Gaming Build £600

Darabin

Darabin

Darabin

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Hi All,

I'll be building a gaming pc from scratch and have a budget around £600

I want to be able to play Overwatch, minimum system specs are here:
https://eu.battle.net/support/en/article/7636

I have a mouse, keyboard, monitor etc that I can use so it is just the case & all components.

What parts would you recommend? Would it be better buying a pre-built PC at this budget range?

Also, should I hang on till mid June before I purchase a GPU in the hope that prices will drop due to the new Nvidia cards?

Cheers
 
Buying the bits and constructing it yourself will maximize your budget.


My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £530.44
(includes shipping: £12.60)
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That will not only play overwatch comfortably but many more A rated games at a standard monitor resolution of 1080.

If you need a copy of windows - https://www.overclockers.co.uk/micr...usb-pen-drive-retail-kw9-00017-sw-174-ms.html
 
My brother has an old PC that he doesn't use anymore which has:

Intel Core Duo E6850 - 3 ghz
ASUSTEK P5n32-E SLI (motherboard)
GeForce GT 730
8gb RAM

Would any of these be useful for my build to save some money or am I best just going for all new parts?
 
jigger said:
It seems like AM4 and Bristol Ridge chips will be announced tomorrow. I would hold off.
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I won't be buying it till later next week anyway, thanks.

Is it worth waiting till mid June for the Nvidia GPU's to be released too or will this not make a difference to the prices?

Cheers
 
Darabin said:
I won't be buying it till later next week anyway, thanks.

Is it worth waiting till mid June for the Nvidia GPU's to be released too or will this not make a difference to the prices?

Cheers
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It would be worth seeing what the Polaris GPU's have to offer at the end of June
 
stulid said:
My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £530.44
(includes shipping: £12.60)
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Thanks for the advice, I think I'll go for this build. Is it likely that this will drop in price much if i wait or shall i just go ahead and buy?

Also can you recommend a cheap gaming monitor for around £100-£150?

Thanks
 
Thanks Stulid, I will be buying today then. I think I'll hold back on a monitor for now and do a bit more research as I have my brothers one for now.

One final question - will this build be adequate for some streaming on the likes of twitch? Or is an i7 required for this?

If I wanted to upgrade to an i7 spec for streaming purposes how much extra would I be looking at?
 
stulid, an i7 is above my budget and I've read that an i5 can just about do the job on low fps.

Would I see a big difference in streaming if i was to get the 6600k i5 over the 6400 that you originally specced? I could stretch an extra £40.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/inte...ocket-lga1151-processor-retail-cp-579-in.html

Also, will the mobo and everything else still be compatible for the 6600k or would i have to change my build completely? I am ready to hit the buy button before the delivery cut off for today !
 
Would a PentiumK overclocked possibly give better results than a 2.7ghz i5?

The money saved would be the exactly the difference between 960gfx and a 970.

The PentiumK could be upgraded next year.
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Also can you recommend a cheap gaming monitor for around £100-£150?
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I think I'd be switching to an AMD build and a freesync type monitor. Though I don't know if I could ever go back to non IPS colour anymore :(

Edit2: Hmm, there is an IPS 21:9 monitor at £150:
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/lg-2...e-widescreen-led-monitor-black-mo-140-lg.html
Edit:3 25" inch is way too small for 21:9. 24inch IPS look to start at the £159 price point.
 
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Darabin said:
stulid, an i7 is above my budget and I've read that an i5 can just about do the job on low fps.

Would I see a big difference in streaming if i was to get the 6600k i5 over the 6400 that you originally specced? I could stretch an extra £40.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/inte...ocket-lga1151-processor-retail-cp-579-in.html

Also, will the mobo and everything else still be compatible for the 6600k or would i have to change my build completely? I am ready to hit the buy button before the delivery cut off for today !
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Hi,

If you get a i5 6600K you would also want a Z170 based motherboard to make the most of it.

The K cpu has an unlocked multiplier so can be overclocked with a Z170 board.

The 6600K will work in the H110 board but can't be overclocked.

Also a K skylake cpu does not include a heatsink, the others do.

If you want to spend £20 more then the i5 6500 runs at 500mhz more than the 6400.
 
stulid said:
If you want to spend £20 more then the i5 6500 runs at 500mhz more than the 6400.
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I will change the 6400 to 6500 then, it still comes under my £600 budget.

Does this basket seem right to you? Everything compatible?

My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £586.39
(includes shipping: £12.60)
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