In reply to a post by MrTAToad2:

Yes you do - mine is under that and it plays Battlefield 3 (with NVidia 9800GT) just fine. Its dual core...

Sorry but I would not call what you have a gaming PC , it may well play battlefield but its not maxed out on that card.

Cheques in the post spook......... .?

I have got the address right haven't I...

Batman
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NYC .

In reply to a post by SPOOKish:

I'll build you a PC mate. It will be called the Timey machine. Just send me the monies to... and just think what could be yours! Hey, can't be any worse than the one Scan built you.

But to the OP and back on topic, have you got a laptop or suchlike that you can use to ping the gaming servers you'd be interested in playing on? Is that even a worthwhile suggestion, I don't know? If the laptop is powerful enough you could run a few older games (Counter Strike Source maybe or Team Fortress which is free) and see what it's like before you commit.

And, there's no need to spend £1500 these days on a top gaming rig though if you want top end components then sure, you'll have a premium system with that much. But you'd maybe wanna ask yourself, can it run Crysis 3?

If I was building a system I'd definitely spend time over at BitTech and follow ccxo's link for current hardware configurations and pricing. I'd personally get a fast 512GB SSD which can now be had for around the £270 mark to start. Plus loads of ram (mainly for other stuff like photoshop/video editing) which is far far cheaper than it used to cost 10 years ago back in the days of DDR1/SDRAM.

Timey machine,I like the sound of that,hopefully Spooky you will be joining your clan mates t2d and mrnelster the end of the year on our new toys ......playstation 4 s .....bring it on

In reply to a post by MrTAToad2:

Yes you do - mine is under that and it plays Battlefield 3 (with NVidia 9800GT) just fine. Its dual core...

If I came on here and said I wanted a gaming PC and had a budget of £300 I would have been laughed of these forums

Quake Live, nuff said.

It runs fine when everything is very high..

And besides graphic quality is the same whether its low or maxed out.

In Battlefield 3, ping is the most important factor due to the awful collision detection system used - I did ask DICE if BF4 would be having a proper collision detection system, but they never replied to my Tweet...

Edited by deleted (Tue 19-Mar-13 21:51:23)

Well, snobbery is alive and well...

Its why you need a shotgun in Battlefield 3

Yeah you Battlefield fans are going to get a movie clip of Battlefield 4 in the next week or so and that will be interesting.

I remember having a lot of fun on a Dreamcast and 28k dial up connection on Quake 3 arena,did not see much problems playing that at the time.