What desktop to buy?

[The teacher]

Hello everyone!!

 

It is The Teacher here after a long long time without posting!

 

And now I need your help guys, I have decided to buy a desktop for gaming (and ET is the only game I play) and I have no idea of computers to be honest.

 

So I was wondering could you guys tell me what desktop should I buy? What kind of video card should I get with it? And what kind of monitor?

 

Essentially I am going to put this desktop in my study and use it only for gaming and downloading.

 

I would really appreciate any ideas and please remember I live in England! Though I order on Amazon all the time.

 

 

[Sponkala]

Are you going to build it yourself?

[FinZeroX]

In case you play, and will play, only ET on that build you can go with a cheap solution. Office stuff and ET dont eat much resources.

Building your own is always better. Any other requirements?

[StealthNinja]

Custom Build is better

[Dddrgn]

You definitely want to build one, and you don't need an expensive one for only ET. First, you need to decide on a motherboard - it will be compatible with either AMD or Intel processors, each has it's own pros and cons, so try to do some research on mid-ranged motherboards.

[phil21191]

I'm not sure of your budget but based on your usage something like this.

 

YOUR BASKET

1 x Intel Core i5-4440 3.10GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail  Â£139.99

1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 650Ti 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (01G-P4-3652-KR)  Â£99.95

1 x Gigabyte H87-HD3 Intel H87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard  Â£80.99

1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TD120BW)  Â£79.99

1 x Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD10EZRX) **SINGLE PLATTER** HDD  Â£53.99

1 x BitFenix Shinobi USB3.0 Gaming Case - Black  Â£49.99

1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01)  Â£47.99

1 x Antec VP450P 450W '80 Plus' Continuous Power Supply  Â£39.95

1 x Cooler Master Blizzard T2 CPU Cooler  Â£12.98

Total : £619.92 (includes shipping : £11.75).

 

 

 

I've left out monitor and operating system and I'm not sure what size you would be after. If you want a slightly cheaper option then the following would be fine for your needs as well.

 

YOUR BASKET

1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 650Ti 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (01G-P4-3652-KR)  Â£99.95

1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail  Â£83.99

1 x ASRock 970 Extreme4 AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 ATX Motherboard  Â£79.99

1 x Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD1002FAEX) HDD  Â£76.99

1 x BitFenix Shinobi USB3.0 Gaming Case - Black  Â£49.99

1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01)  Â£47.99

1 x Antec VP450P 450W '80 Plus' Continuous Power Supply  Â£39.95

1 x Cooler Master Blizzard T2 CPU Cooler  Â£12.98

Total : £505.93 (includes shipping : £11.75).

 

 

Both builds are 8gb ram, and 1TB storage, the first build I've included an SSD as they make a big difference to boot times, game load times, and system "snappiness" The second offers a cheaper alternative while being able to play most modern games at reasonable settings @ 1920x1080. If you don't wish to build yourself OCUK do some very highly quality prebuilt systems as well.