Gaming computer help for a non tech savy

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Tropez wrote: »

Yeah, the 750Ti is virtually equivalent to the Maxwell-version GTX860M that is in one of my laptops (slight differences in memory speeds and bandwidth favouring the 750Ti aside) and it has proven mostly quite capable (Company of Heroes 2 notwithstanding).

Since a 2GB GTX750Ti can be had for about £80-£90 it makes it a fantastic card for budget builds - much like the old nVidia 8800GT was back in the day.

I've a GTX750Ti coupled with a Xeon 1230v3 and it's a great combo for hackintosh, Linux and windows, runs games nicely too.

GunJack

Tropez wrote: »

Yeah, the 750Ti is virtually equivalent to the Maxwell-version GTX860M that is in one of my laptops (slight differences in memory speeds and bandwidth favouring the 750Ti aside) and it has proven mostly quite capable (Company of Heroes 2 notwithstanding).

Since a 2GB GTX750Ti can be had for about £80-£90 it makes it a fantastic card for budget builds - much like the old nVidia 8800GT was back in the day.

the big problem with gfx cards and the way games are written is that you always have to compromise between cost and performance ... not that many people can afford to build a system around a £1500 or more gfx card and maybe games designers ought to consider this....

jess_the_cat

woooh thanks so much for the replys guys but you lost me quite a few posts ago. the computer is £500 with monitor and keyboard etc
and its for a 12 yo to play minecraft and sims that i know of. so not wanting to spend a great bit more

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GunJack wrote: »

the big problem with gfx cards and the way games are written is that you always have to compromise between cost and performance ... not that many people can afford to build a system around a £1500 or more gfx card and maybe games designers ought to consider this....

If you read a couple of my posts on this thread, a G3220 pentium 4gb RAM with an Nvidia 750Ti will perform almost as well as an i7 4770k 16gb ram with an Nvidia 750Ti.

See bottom of page 7 here:

http://hexus.net/tech/reviews/cpu/68...aswell/?page=7

You can get a Lenovo pentium G3220 box with Windows OS keyboard and mouse from here: £199 inc vat

http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/Lenovo_ThinkCentre_E73_10DR_-_Tower_-_1_x_Pentium_G3220_-_3_GHz_-_RAM_4_GB__10DR000CUK/version.asp


And a GTX 750ti SC from here: £92.38

http://www.dabs.com/products/evga-geforce-gtx-750-1215mhz-1gb-pci-e-3-0-hdmi-sc-98FJ.html?utm_source=google&utm_medium=ppc%20product%20search&utm_campaign=Components%20and%20Storage%20-%20Graphics,%20TV%20Tuners%20and%20I/O%20-%20Graphics

That's a pretty kickass gaming rig for a tad under £300, plus of course a monitor - plenty of good 24inch monitors on Amazon for about £100.

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jess_the_cat wrote: »

woooh thanks so much for the replys guys but you lost me quite a few posts ago. the computer is £500 with monitor and keyboard etc
and its for a 12 yo to play minecraft and sims that i know of. so not wanting to spend a great bit more

See my post above, you will get a much better rig for £100 less.

GunJack

Fightsback wrote: »

If you read a couple of my posts on this thread, a G3220 pentium 4gb RAM with an Nvidia 750Ti will perform almost as well as an i7 4770k 16gb ram with an Nvidia 750Ti.

See bottom of page 7 here:

http://hexus.net/tech/reviews/cpu/68...aswell/?page=7

You can get a Lenovo pentium G3220 box with Windows OS keyboard and mouse from here: £199 inc vat

http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/Lenovo_ThinkCentre_E73_10DR_-_Tower_-_1_x_Pentium_G3220_-_3_GHz_-_RAM_4_GB__10DR000CUK/version.asp


And a GTX 750ti SC from here: £92.38

http://www.dabs.com/products/evga-geforce-gtx-750-1215mhz-1gb-pci-e-3-0-hdmi-sc-98FJ.html?utm_source=google&utm_medium=ppc%20product%20search&utm_campaign=Components%20and%20Storage%20-%20Graphics,%20TV%20Tuners%20and%20I/O%20-%20Graphics

That's a pretty kickass gaming rig for a tad under £300, plus of course a monitor - plenty of good 24inch monitors on Amazon for about £100.

close, but most of those Lenovos only have 250W psus fitted, add another £30-ish for something like this to drive the 750Ti:-

http://www.ebuyer.com/630122-evga-430w-fully-wired-80-silver-power-supply-100-w1-0430-kr

plus, your link was for a 750, not a Ti, so add another £15ish... there is a difference, and IMHO a Ti is worth the extra few quid

GunJack

ouch!! that lenovo only has a 180W psu... deffo need changing for a Ti..

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GunJack wrote: »

close, but most of those Lenovos only have 250W psus fitted, add another £30-ish for something like this to drive the 750Ti:-

http://www.ebuyer.com/630122-evga-430w-fully-wired-80-silver-power-supply-100-w1-0430-kr

plus, your link was for a 750, not a Ti, so add another £15ish... there is a difference, and IMHO a Ti is worth the extra few quid

My bad dude, did those links pretty quickly. Thanks for the corrections.

About the lenovo, I'll check for deffo what's in that model.

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GunJack wrote: »

ouch!! that lenovo only has a 180W psu... deffo need changing for a Ti..

Yep, it is isn't. Ta for that.