Gaming pc that will last forever

[aiir_]

Hi

Could you spec me a gaming pc that will last a very long time. Not a over the top graphics card. All components that have a long life.
Price £550

Thank you

 

[mickyflinn]

What resoloution are you expecting to play at ? self build or prebuilt and do you need windows ?

 

[Steveocee]

What resoloution are you expecting to play at ? self build or prebuilt and do you need windows ?

640*480 with that budget and expectation.

 

[padcontrol]

Yeh unfortunately with that budget not got to last very long

 

[hornetstinger]

p-p-p-p-p-p-powerbook.

It'll be always the same speed. And run new applications just as well as very old applications,.

 

[Flubble]

a bit over budget, no case but you can make one out of cereal boxes and sellotape.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 3 Quad Core 1200 3.40GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £98.99
• 1 x Asrock A320M-DGS AMD A320 (Socket AM4) DDR4 Micro ATX Motherboard= £47.99
• 1 x XFX XT Series 400W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply= £34.99
• 1 x Toshiba P300 1TB 7200RPM 64MB Cache High Performance Hard Drive (HDWD110UZSVA)= £38.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan T-Force 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C14 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD48G2400= £69.95
• 1 x Palit GeForce GTX 1060 Dual 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £188.99
• 1 x SPEEDLINK Jixster Ambidextrous Mouse, Black= £5.99
• 1 x MARS Gaming Hades MKHA0 Gaming Keyboard - UK Layout= £8.99
• 1 x Asus VS197DE 18.5" 1366x768 TN LED Monitor - Black= £65.99

Total: £574.07
(includes shipping: £13.20)



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[andicole0]

p-p-p-p-p-p-powerbook.

It'll be always the same speed. And run new applications just as well as very old applications,.

What!
Andi.

 

[ExRayTed]

'

Hi

Could you spec me a gaming pc that will last a very long time. Not a over the top graphics card. All components that have a long life.
Price £550

Thank you

Managing expectations' springs to mind here

Gaming longevity with a low budget like yours isn't really possible, although it does depend on what you mean by 'a very long time'.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Intel Pentium G4560 3.50GHz (Kaby Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £64.99
• 1 x Asus H110M-K Intel H110 (Socket 1151) DDR4 Micro ATX Motherboard= £47.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan T-Force 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C14 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD48G2400= £69.95
• 1 x Kingston 240GB SSDNow UV400 Drive SATA 6Gb/s 2.5" (7mm height) Solid State Hard Drive - (SUV400S37/2= £79.99
• 1 x Palit GeForce GTX 1050Ti StormX 4096MB PCI-Express GDDR5 Graphics Card= £128.99
• 1 x XFX XT Series 500W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply= £42.95
• 1 x Raijintek Arcadia Mid Tower USB 3.0 Case - Black= £27.95

Total: £475.11
(includes shipping: £12.30)



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The CPU is out of stock at the moment but is a good, albeit budget workhorse. The weak point is obviously the GPU

 

[mistersprinkles]

a bit over budget, no case but you can make one out of cereal boxes and sellotape.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 3 Quad Core 1200 3.40GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £98.99
• 1 x Asrock A320M-DGS AMD A320 (Socket AM4) DDR4 Micro ATX Motherboard= £47.99
• 1 x XFX XT Series 400W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply= £34.99
• 1 x Toshiba P300 1TB 7200RPM 64MB Cache High Performance Hard Drive (HDWD110UZSVA)= £38.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan T-Force 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C14 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD48G2400= £69.95
• 1 x Palit GeForce GTX 1060 Dual 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £188.99
• 1 x SPEEDLINK Jixster Ambidextrous Mouse, Black= £5.99
• 1 x MARS Gaming Hades MKHA0 Gaming Keyboard - UK Layout= £8.99
• 1 x Asus VS197DE 18.5" 1366x768 TN LED Monitor - Black= £65.99

Total: £574.07
(includes shipping: £13.20)



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1060 for 768P @ 60Hz? LOL. Horrible. No offense.

 

[james_2k]

The budget is horrible to be fair. you know what they say, crap in, crap out

hopefully the OP has a tv he can connect it to and avoid having to buy a terribad monitor

 

[aiir_]

a bit over budget, no case but you can make one out of cereal boxes and sellotape.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 3 Quad Core 1200 3.40GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £98.99
• 1 x Asrock A320M-DGS AMD A320 (Socket AM4) DDR4 Micro ATX Motherboard= £47.99
• 1 x XFX XT Series 400W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply= £34.99
• 1 x Toshiba P300 1TB 7200RPM 64MB Cache High Performance Hard Drive (HDWD110UZSVA)= £38.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan T-Force 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C14 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD48G2400= £69.95
• 1 x Palit GeForce GTX 1060 Dual 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £188.99
• 1 x SPEEDLINK Jixster Ambidextrous Mouse, Black= £5.99
• 1 x MARS Gaming Hades MKHA0 Gaming Keyboard - UK Layout= £8.99
• 1 x Asus VS197DE 18.5" 1366x768 TN LED Monitor - Black= £65.99

Total: £574.07
(includes shipping: £13.20)



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Thank you very much

 

[aiir_]

'


Managing expectations' springs to mind here

Gaming longevity with a low budget like yours isn't really possible, although it does depend on what you mean by 'a very long time'.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Intel Pentium G4560 3.50GHz (Kaby Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £64.99
• 1 x Asus H110M-K Intel H110 (Socket 1151) DDR4 Micro ATX Motherboard= £47.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan T-Force 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C14 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD48G2400= £69.95
• 1 x Kingston 240GB SSDNow UV400 Drive SATA 6Gb/s 2.5" (7mm height) Solid State Hard Drive - (SUV400S37/2= £79.99
• 1 x Palit GeForce GTX 1050Ti StormX 4096MB PCI-Express GDDR5 Graphics Card= £128.99
• 1 x XFX XT Series 500W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply= £42.95
• 1 x Raijintek Arcadia Mid Tower USB 3.0 Case - Black= £27.95

Total: £475.11
(includes shipping: £12.30)



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The CPU is out of stock at the moment but is a good, albeit budget workhorse. The weak point is obviously the GPU

Thank you very much

 

[Flubble]

1060 for 768P @ 60Hz? LOL. Horrible. No offense.

well he did say last forever, if a 1060 at 768 is overkill that's a good thing lol