidia cards over ATI (doubling the memory of the video card in the process is just a nice bonus). Other people will swear by the Radeon card. As for the processor--Most games won't even take full advantage of the i3 (and the rate the industry is going, it'll be a while), much less the i5, so depending on what other games you play or are interested in, the i5 is probably added cost for processor power you won't really need. For playing TESO, most MMOs (even newer ones), support plenty of older hardware. It's practically a design requirement when you're making something that has to include people that only upgrade their hardware when something gives out. So you should be fine on at least medium settings (especially if you go with that 2G GTX650 video card :thumbsup: ).

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Khamaji Taylor
 
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Post » Mon Jun 10, 2013 11:43 am

Personally I would go for more than a 450W power supply. Thats pretty much right at the minimum you'll need. Yeah the vid card itself only needs 450W but than you got all your other stuff that needs some power of course.

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Averielle Garcia
 
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Post » Mon Jun 10, 2013 1:51 pm

Tbh, the specs are kinda low. My rig is 3 years old and far supercedes the rig you link to. I would recommend spending more, even if TESO might not be a demanding game. There's also the issue with buying an assembled set, finding stable parts can be an issue if the company doing the assembly system hasn't been paying attention, or are cutting corners. Building your own rig gives you full control of which hardware components goes into the system, but granted, you need some amount of tech-knowledge to do that.

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Ezekiel Macallister
 
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Post » Mon Jun 10, 2013 6:34 am

Get the i5. You will need at least quad core for gaming, especially mmos

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Mandi Norton
 
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Post » Mon Jun 10, 2013 7:50 am

Save money for now, TESO will not be out for some time!
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Nathan Maughan
 
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Post » Mon Jun 10, 2013 9:14 am

Unless you're planning on having just a 32-but OS, that is way too expensive for something with only 4gb ram.

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Post » Mon Jun 10, 2013 3:20 am

Especially since RAM are dirt cheap lately.

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