New PC?

Hi all,

Im a racing driver from UK and know very little about computers. I purchased Rfactor 2 beta and went to install it on the Alienware mx11 laptop i purchased last year. Unfortunately i never looked at the minimum requirements and it will not run.

Can someone look on eBay or websites to link me a gaming PC at the lowest price possible, second hand or new. I have just purchased an ECCI CDS 4000 3 pedel setup with paddles. LINK HERE.

I want the game to run the best it can giving me realistic track detail and car detail, i want the best the game can give me on the lowest budget as all my spare funds go towards my real racing, F4.

Any help appreciated.

Dan

 

Kinda hard since its still in beta, no one knows how the final game will run...

 

You cannot go wrong with i-7

 

He said lowest possible price xD, so you really can't go wrong with Phenom II.
http://secure.newegg.com/Shopping/ShoppingCart.aspx?Submit=view

Add to this the best graphics card you can afford (I would suggest minimum GTX 560 Ti) and you will have a system capable of running this game and more. I run this motherboard with a PII 955 BE and it hasn't let me down. Paired with 2 9800GT's in SLI I can run rFactor 2 with very high detail.

 

Not sure why but no content on link. What does SLI mean? Is this any good:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/120899131283?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

Also i am in UK

 

The linked rig could be fine but you need a more powerful GPU as a Nvidia GTX560...or an ATI 6950.

SLI is a GPU technology developed by nVidia (CROSSFIRE for ATI) to link more than one GPU to improve performance...but if you have a low budget forget about it (and the motherboard inside your linked rig doesn't support it)...

 

i5 for gaming, I7 does nothing for you (no hyperthreading support for games)

get an i5, 8gigs of ram and a 69** or 79** series ati card and you should be away!

 

I thought i-7 supports more RAM and u need that (far from an expert me though)
No, Im sorry wrong post, w7 does that. But just curious,i-7 is more GPU isnt it and u need that dont u.

 

Ok looks like if i want a decent picture i need to raise more funds. I have a 24" Imac which cost me over £1,000, i i sell this for say £600, then with my original budget i should have over 1k.

Any recommendations on a rig around 1k which is around $1600

 

This is not a very low budget...

I know very well DELL machines...and I can assure you they're very nice rigs.

This is an example (£1,158.99) with a 24" Full HD WLED monitor included, but if you get a i5 (instead the i7 beast) I think you can stay on your budget.

Included in your system:

English Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium (64 BIT)
2nd gen Intel® Core™ i7-2600 Processor (3.40GHz, 8MB)
1 Year Next Day In-Home Service with Premium Phone Support
Microsoft® Office Starter: reduced-functionality Word & Excel w/ads. No PowerPoint or Outlook
McAfee® Security Center 15 month subscription
DataSafe Online Backup 2GB - 1 year licence
OS Windows® Recovery Media Not included
Adobe® Photoshop® Elements + Premiere® Elements Bundle
Accessories
24in ST2420L UK/Irish Full HD WLED Widescreen Monitor (VGA, DVI-D and HDMI)
Dell KB 113 USB Entry Keyboard - UK/Irish (QWERTY)
Dell Laser Mouse USB (6 buttons scroll) Black
Also Includes
XPS 8500 Standard Base
No Accidental Damage Support
2TB (7,200rpm) SATA Hard Drive + 32GB SSD (Intel SRT)
16x DVD +/- RW Drive (read/write CD & DVD)
Dell Wireless 1703 802.11b/g/n, Bluetooth v4.0+LE
Integrated 7.1 with WAVE MAXXAudio 4
12288MB (2x4GB, 2x2GB) 1600MHz DDR3 Dual Channel Memory
AMD Radeon™ HD 7770 2GB DDR5 Graphics Card
Dell 1703 Wireless Label
No Speakers (Speakers are required to hear audio from your system)
D02X8534
2 Meter Power Cord - UK
EMEA3 MUI Docs - West/Swiss/MEA (Eng, Ger, Fre, Dut, Ita, Ara, Tur)
Placemats (Eng, Swe, Fin, Dan, Nor)
XPS 8500 Order
Optical Media Not Required
XPS 8500 Resource DVD

About the 7770:

http://www.anandtech.com/show/5541/amd-radeon-hd-7750-radeon-hd-7770-ghz-edition-review

 

AMD Radeon™ HD 7770 2GB DDR5 Graphics Card < thats a pretty weak card! and for a 1000 thats madness.

I've also built my own.

the i5/i7 are the same bar hypertheading with games sheldom use. windows 64bit supports more than 3 gigs of ram. its nothing to do with your cpu!

 

Is it possible to run a triple screen with this?I'm planning to upgrade cockpit to a triple screen one!

 

Yes i realise that (edited above post)

 

I've to agree about the 7770 and I really do not understand why they (DELL) put this card into the last series of top PCs. This is not a crap but my old 6870 run better than this...

BTW the best thing to do should be building a PC from scratch but Handsy said the he "know very little about computers"...so I'm trying to find something ready to use...

 

laptops and gaming don't go well together.

Looks like you have some good advice in here already. I'd say build your own. It's very easy. I've never had problems. Always booted the first time I've powered up.

I'm very happy with my 7950 vid. card.

If you're going to build your own get a full size tower and a big motherboard. You'll need the big motherboard for when installing an after market cpu cooler. It just makes things that much easier.

 

What you need to do when going for a new gaming pc is first decide a price, second are you capable of building your own, if so then look around on the net on places like dabs or overclockers for the parts, or third if you would prefer a custom built one here is a link of a good reputable seller, I know this as I got one from him for my dad and was good.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Intel-I5-...DesktopPCs&hash=item20c2eade69#ht_5198wt_1396

To let you know this spec pc will play the game very well it is what I would class as a good middle range gaming pc For a high spec machine like mine you will need to look in spending over a 1000 pound easily.

 

Ok thanks for all the positive comments, it seems that BasJons link to a gaming PC seems a very reasonable price, as i just looked on overclocking and the components for that PC seems to exceed the cost at what they are selling it at?

Maybe i should just go for that. Should i upgrade anything on it?

Link here just in case: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Intel-I5-...DesktopPCs&hash=item20c2eade69#ht_5198wt_1396

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VIBOX-SAM...t=UK_Computing_DesktopPCs&hash=item2c6409eaa6

that should kick butt

 

Cool looks good, is this any good? As it will match my alienware mx11 laptop
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Dell-Alie...DesktopPCs&hash=item4602fb7478#ht_4584wt_1398

 

Why get a i7 with slower video card ?


You would get a i5 and spend 100 more on GPU obviously.

Sub standard case for SB and looks like a non 'K' chip so you miss out on heaps of grunt.

Useless sim tower.