New GamingPc help

[Stelios Kalogeropoulos]

Hello there, i am thinking of buy a new gaming pc as my current one is 6 years old and has lots of problems even tho it runs smoothly. I did a research myself but i wouldn't take the risk to build one myself. What i need is a 23-4inch monitor and a tower with the essential parts. I am mostly playing LOL but i'd like to try more games in good quality. I also watch a lot of movies etc which i would also like to watch in decent quality with priority to gaming. My price is 1000-1100 euro.

Thanks in advance..

 

[g-unit1111]

Please post the country of origin and the store you're buying from. That will help to suggest a system. If you don't know one check out the master sticky at the top of this forum.

 

[Stelios Kalogeropoulos]

Sorry about that, since i did not find a suitable distributor on the post you mentioned maybe someone else knows some because i only check 1 or 2 sites.

Country : greece
Distributors :
www.plaisio.gr (not the best prices,not much variety either)

feel free to suggest me any site or shop you think is good to buy stuff

 

[godftw]

in general go for an i5 and make sure to get an SSD, possibly an ips monitor or just generic if u dont care... not sure how prices work in your country, but usually assembled pcs will give you less customizeability/performance for the cost. building is pretty easy as long as you get decent parts, the hardest thing will be putting on a cpu heatsink 😉.

for pre-assembled just get the best parts for the cost... you wont exactly get to pick the specific things you want.

to elaborate
hd = subjective = 500gb - 2 tb should be fine
ssd = 60-120gb for boot drive = fine
ram = 4-8gb @ 1333 or 1600
case = w.e is pretty or has good airflow or silencing features(w.e appeals to you)
cpu = go with i5 or i3/fx-8xxx+better gpu
gpu = best you can afford with other parts or w.e will meet your needs (i dont think lol has the best graphics?)(look up benchmarks)

 

[Stelios Kalogeropoulos]

I wouldn't go for an already-made-pc, they will mostly add overpriced thrash. Been there done that sadly...

 

[pyro226]

I read the article about Digital Storm. I asked online and they said they will ship internationally. Consider Tier 3. It's listed in USD, but should be around 750 Euro before shipping costs. You may need to contact them before purchasing if you don't have a credit card that automatically change currencies (probably a cost to currency conversion through credit cards). You can check with them to see what they recommend.

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Digital-Storm-Vanquish-DIY,22245.html
http://www.digitalstormonline.com/gamingdesktops.asp

 

[g-unit1111]

I wouldn't go for an already-made-pc, they will mostly add overpriced thrash. Been there done that sadly...

No you're definitely better off building your own.

This is the best I could do with that site:

Case: Corsair 200R - 63,90 €
PSU: Corsair CX600 - 74,89 €
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77X-D3H - 114,49 €
CPU: 3.4GHz Intel Core i5-3570K - 214,91 €
Cooler: Xigmatek Gaia - 32,90 €
RAM: 8GB Crucial Ballistix DDR3 1600MHz 1.5V - 64,50 €
HD: 500GB Seagate Barracuda ST 7200 RPM - 63,50 €
Optical: Samsung 22X DVD Burner - 19,99 €
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition - 245,00 €

Total: 894,08 €

That gives you 300 € to add OS license and whatever monitor, keyboard, and mouse you want.

 

[Stelios Kalogeropoulos]

Thanks for your help. Seems quite good to me.. and i would probably go for it. Tho i found another website that gives you the lowest prize of the market on products. Little did i use it but it seems that the lowest prize you find is 20 euros from the prize of the other site. Should i just stick to your current build or should i choose more expensive ones?? Though the discount isn't that big.

http://www.skroutz.gr/c/1269/technology.html > the site i am talking about

Which monitor would you guys recomment?

Fixed your link. - G

 

[g-unit1111]

Thanks for your help. Seems quite good to me.. and i would probably go for it. Tho i found another website that gives you the lowest prize of the market on products. Little did i use it but it seems that the lowest prize you find is 20 euros from the prize of the other site. Should i just stick to your current build or should i choose more expensive ones?? Though the discount isn't that big.

http://www.skroutz.gr/c/1269/technology.html > the site i am talking about

Which monitor would you guys recomment?

Well you don't really come out ahead buying something that's a more expensive part unless it's a graphics card. So if you've got money leftover you should definitely invest more in the GPU.

As far as monitor goes - that's kind of tricky because a lot of people have varying opinions on monitors. I have an older Acer that does what I need it to do and I also have an Asus V236H - they make some really excellent displays.