Markman Posted April 21, 2013 Report Share Posted April 21, 2013 Hi - mostly use my PC for Music and Games - I am looking for a lower price range Desktop which is quite quiet - both the fan and the graphics card fan (if it has one) - so may on the market with mixed reviews (hunting around amazon etc and ebay) I wondered if anyone had a pretty quiet gaming PC and could recommend one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nibor Posted April 21, 2013 Report Share Posted April 21, 2013 You have a budget in mind? Do you already have a monitor and if so what resolution does it run (the bigger the res the more performance you need)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markman Posted April 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2013 Have the Monitor HP (will look the spec up) but it can cope with things things like bioshock ok - which is pretty high spec? - Just need the PC Tower really - was hoping for something quiet around £400 - £550 -this sort of thing is on Amazon as a reference OCHW Home, Office, Gaming PC COMPUTER, Multimedia, Desktop, HOME... but I don't know if this is good or rubbish!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nibor Posted April 21, 2013 Report Share Posted April 21, 2013 I'd probably steer clear of AMD chips for now. They're not as quick as intel's despite the clock speed showing the same, and they're noisier systems usually. I'd suggest an intel i5 3570k processor, that's about the best bang for your buck gaming wise at the moment. You might take a look at novatech's barebones systems: http://www.novatech.co.uk/barebonebundles/intel/ Local company of good renown. Get one of the £399 ones. Add a gfx card like: http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/components/nvidiageforcegraphicscards/nvidiagtx660keplerseries/nov-660oc.html Then move your existing HDD over and you should be good to go for 3-5 years of gaming. If you really want it to be snappy, buy an SSD with a desktop upgrade kit and clone your old drive using the software it usually comes with. If you have no old drive and windows license, you'd have to go a bit cheaper on the components to get them in, and you'll find if you go any cheaper on a gaming rig it will struggle with newer games in a year or two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barrs Court Red Posted April 22, 2013 Report Share Posted April 22, 2013 Like Nibor says, i5 is probably your best bet for a cost effective CPU. The NVIDiA GTX 660 woukd come in budget and will be cheap, also quite (I have one). I'd try and get everything from Overclockers. Ill try and price up an example system later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markman Posted April 22, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2013 great - many thanks both Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazred Posted April 24, 2013 Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 If your setting up a gaming rig, on a budget or not, make sure you get yourself a decent power supply (PSU). A decent budget one will set you back £50-60. Whilst you will see much cheaper ones with the same power output, there can be big differences in performance where graphics cards are concerned. Also the quieter ones tend to be more expensive. If your buying a bare bones type system and adding to it or doing a build your own type from a shop or website it's certainly worth checking http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/ for a decent review or comparison of hardware bits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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