After a new PC (just the base unit needed)

grumpycrab

enfield_freddy wrote: »

...note that the misco , has in fact got the lower powered i3 4460S processor in it , and only a 500g hard drive (sata 2 perhaps?)

You mean lower powered i5-4460S? I believe it has sata 3 (6Gb/s). However, I agree, its not very flexible (weak power supply, single USB 3, small case etc). I'm not selling it very well?

The desktop size E73 was, perhaps, better value, as you could at least (in theory) change the PSU, put a normal size graphics card in. But there don't appear to be any left at the same price (£290).

enfield_freddy

yup , glad you agree , sorry I did mean the i5 , not i3 , bearing in mind that the unit from scan (and others) uses a standard motherboard (asus in this case) and there are bios updates from them , the fact that it has a 1t hard drive (I would imagine a £50 upgrade on the misco unit) , the moneys saved could indeed pay for a good i3 upgrade or even a lesser i5 cpu.


I am at present using two machines (asus h81) with the g 3460 , that retails at about £30 more than the g3220 , and is on par with a few i3(s) and a lot of the older i5 and i7 models .


horses for courses tho , it depends what the OP needs (what did he play the games on before?)

DCFC79

Anne_Marie wrote: »

I'm not into gaming at all, but would suggest an i5 processor or i7 if into heavier gaming, and avoid Celeron. Graphics card, I'll leave for someone who's into gaming to advise.

Of course you could up your budget and get a better spec machine, it all depends on what exactly you want, and what you want to pay.
Whether it would be cheaper to buy a bundle, hmmm, goodness knows. Really, you'd have to find your ideal desktop specs and then compare prices with a bundle package. I somehow doubt it will be cheaper, but then I may well be wrong.

No definitely not heavier gaming like Call of Duty, Crysis or World of Warcraft just the games I posted. So look for i5 processors then, thanks.

Its just occured to me the monitor at the moment is a VGA so when that needs replacing I'll be stuck with VGA unless you can get VGA and HDMI ports on a desktop OR I go for HDMI now and get a monitor to go with it, maybe £400 for both would be enough.

DCFC79

enfield_freddy wrote: »

yup , glad you agree , sorry I did mean the i5 , not i3 , bearing in mind that the unit from scan (and others) uses a standard motherboard (asus in this case) and there are bios updates from them , the fact that it has a 1t hard drive (I would imagine a £50 upgrade on the misco unit) , the moneys saved could indeed pay for a good i3 upgrade or even a lesser i5 cpu.


I am at present using two machines (asus h81) with the g 3460 , that retails at about £30 more than the g3220 , and is on par with a few i3(s) and a lot of the older i5 and i7 models .


horses for courses tho , it depends what the OP needs (what did he play the games on before?)

Not played GTA before but you can download it from the net for free.

I played the other games on a machine I built myself, the mobo was http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3500#ov and the graphics card was http://www.powercolor.com/global/products_features.asp?id=108

Don't have the machine anymore as I sold it.

enfield_freddy

so the games you are using are utilising the potential of a i5 ?

check the unit from scan Asus H81M-Plus Motherboard , complete with HDMI


check the difference between i3 , i5 and 17


http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/pcs/cpus/1400962/whats-the-difference-between-core-i3-i5-and-i7-processors

DCFC79

enfield_freddy wrote: »

so the games you are using are utilising the potential of a i5 ?

check the unit from scan Asus H81M-Plus Motherboard , complete with HDMI


check the difference between i3 , i5 and 17


http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/pcs/cpus/1400962/whats-the-difference-between-core-i3-i5-and-i7-processors

Thanks will do.

That link for the motherboard has both ports which would be good.

Anne_Marie_2

DCFC79 wrote: »

I played the other games on a machine I built myself, the mobo was http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3500#ov and the graphics card was http://www.powercolor.com/global/products_features.asp?id=108

Don't have the machine anymore as I sold it.

Have you thought about building a desktop yourself then? Then, you would get exactly what you want/need for your requirements.

enfield_freddy

Anne_Marie wrote: »

Have you thought about building a desktop yourself then? Then, you would get exactly what you want/need for your requirements.

I looked into this , a quality motherboard , CPU , memory , H/drive and a DVD + case come in at more than the unit I mentioned


unless you have parts left over (case / hard drive /dvd) then its not a viable option


however the parts you have leftover are likely to be "old hat" and slow

DCFC79

Anne_Marie wrote: »

Have you thought about building a desktop yourself then? Then, you would get exactly what you want/need for your requirements.

I had done but my success of building hasn't been good, maybe its something I could look at.

DCFC79

enfield_freddy wrote: »

I looked into this , a quality motherboard , CPU , memory , H/drive and a DVD + case come in at more than the unit I mentioned


unless you have parts left over (case / hard drive /dvd) then its not a viable option


however the parts you have leftover are likely to be "old hat" and slow

Yes I'd thought of building my own just for the cost perspective and using what I had but anything I have I can't be sure it still works plus its 5 years old.