What computer is best for gaming?

[LadySophie]

Heya,

I would like to get a new gamingcomputer!! I need it to be good for a while since Im getting a place of my own and wont be able to afford a new one any time soon!
THe games I play are: Sims 3, Call of duty and Guilwars 3 (etc..)

I got two builds for a new computer from two different guys and they are both sure their is best and the other one isnt... so please help me as I know nothing about this....XD

BUILD 1:
Antec NSK-4482 EC Miditower
Intel® Media DP55WG
Intel® Core™ i5-760 (4x 2800 MHz)
Kingston ValueRAM 8 GB DDR3-1333 Kit
120gb OCZ OCZSSD2-2VTXE120G SSD Harddrive
2Tb Samsung HD204UI Harddrive
Blu-ray Combo Serial-ATA
ASUS ENGTX560 DCII OC/2DI/1GD5
Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 64-Bit


BUILD 2:
Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor
XFX ATI Radeon 6950 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
Antec 1200 Twelve Hundred (V3 with USB3.0) Ultimate Gaming Case - Black
MSI P67A-GD53 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION **
XFX Pro 850W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX)
LG CH10LS20 10x BluRay-ROM / 16x DVD±RW Drive - Black (Retail)
Thermalright Silver Arrow CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA775/AM2/AM3)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ)
LG GH22NS70 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM
Akasa FLEXA P8 40cm CPU power extension

I know a guy thats willing to build me one of these.

Hope you can help me!!

Cheers,

Sophie

[Hippo08]

Hey Sophie,

Welcome to the boards!

So I hope you do not take this the wrong way, but, both of those builds are questionable at best. If you would like, you could tell us your budget, we could assemble a parts list and then you could have either one of your computer guys to build it for you.

If you wonder why I say they are both questionable is because just take a look at the second build. It has two disc drives while the first build has one. The 1st build has a Solid State Drive and the second one does not. The second one has a Power Supply listed and the first one does not.

To be honest, it sounds like they both should have gotten more information from you so they could better gauge what your needs truly are so that they could meet and exceed them.

If you simply HAVE to go through them and that is all they will ever build for you, let us know and we can tell you. I, personally, would hold off for now as the two builds are pretty different.

Hope this helped,

Hippo

[Khalil]

Hi there, welcome to pcmech forums.
way too many problems with both lists.
Give us a budget and we will list you the right parts for your build.

[David M]

Also let us know what games you are running and what are your detail/framerate expectations for these games. Also which size monitor(s) are you using? This is also a factor in your speed.

[jdeb]

Agree with all the posts above.

[glc]

By the way, guys - I checked IP and this person is not in the US.

[LadySophie]

I didnt know it be a problem that I dont live in the us....
anyways.... the guy that is gonna build the computer will build any computer and will get all the parts

The price should be round 1300 euros wich is..$1,833 (cheaper is always nice :P)

These are the games I wanna buy next year:
Battlefield 3
Elder Scrolls V : Skyrim
Saints row The third
Mass Effect 3
RAGE
Guild Wars 2
Batman: Arkham City
Sims 3 expansions (hehe im a girl, its allowed )
Bioshock Infinite

Hope you guys can help

XxX

[glc]

Not being in the US is not a problem, but without you telling us what country you are in we have no way to research components and prices.

[XxKRazykidxX]

Originally Posted by LadySophie I didnt know it be a problem that I dont live in the us.... anyways.... the guy that is gonna build the computer will build any computer and will get all the parts The price should be round 1300 euros wich is..$1,833 (cheaper is always nice :P) These are the games I wanna buy next year: Battlefield 3 Elder Scrolls V : Skyrim Saints row The third Mass Effect 3 RAGE Guild Wars 2 Batman: Arkham City Sims 3 expansions (hehe im a girl, its allowed ) Bioshock Infinite Hope you guys can help XxX

Don't take this as bashing the game, or how ever you want to call it. But, it really doesn't take much to run sims 3 to be honest. This is my current computer, because my mom went cheap on me for christmas, but this... really horrible creation of a computer runs sims 3 at max graphics no problem. As for the other games... Good luck. I'm sure they'll help you build a computer that can run them games with no problems.

[LadySophie]

@glc ah ok, well I live in The Netherlands

@XxKRazykidxX hehe yeah, my current pc runs it as well... I guess the biggest challenge will be Elder Scrolls V : Skyrim...

[Khalil]

Do they have Newegg like stores in Holland where you can order parts at discount, I can't read?
But here is what I found in quality parts in Holland that I can recomend, not sure if these prices are the best you can get but these are the components you want.

ASUS P8P67-M PRO

Intel Core i5-2300


Asus Radeon EAH6950/2DI2S, 2GB

WD 1TB, Caviar Black

Kingston DDR3,1333-8GK

Antec Earthwatts EA-750EC 80+

Antec cases are great, so are Cooler Master, if they are available to you.. make sure it is an ATX case.
Hope this helps.