Hi guys, i own a 17''ich screen hp probook 4720s ,core i5 HD radeon 6300,laptop. for a long time this was enough to run my fifa and pes series but of late(2 -3 yrs) its been falling short cos of system requirements for these games always going up, I can't upgrade the GPU so i plan on getting a fairly used core i7 or 2nd gen core i5 branded system and upgrading the gpu( nvidia geforce gtx 750 ti 2gb) and probably the psu and ram.
I like your help in getting the best deals for this setup , so please can anyone link me up to where i can get most especially the graphics card?

Proper PC gaming is an expensive hobby. If you've got the means to get one you'll never go back to console gaming.
PC
Pros
1. Better graphics
2. Uncapped framerates
3. A gaming PC does more than games including video,music,photo editing, word,excel...to sum it up productivity.
4. Customizations. Sell old component to buy new; reasonable savings....

Have to stop here but will continue tomorrow sleep dey catch me.

bertoseve:
I like your help in getting the best deals for this setup , so please can anyone link me up to where i can get most especially the graphics card?

What are you willing to pay for say
1 Nvidia GTX 760,770,780
2 Nvidia GTX 960,970,980
3 AMD R9 270,280,380,290,390

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Thanks AKBliv010 for your reply, i was thinking about Nvidia GTX 750 TI, i know the Nvidia onces you mentioned are better for gaming than GTX750 but gtx 750 might be a cheaper alternative, so if you have gtx 750 i'll be willing to cough out lets say 50k?

I'll be selling a new GTX 1060 soonish.

Anyone interested?

texazzpete:
I'll be selling a new GTX 1060 soonish. Anyone interested?

Is it the FE?

i got ps2 den bt we v never seen light 4 dis our area 4 almost 2yrs nw, so no nid of me buying consoles;




enjoying my little android gaming

The screen of cnsole is bigger than that of PC.

AKBliv010:

Is it the FE?

Nah. Why? Nothing special or better about the FE.

I'll confirm the model

Samtoby:


Not totally, it's just the way we play here in the country and how PC are treated that makes console a better choice.. PC still have advantages
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But owning a console makes you stand out as a gamer, I can't just own a laptop that won't even play Assassins Creed black flag smoothly and be feeling like a true gamer.

That's y there are gaming pc with high specs.

1. It's possible to play console made games on pc, but you cannot play pc made games on consoles.
2. If you feel like. You can connect your pc to your TV and get the console experience.
3. Don't forget that PC is upgradable and there's always a fix or tweak.
4. PC can perform multiple actions.
5. Everything consoles can do, PC's can do 1000 times. And better.

1. It's possible to play console made games on pc, but you cannot play pc made games on consoles.
2. If you feel like. You can connect your pc to your TV and get the console experience.
3. Don't forget that PC is upgradable and there's always a fix or tweak.
4. PC can perform multiple actions.
5. Everything consoles can do, PC's can do 1000 times. And better.

PC gaming is cheaper than console gaming, a $300 PC with an Athlon X4 845 and RX 460 outperforms every current console and plays every game at 1080p 60 FPS medium settings not to mention the free online gameplay, if you say PC games are too expensive, do consoles have a full collection of 3000+ free games?(steam F2P) I can order a PC game from Jumia/konga and it comes with a steam key, I get free online gameplay while you pay for your monthly online multiplayer, PCs don't get outdated as much as consoles, the minimum GPU requirement to play gta 5 is an 8800GT (Google the release date) If I built a $600 PC in 2014 (i3 4360) and R7 270X) I'd only have to upgrade once throughout the consoles lifespan ($180 RX 470) and now the consoles are already getting replaced 2 1/2 years into their lifespan completely eliminating the "I don't have to upgrade" argument. not all PC games are Cracked, YOU buy cracked games, saying you moved to console gaming because console games can't be played on PC is a laughable excuse, each platform has their own exclusives and with Microsoft merging the windows 10 platform with the XBOX there's no reason to buy an Xbox only if you're too lazy to do research on the Internet and build your own PC. in 2014 at the release of these new generation consoles, you could build a better PC for less than the consoles, I'd rather build a pc and upgrade it once rather than buying a new console and buying a new one again only 3 years later and get a newer one AGAIN throughout the 7 years (Microsoft has two more Xboxes planned within the next three years)

You chose a very wrong time to be a console gamer when you pay full price for games without any sales or pay just to get online gameplay while this is free on PC, Overwatch is $40 on pc and $60 on consoles, Thanks to AMD's GCN architectural improvements and driver optimization over time, you can use a single (mid range) graphics card over a period of six years without a single upgrade and still get better graphics/FPS than the consoles.

not to mention the usefulness of a PC, a pc can keep you alive and well with the money you can earn from doing things like

E-sports Gaming (DOTA, LoL, CS:GO)
2D animation
3D animation
3D Rendering
video editing
online jobs
cryptocurrency mining
... etc

if you're judging PCs by laptops you are making a very HUGE mistake, a 300K laptop is only equivalent to a 120K desktop at the cost of size and weight for an overall stronger computer, Laptops are extremely expensive and a $600 laptop barely catches up to a $300 PC.

