New Gaming PC

[KingDing]

Hi All,

I've been out the "game" for quite a long time. I'm getting into cities skyline and I need a new PC to run it.

Anyone have any advice or a build for a system that can run CS?

Cheers.

 

[Journey]

Find a new game, that is cheaper to run.

 

[tamzzy]

Find a new game, that is cheaper to run.

Anyone have any advice or a build for a system that can run CS?

budget?

 

[KingDing]

Find a new game, that is cheaper to run.

The last time I had a pc was late 2008

So I'm new to buying again. So really as cheap as I can get but being just above the recommended specs.

 

[KingDing]

Recommended specs..

• Processor: Intel Core i5-3470T 2.8GHz / AMD FX-6300
• Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 7870 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
• VRAM: 2GB
• System Memory: 6 GB RAM
• Storage: 4 GB Hard drive space

 

[tamzzy]

I can tell you for certain, as a C:S player with 300mods and a city population of 900k that the recommended spec won't go far

 

[KingDing]

I can tell you for certain, as a C:S player with 300mods and a city population of 900k that the recommended spec won't go far

What would you recommend?

 

[tamzzy]

well it depends on what you want to do with C:S of course
as it is insanely moddable, it can require a lot of ram
same with the population, if you're only looking to play to a population of 100-200k then clearly you wouldn't need too much cpu horsepower
if you intend to use max LOD, light tables etc, then GPU is more of a concern

budget?

 

[KingDing]

I currently play on PS4 and hit around 100k with no mods before it starts becoming a little laggy. So mods and a higher pop would be great.

I reckon that 800 would be the average I would spend. I know that maybe a tall order but i can upgrade later as funds dictate.

 

[tamzzy]

I reckon that 800 would be the average I would spend.

£800 is easily doable - don't even need to spend that much
tbh, i was expecting you to say something like £300 to run at 4k res with 1m pop and 10 bajilion mods lol

this would run games easily at 1080p without breaking into a sweat

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Six Core 4.2GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £188.99
• 1 x MSI B450M Mortar MAX (Socket AM4) DDR4 mATX Motherboard= £84.95
• 1 x PowerColor Radeon RX 590 Red Dragon 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card *BLACK FRIDAY DEAL*= £154.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Grey (TLGD= £59.99
• 1 x Bitfenix Formula Series 550W 80 Plus Gold Power Supply= £66.95
• 1 x Gigabyte 480GB SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive= £41.99
• 1 x Kolink Citadel Micro-ATX Case - Black= £39.95

Total: £649.51 (includes shipping: £11.70)
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