Help with new PC

DrChaotic

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Hi, any help would be appreciated!

Don't really want to spend more then £750-800 on a new PC, hoping one of these will last me 3 years+ with upcoming games.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-017-OG&tool=3

vs

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-430-OE

Both i would want the GTX 760 4096MB card

Only thing swaying me towards the "ForceBox" is the i5 over the AMD CPU, at the moment, i do prefer the i5 but im not to sure that it will be needed for gaming?

Also i prefer Nvidia graphics cards unless someone can give me a reason to not do so?
Thanks for the help!

 
The Intel i5 is vastly (and unfortunately) superior to any CPU AMD can field. AMD graphics cards usually run at a slight price advantage to Nvidia, but there are things in the marketplace that makes me think Nvidia is a safer bet. I personally only have AMD cards though.
 

DrChaotic

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Thanks for the quick replies! Always great having another opinion before buying, i'll definitely check out Yoyotech aswell thanks for the link, haven't heard of that website before. Do you consider building the PC yourself alot better these days? im not experienced with that type of thing.
 

BleedingEdgeTek

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You won't need the 4GB 760, that's a waste of money when you can get the 770 for almost the same price. i would also make sure the power supply they include is good, 80+ doesn't mean much.
 
here is the way to go...build on your own
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/4y2Kcf
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£152.99 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£25.24 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 EXTREME6 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£130.17 @ Dabs)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Z Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2400 Memory (£69.62 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 770 4GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (£278.12 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Zalman Z11 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case (£44.90 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£66.96 @ Aria PC)
Total: £803.94
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-04 17:29 BST+0100)

just wait the release of the new i5 4690K soon before build it , i put the i5 4690 just for calculation
 


This, you'll only need 4GB if you had some 4k monitor of some sort.