I can use a four year old $500 pc with an ivy bridge i5 and HD 7850 for seven years without upgrades while making money off the same pc I built with money

Emeka71:
The screen of cnsole is bigger than that of PC.

loool I can use my PC on any TV I like, I can even get triple monitors.

what you said is just like me saying that the screen of a console is small because I use it on a small 13" screen

RX480:
I can use a four year old $500 pc with an ivy bridge i5 and HD 7850 for seven years without upgrades while making money off the same pc I built with money

OK naaa! You rekt him in the first paragraph!

Where've you been bro?

AKBliv010:


OK naaa! You rekt him in the first paragraph!

Where've you been bro?

Reddit mostly the r/pcmasterrace, r/AMD and r/hardwareswap subreddits

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Please help my batman arkham city lockdown won't play, i downloaded the game zip and apk file, after i downloaded it i then downloaded es file explorer which i used in extracting the file, after the extraction i installed the apk and launched it, first it looked like it was going to work but then it just showed a black screen and closed, please can you guys tell me what to do. Thanks

Samtoby:
I know in this part of country, PC has been a more way for people to play games and we all believe it's the best way to play video game but what if I tell you that PC is the least way to enjoy a game in Nigeria and even globally?

For many years, I have played with the Sega series console and also CD players with game disk and pad back then before switching to Desktop to play Virtual Cops and NFS Hot Pursuit 3 and other series of game before getting a laptop few years back. It's fun time but world has changed.

Okay, generally PC is the best (no argument) but it's not the best in gaming if we look through it in Nigeria use and also how they treat PC gamer globally. Here is why I prefer console to PC.

1: Gaming PC is expensive:

A lot of you will argue this but it's just true. Just because you play PES/FiFA and old games successfully on your system doesn't mean it's qualify to be called a gaming PC (No offence). When we talking of gaming PC, laptops start from 200k or 150k while Desktop's price is enough to erect a 2 bedrooms flat building. Some cheap gaming laptop on Amazon start from 600$ and these laptops still have limitation to the game they can run without lag. With a simple calculation, 600$ will get me 350$ PS4 bundle with Black ops 3, and at least 3-5 more games (u see?).

2: Console hardly go outdated:

This exactly annoying me about PC, every time there is a new game for PC, you have to be praying that the specification requirement won't exceed your PC specs. It's obvious that new games this days need high ends system to get it and play without lag. Even with high end system, you still have to ask around if you can play the game. It's just annoying but console have this as advantage, once the game comes out, buy the disk and u are good to go but once there is a new console released, you are F**ked (not totally though).

3: PC get most games last or not release to PC at all.

Come and see me getting angry when Rockstar keeps shifting GTA5 PC like 4 times while Console have even finish the story mode already. I mean seriously I keep watch gameplay on YouTube for months. Not only this, NFS 2015 also did the same, PC was released this year March and released in last year November or so for console. While some other games don't even made it to PC platform, e.g Uncharted 4 (if am not wrong) .

4: Every PC games are cracked.

Firstly, this is just a problem that seems to only bother we here in Nigeria (kinda). Never a store I have been to buy PC game sell original version, it's always cracked and am pretty sure it's like that nation wide. You can say that I can easily buy the original game online but wait for this simple maths, you spent 60$ (almost 20k) to purchase it from Steam or other authorised vendor and the games size is already 30GB-50GB, bro where will you get another 10k or more to download that kind file size when our Network providers ain't smiling with their data allocation on subscription. Even if you get the cash, that makes it 30k on one game while you can get the same game for console at online stores at 16k. Yes, I walk pass corridor of Economic class.

5: We can't even play online games

This is just sad, in case you don't know, online games is the most fun experience you can have in gaming world, quote me anywhere. But when you are using a crack version of a game, say bye bye to playing online (e.g GTA5) and all of the new games don't have offline multi-player this days except for Football anyway and fighting genre.

No hating, am also a lover of PC gaming but with above conditions, I have to switch to console. I have alot of new released games on my PC but they won't play like I really want. So why not just get the console since it seems like the only option?
I got a new PS4 coming by next week and I just can't wait to play game without worrying.

Not forcing anyone but I saw people bragging about using PC here on Nairaland which I can't help but just laugh about how lost they are..

