Is this a decent gaming PC?

raljef01

raljef01

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This costs £790 and im hoping for it to run all games decently. Please let me know if there is something i should improve on or if there is something unnecessary.

Case SHARKOON BD28 GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU) AMD Athlon X4 860K Quad Core CPU (3.7GHz/FM2+)
Motherboard ASUS® A88XM-PLUS: (M-ATX, DDR3, USB 3.0, 6Gb/s)
Memory (RAM) 8GB HyperX FURY DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz (1 x 8GB)
Graphics Card 2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 960 - DVI, HDMI, 3 x DP
1st Hard Disk1TB WD BLACK 3.5" WD1003FZEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive 24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply CORSAIR 450W VS SERIES™ VS-450 POWER SUPPLY
Sound Card ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Power Cable 1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Operating System Genuine Windows 8.1 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence
Monitor IIYAMA E2283HS-B1 22" Widescreen Monitor
Keyboard & Mouse Razer® Deathstalker Expert Gaming Keyboard (£65)

thanks
 
No it's pretty low spec especially for that money. Try the general hardware sub forum and ask what spec you can get for ~£800.
 
Yeah, afraid it is a bit of a wet fish.

The CPU and GPU aren't great. Maybe consider an i3, as it allows you an i5/i7 upgrade in the future. The 960 is slow old tech, which is never a good combo.

Saying that, if you have to get a monitor and OS, your budget does rapidly decline for a whole rig.

If you don't need storage I would swap out the HDD for a budget 256gb SDD.

Depending on the price youre paying for the case, you could save yourself 20 and get a better brand while youre at it.
 
I edited it a bit for you

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/ocuk...WsCHy.-sDay@@sDby@wsDcy@zsDGyuVDTH120'EGN15/~

You said your budget was under £800 so have accommodated that.

Bear in mind it doesn't have a CD/DVD drive although most games have online content these days.

I upped the CPU to an i5, better graphics card and stuck an SSD in there instead of a mechanical drive. This should play a lot decently. Not necessarily at the highest specs but this isn't a 3 grand gaming beast either :)

Hope that helps!
 
Phate said:
I edited it a bit for you

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/ocuk...WsCHy.-sDay@@sDby@wsDcy@zsDGyuVDTH120'EGN15/~

You said your budget was under £800 so have accommodated that.

Bear in mind it doesn't have a CD/DVD drive although most games have online content these days.

I upped the CPU to an i5, better graphics card and stuck an SSD in there instead of a mechanical drive. This should play a lot decently. Not necessarily at the highest specs but this isn't a 3 grand gaming beast either :)

Hope that helps!
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if there is no dvd drive how will I install an os onto it but this does look good so thanks!
 
raljef01 said:
if there is no dvd drive how will I install an os onto it but this does look good so thanks!
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You can get OS's on USB stick these days. You can even build one yourself if you have a USB stick :)

Microsoft has an official guide to it. Quick google should help find it!
 
raljef01 said:
yeah that is an issue
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You need to go low end i3, 970 and a cheap 256gb SSD (although you'd save a bit with the 1Tb HDD, you will thank us once you experience SSD speed :))

You can select win 10, and have approx. £100 for monitor and peripherals (you can upgrade them later).

EDIT - if you are OK with installing an OS - you can always pick yourself up a cheap copy of windows 7 from ebay (high feedback), and upgrade to win10.
 
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