Philip Dude
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Hello all!
For the last 4-5 years I've been riding out my Reliant Robin-styled PC with extreme tolerance and dedication. I've spent all this time accustomed with a shoddy GeForce 9500GT (for the latter few years, before that I was looking at other prehistoric cards I cannot remember) and a Pentium 4 processor and I'm ready to upgrade. Whilst at first I felt keen and motivated to build my own PC, I've come to realise that I'm severely out-of-my-depth when it comes to shopping for a modern PC.
So I'm asking you with all sincerity to help me find my new computer. I've shuffled through the various links on this sub-forum and have seen a few PCs within my price-range, however I have no idea whatsoever as to what is considered a quality computer these days.
To give you some depth into it's purpose. I'm an avid Steam user and console gamer (as my PC has just become too sluggish) and so I've bought into and wish to play games such as Skyrim, BF3, Assassin's Creed, Borderlands and more.I also want to play more PC-styled games such as Arma 2 (I'm desperate to join some friends for DayZ,) Garrysmod and simpler games such as Minecraft. Whilst previously limited, I'm looking to reconvert to a full-time PC gamer, no consoles.
My general budget is £700 (emboldened for those who wanted to skip the life story!) though I'm willing to shift if the extra money pays for a significant increase in performance. Luckily, I'm not so worried about hitting 'high' quality for these games, as I'm used to the gruelling dregs of my current PC but I want to make sure I truly get my money's worth. I have no idea where to start, but have found some that seem within my price range on-line and would like opinions. I am open to any suggestions and am extremely thankful for them. Thanks for taking the time to read this and I hope you can help me out.
Side-note: Can anyone explain to me the benefit of various generations of CPUs. I'm seeing i7 processors and i5 processors, not knowing if the pay-off is worth it for a gaming rig.
Links: (1) (2) (3) (4)
Link 4 is something I added as I noticed that it had the 570 GTX which was listed highly on your stickied thread.
For the last 4-5 years I've been riding out my Reliant Robin-styled PC with extreme tolerance and dedication. I've spent all this time accustomed with a shoddy GeForce 9500GT (for the latter few years, before that I was looking at other prehistoric cards I cannot remember) and a Pentium 4 processor and I'm ready to upgrade. Whilst at first I felt keen and motivated to build my own PC, I've come to realise that I'm severely out-of-my-depth when it comes to shopping for a modern PC.
So I'm asking you with all sincerity to help me find my new computer. I've shuffled through the various links on this sub-forum and have seen a few PCs within my price-range, however I have no idea whatsoever as to what is considered a quality computer these days.
To give you some depth into it's purpose. I'm an avid Steam user and console gamer (as my PC has just become too sluggish) and so I've bought into and wish to play games such as Skyrim, BF3, Assassin's Creed, Borderlands and more.I also want to play more PC-styled games such as Arma 2 (I'm desperate to join some friends for DayZ,) Garrysmod and simpler games such as Minecraft. Whilst previously limited, I'm looking to reconvert to a full-time PC gamer, no consoles.
My general budget is £700 (emboldened for those who wanted to skip the life story!) though I'm willing to shift if the extra money pays for a significant increase in performance. Luckily, I'm not so worried about hitting 'high' quality for these games, as I'm used to the gruelling dregs of my current PC but I want to make sure I truly get my money's worth. I have no idea where to start, but have found some that seem within my price range on-line and would like opinions. I am open to any suggestions and am extremely thankful for them. Thanks for taking the time to read this and I hope you can help me out.
Side-note: Can anyone explain to me the benefit of various generations of CPUs. I'm seeing i7 processors and i5 processors, not knowing if the pay-off is worth it for a gaming rig.
Links: (1) (2) (3) (4)
Link 4 is something I added as I noticed that it had the 570 GTX which was listed highly on your stickied thread.