Kindly add yours below. PC gamers are also allow to fight back

This guy sha do you know your facts at all... firstly uncharted 4 is a playstation exclusive itd not on xbox its not on wii u its no whereelse so why would pc have it
Secondly yes to get a very good pc that will handle tthe latest games at the highest and best graphics possible costs around $800 - $1000 sometimes more but then again the games on pc r cheaper check konga or jumia and see new pc games around 2-5k where as their console counterpant is reaching 13-20k

JIMMY1393:


This guy sha do you know your facts at all... firstly uncharted 4 is a playstation exclusive itd not on xbox its not on wii u its no whereelse so why would pc have it
Secondly yes to get a very good pc that will handle tthe latest games at the highest and best graphics possible costs around $800 - $1000 sometimes more but then again the games on pc r cheaper check konga or jumia and see new pc games around 2-5k where as their console counterpant is reaching 13-20k

with the release of the RX 470 a good gaming pc that'll max out everything at 1080P 50+ FPS will cost you around $500-$550 (i3 6100/8GB DDR4/H110 MB/W1 500)... even better

Samtoby:


Thanks, you took the word out of my thumb.

I own a PC and tho my believe was that PC gpu and and CPU can't be change but after reading here, I checked it out online and see that it will just add up stress and besides, I will rather get a new laptop than to upgrade the one am using, and to buy a new one means I will be looking at those medium gaming PC before upgrading to high ends does which brought me back to EXPENSIVE.

Well, have got my PS4 for like 4 days now and it's awesome.

Hello. please how much did you get your Ps4. And do u have idea if there's a pace I can go drop my Ps3 with accessories and add some money to get a new Ps4. If yes, police where and how much.

jideniceguy:


Hello. please how much did you get your Ps4. And do u have idea if there's a pace I can go drop my Ps3 with accessories and add some money to get a new Ps4. If yes, police where and how much.

I bought the Star Wars bundle on Konga for 112k which is like a one time sales because the seller isn't selling it anymore or presently.

As per your 2nd question, I have no idea of where you can swap PS3 for PS4.

There is a difference btw gamers and PC gamers.


The latter are more of tweakers than actual gamers.

Silkmoth33:
There is a difference btw gamers and PC gamers.


The latter are more of tweakers than actual gamers.

I disagree with this, just because PC gamers are more tech savvy doesn't mean we aren't actual gamers, you're confusing PC gamers with PC/Hardware enthusiasts

RX480:


I disagree with this, just because PC gamers are more tech savvy doesn't mean we aren't actual gamers, you're confusing PC gamers with PC/Hardware enthusiasts

PREACH!

RX480:


I disagree with this, just because PC gamers are more tech savvy doesn't mean we aren't actual gamers, you're confusing PC gamers with PC/Hardware enthusiasts

No man! PC gamers and Hardware pirate enthusiasts alike are one and the same


As much as you love to brag and play games for dirt cheap amounts. You still toil with the idea of tinkering and stretching the limits of your personal modifications of the games you are privy to.

Silkmoth33:



No man! PC gamers and Hardware pirate enthusiasts alike are one and the same


As much as you love to brag and play games for dirt cheap amounts. You still toil with the idea of tinkering and stretching the limits of your personal modifications of the games you are privy to.

No man! gamers and enthusiasts are similar but different, an enthusiast is someone who wants the most powerful piece of hardware in existence an enthusiast is someone who buys 4 Titan XPs just to top the 3Dmark charts, an enthusiast is someone like this http://www.3dmark.com/fs/4630297 , an enthusiast uses games as benchmarks to measure the power of their rigs. an enthusiast is also an overclocker, they'll spend thousands of dollars trying to get the most out of their hardware, pushing everything to the limit, overclocking CPUs to 8 Ghz, playing Witcher 3 at 4K 200+ FPS.

a gamer is someone who wants something sufficient for their needs... brb

RX480:


No man! gamers and enthusiasts are similar but different, an enthusiast is someone who wants the most powerful piece of hardware in existence an enthusiast is someone who buys 4 Titan XPs just to top the 3Dmark charts, an enthusiast is someone like this http://www.3dmark.com/fs/4630297 , an enthusiast uses games as benchmarks to measure the power of their rigs. an enthusiast is also an overclocker, they'll spend thousands of dollars trying to get the most out of their hardware, pushing everything to the limit, overclocking CPUs to 8 Ghz, playing Witcher 3 at 4K 200+ FPS.

a gamer is someone who wants something sufficient for their needs... brb

You sure as hell sound like an enthusiast to me!

Silkmoth33:



You sure as hell sound like an enthusiast to me!

that'll be someone like AKBliv010 lol

RX480:
that'll be someone like AKBliv010 lol

..it's like a disease!..can't wait to do an ITX build...make my own custom braided cables sleeves and squeeze as much power into a small cube!