Pre built gaming PC for around £700

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I have owned my current computer for six years and decided to attempt to change the graphics card. This didn't go very well and my computer will turn on but nothing happens.
Anyway rather than pay someone to fix it I would rather just buy a prebuilt system that is capable of running next car game, project cars etc. not to fussed about top graphics, just a smooth frame rate would be perfect.
My budget is around £700 including OS.
One last probably silly question:
I will also be installing Lightroom onto this computer so I assume if it could handle those games it would run Lightroom with no problems?

Spec of current computer

* AMD Phenom X4 9650 Quad-Core processor
* (2.3GHz, 2MB Cache)
* Genuine Windows(R) 7 Home Premium
* 4GB DDR2 memory
* 640GB hard drive
* 512MB ATI Radeon HD4350 graphics
* DVD Rewriter
* Built-in wireless (802.11b/g)

Many thanks for any help

Dex
 
I've just ordered one from these folk having read a recommendation on here. Mine started just under £700 (the Longbow) but I added several (unnecessary upgrades:rolleyes::D). Very helpful on the fone or by email.

You can configure your own set up.

As for running the software, no problems at all. Gaming PC's are generally pretty high powered units.

http://www.chillblast.com/
 
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+ 1 for Chillblast it's where I got my current PC (after considerable research). The upgrades are extremely tempting. You get a nice clean installation no cr*pware.

From memory the delivery was a bit expensive and not included in the built price quote - worth checking.
 
zendog said:
+ 1 for Chillblast it's where I got my current PC (after considerable research). The upgrades are extremely tempting. You get a nice clean installation no cr*pware.

From memory the delivery was a bit expensive and not included in the built price quote - worth checking.
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Yeh, depending on what delivery service you opt for it's between £25 and £50ish or there about. Not too deadly if you are spending the guts of a grand. Their standard warranty is quite good too. Two years return to base, parts and labour and a further 3 years labour only.
 
Thanks guys, have. Been looking at there website and have found this. Between the two which one is better spec in people's opinion.


EZCool A200D Case
Intel Core i5 3570K Processor overclocked to up to 4.5GHz
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Cooler
Asus P8Z77-V LX Motherboard with USB 3.0 -B3 Revision
8GB PC3-10666 DDR3 Memory
ATi Radeon 7770 1GB Graphics Card
1000GB SATA 7200rpm Hard Disk
Sony DVD-RW 24x Drive
650watt EZCool PSU
Onboard High Definition Audio
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit OEM



G6 Vortex X2 - Core i3 Gaming PC
Case
G6 Mars Blue - LCD (ATX)
Processor (CPU)
Intel Core i3 4340 (3.6ghz Dual Core) 4mb HD4600
Motherboard
Asus H81M-E - SATA3, USB3
Memory (RAM)
8gb Kingston DDR3 1600mhz
Graphics
2GB ATI Radeon HD 7870 - DVI, HDMI, 2 DP, DX11, Eyefinity 4
1st Hard Drive
1TB SATA3 Hard Drive (UDMA600)
2nd Hard Drive
None
3rd Hard Drive
None
Optical Drive
DVD Writer Drive
Optical Drive 2
None
Memory Card Reader
Multi Format Card Reader
Power Supply
650w Corsair VS650
Processor Cooling
Artic Freezer Pro 7 (Intel CPUs ONLY)
Case Fans
No Additional Fans
Fan Controller
None
PCI-E Slot 1
None
Operating System
Windows 7 Home Premium (64 bit)
Office Software
No Office Software Required
Internet Security
Bullguard Internet Security V
Monitor 1
None
Keyboard
None
Speakers
None
Warranty
3 Year Bronze (1 Year Parts & Labour + 2 Year Labour)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approx 5 Working Days


With chillblast theirs an option for £30 for windows optimisation. Did you guys go for this option and is it worth doing?
 
I should imaigne that'll do the job fine tho I'm no expert on the technical side of the components, I discussed it with them to get the best to suit my needs and was guided by them. Don't think I went for the optimisation.
 
A specific gaming rig may not be the best for imaging progressing as those tasks require completely different specs.

Gaming for example doesn't need huge CPU or memory and relies more on gpu.

Lightroom has no gpu acceleration and doesn't use much memory (ps on the other hand eats memory for breakfast) but likes faster CPU and disk.

You won't go far wrong with the usual sort of spec advised on here:

i5 quad, at least 8gb memory, ssd boot and a separate ssd for LR catalogue and working files, larger drive for finished edits. The whatever budget is left for a gpu, this will depend how serious you want to take your gaming, personally I run a 7850 and it's reasonable for modern games but it can be modded to be much faster.
 
I also wouldn't go spending money on an Ivybridge system when you can have Haswell for very similar money. Have you not thought of building yourself.
 
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