Time for a new PC... new G4560 build?

champ222

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Hi all

back in 2006/2007, with the help of you guys, I built the following:
  • Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - OEM £0.00 1 £93.99 Now Q6600
  • Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775) £0.00 1 £13.99
  • Pioneer DVR-111BK 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter - (Black) OEM £0.00 1 £18.35 Now a Blu-ray reader
  • Sony Floppy Drive - Black £0.00 1 £4.99
  • Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS II Aluminium Midi-Tower Case - Black £0.00 1 £48.99
  • GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) £0.00 1 £147.99 Now 6GB
  • Gigabyte GA_965P_DS4 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £0.00 1 £99.99
  • BFG GeForce 8800 GTS OC 640MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £0.00 1 £247.99 Now Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6850
  • Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3320620AS) £0.00 1 £56.99 Now Samsung 128GB SSD
  • Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-620HXUK) £0.00 1 £84.99
  • Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition inc. SP2 - OEM - 1Pk (N09-01528) £0.00 1 £49.99 Now windows 10
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri): £10.95
VAT: £153.86
Order Total: £1033.06


I Also have a Samsung 27" IPS 1440p monitor

So this PC is now 10 years old, and its done me proud. i ran it overclocked at just under 3ghz on the E6300 for years without issue.

So, i fancy an upgrade. i'm not a huge gamer, i dont play online, but when i do play a single player game, i want a good experience.

I'd like to focus on getting a motherboard that'll last me another 10 years.

Ive done a bit of reading and the G4560 sounds like a great chip. The plan is to build the PC with the G4560, then plan for an upgrade later for an i5 or an i7, probably used, when the prices are more my thing. i plan to reuse most of the above, and upgrade the GPU later. i'll go used with that too i suspect, so want to get the system running and proven before that.

So, based on the above, could you recommend a mobo and ram combination to do what i require? ive had good success with gigabyte boards, but i wont rule out other manufacturers.

should i be looking to add a non-sata SSD also? i'll go away and read up on real world differences...

Thanks

Andy
 
I'm normally against waiting but it really is just around the corner... Wait for the Ryzen commotion to die down and see what happens with Intel pricing/AMD performance
 
Could do with something like below then upgrade processor and add another 8 gb ram later?

Pentium G4560 3.50GHz (Kaby Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor
GA-Z270P-D3 Intel Z270 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard
Vengeance LPX 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C15 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit
 
That's what I thought, a lot of newer games, regardless of GPU grunt demand dx11, which simply won't work with that card.

Edit. Also don't get obsessed with motherboards, motherboards to me are just tools for a job. And are cheaper than graphics cards.
 
mattyfez said:
That's what I thought, a lot of newer games, regardless of GPU grunt demand dx11, which simply won't work with that card.

Edit. Also don't get obsessed with motherboards, motherboards to me are just tools for a job. And are cheaper than graphics cards.
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It will, DX11 has been supported since the HD 5000 series.
 
An update on this. I went for the g4560 with z270x ultra gaming from gigabyte and 16gb of corsair vengeance.

Once it's all built and proven reliable and sound, I'll go second hand and get a graphics card. Probably a gtx970 or possibly a 1060 if I can find a used one

Thanks guys
 
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