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New PC, some questions

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  • 10-08-2015 12:29pm
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    Myrddin
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    Hi folks,

    I'm looking to get a rough idea of some costings involved, in building a new pc. The current gaming pc, is really showing its age now (Core2Quad 2.4Ghz, 4GB DDR2 ram, GTX760) & I'd like to start putting some thought into replacing it. It'd be primarily a gaming pc, in fact that's mostly all it would be for. For playing the latest games at 1080p on an lcd tv & with quite high framerates, can it be done for under €1k? I'm not looking for specific parts or build lists, just a very rough idea of the financial hit I'm likely to take.


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    Digital Solitude
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    You can max out GTAV or TW3 for that money yeah, or maybe a small bit over with an SSD.

    That 760 is still worth a few euro


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    Myrddin
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    Digital Solitude wrote: »
    You can max out GTAV or TW3 for that money yeah, or maybe a small bit over with an SSD.

    That 760 is still worth a few euro

    Yeah the 760 was added recently enough, on account of an old GTX8800 failure...so that could be a donor card for a new system, though to be honest, I wouldn't mind something with a bit more oomph. 1080p is the target in terms of resolution as it's a tv being used, & anything higher is a waste give the limitations of the tv - but I'd like some super smooth frame rates, & possibly even to have one eye on good Rift proofing, for when it when it goes retail


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    Digital Solitude
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    You're talking a GTX 970 or an R9 290/390 for that budget, they'll max any current game at 60fps, and are currently inside the minimum specs for the Oculus


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    Eoinmc97
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    As DS said, the GTX 970 or R9 290 are both good cards. I'll show you what I made for a friend of mine who had €900 budget.

    Intel core i5 4460
    GTX 960
    8Gb DDR3 RAM
    (He had an SSD so we only needed a HDD)
    1Tb HDD
    NZXT S340
    MSI Z97s SLI Krait
    500W Bronze PSU

    That was about €900, so it definitely is possible to play 1080p under €1,000.


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