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| Thread ID: 132331 | 2013-05-14 04:13:00 | Are these good specs for money/gaming quality? | Daniel78 (17080) | Press F1 |
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| 1341260 | 2013-05-14 04:13:00 | Hi, I am going to switch form a iMac and PS3 to a gaming desktop. there are to rigs I am looking at, one from a trademe store and one from mighty ape. Which is better value for money and which would you recommend, or would you recommend a different one altogether Mighty ape one: www.mightyape.co.nz Trademe one: www.trademe.co.nz Thanks :) |
Daniel78 (17080) | ||
| 1341261 | 2013-05-14 04:21:00 | I wouldn't touch the one from TradeMe at all. The other is OK, you would really want an SSD though. See computerlounge. Start with something like this. www.computerlounge.co.nz They can custom build, or to a price point. |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 1341262 | 2013-05-14 05:02:00 | Buy something from a real store that you can walk into & pay on pickup ,NOT paying in advance. You might need to pay a deposit if its a custom build. That will make it easier if you need to take it back for any warranty issues, & it wont be some guy selling PC's in his spare time (Trademe) are gaming PC's honestly ever good value for money. :punk You need to spend some $$ to get quality. Else you may get some crappy flexy flimsy case, budget brand power supply, etc etc If you post up your final choice here, Im sure the regulars will let you know if its a good system or if something should be swapped out SSD is definitely worthwhile, even if you you have to have a 2nd SATA HD for storage. |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1341263 | 2013-05-14 05:27:00 | + 1 to what's above :) Those ones from Trademe -- watch out, some may be perfectly fine, but the one linked for example, 18 Month warranty ?? Funny, some of those parts have 3 year manufactures warranty ( motherboard for example) also you would have to buy a OS as well, its listed with a 30 day trial. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1341264 | 2013-05-14 05:29:00 | I wouldn't touch the one from TradeMe at all. The other is OK, you would really want an SSD though. See computerlounge. Start with something like this. www.computerlounge.co.nz They can custom build, or to a price point. That's pretty good, I was going to suggest something like this: nz.pcpartpicker.com Personally I'd go 3770k over 8230 unless you were going to be streaming or something like that. |
icow (15313) | ||
| 1341265 | 2013-05-14 05:39:00 | I don't like the look of the Raidmax cases... | ChazTheGeek (16619) | ||
| 1341266 | 2013-05-14 05:50:00 | That was my first thoughts too, spending all that $$ but no SSD... :( Definitely would spend the few extra bucks and get something from a "known" reputable brand (MightyApe) vs TradeMe I'd go with icow's personally, though I'd skimp a little on the CPU, even by $40-ish, and get a much larger SSD so you can fit a couple of your fav games on it at any one time. My 120GB seems SSD to "be the sweet spot" I've found, where I can have a few games and don't feel too constricted space-wise. |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1341267 | 2013-05-14 05:51:00 | Keep in mind the one from Mighty Ape includes Win8, icow's build doesn't. You also still need a monitor... | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1341268 | 2013-05-14 06:15:00 | That was my first thoughts too, spending all that $$ but no SSD... :( Definitely would spend the few extra bucks and get something from a "known" reputable brand (MightyApe) vs TradeMe I'd go with icow's personally, though I'd skimp a little on the CPU, even by $40-ish, and get a much larger SSD so you can fit a couple of your fav games on it at any one time. My 120GB seems SSD to "be the sweet spot" I've found, where I can have a few games and don't feel too constricted space-wise. Could roll it back to the non-k 3770. That's like $50 cheaper. Could switch to a non-modular psu to save a few dollars too. |
icow (15313) | ||
| 1341269 | 2013-05-14 07:38:00 | Since you seem to be wanting performance for the next few years, get the best that you can possible afford now and then yes it will be good for a while. Prioritise the graphics card and power supply over the CPU and other things like ram and the motherboard. Maybe even consider getting an AMD board, they're generally pretty good for the price conscious, particularly with regards to upgrading. They've released new CPU's for older boards for donkeys now. As for your 'would 1gb be good' question, it's more about the whole card than individual specs. For example, low profile cards these days come with 1-2gb of vram, but their performance still sucks ass. The memory units will also be lower cost modules. If you can find something sporting Gddr5 for example, that'll do better memory wise than one that has Ddr3. That's why sony's shouting so loudly about the fact that they put it in the ps4. More relevant to the topic at hand though; which should you buy? My money would go on the mightyape one; they've got a really, really good customer service reputation and the guys there are nice. However, looking to computerlounge could see you get a better build for your money. Say you're looking for a build that will last as long as possible, you don't mind sacrificing your motherboard and the like if it'll squeeze more into the GPU budget and they should be able to sort you out with something neat. Plus, like mightyape they have top notch customer service. |
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