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Hamo_007

Hamo_007

Hamo_007

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Hello,

I am looking at getting a gaming PC, capable of running games such as Counter Strike: Global Offensive, Skyrim and most modern games at least with high settings.

Preferably, with an OS (Windows 7), a monitor (decent, but not too expensive), a 2GB Gfx card, 8GB RAM, and perhaps a 3.5-3.9gz CPU that could be overclocked.

Any ideas, spec-wise?

Cheers.
 
Hi and welcome.

Thats a tough budget to include all those parts, but heres a an example,

YOUR BASKET
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 270X "PowerBank" 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £119.99
1 x AOC E2460SH 24" Widescreen 1ms Gaming LED Monitor - Black £113.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x Intel Pentium K Anniversary G3258 Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £55.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £43.99
1 x Asus H81M-PLUS Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £41.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £41.99
1 x EVGA 430W 80 Plus Power Supply (100-W1-0430-KR) £28.99
1 x Xigmatek Spirit M Micro-ATX Case - Black £21.95
Total : £565.28 (includes shipping : £17.85 Ex.VAT).



I do think you should ditch the PentiumK for a i5 with four cores.
 
Is the Pentium K capable of running CS:GO and The Sims 4? It's tempting to pick one up at that price... sorry for hijacking this thread, but Stulid's build has piqued my interest to upgrade on a budget.
 
i guess the best thing to do would be to look second hand at a mid range build and then see how it would perform and then adapt to suit your own needs?

im a newbie to pc gaming and found that my budget was changing constantly, however i now have a rig that could last me a number of years, give or take a few things graphically and maybe in the long run this has saved me some money?
 
CS:GO yeah, I would have thought so, Sims4? I dont know, not sure as I have no interest in it, try searching Google for Sim4 CPU benchmarks.
 
Thanks for the replies.

Would AMD be a cheaper option, especially if I want a CPU clocked at least 3.5GHz and can be overclocked? This would require swapping the motherboard etc for an AM3+ socket.
 
I would look at a better PSU than the EVGA 430W, it isn't great and for about £12 quid more you can have even the Silverstone Strider 500W. The EVGA also doesn't have the required PCIE cables for the Powercolor R9 270X I believe, so you'd have to use one of those PCIE to molex adapter thingy bobs. The Strider is certainly better than the EVGA and has more power for future upgrades - it's not really the component to skimp on

Theoretically it will be fine though :)
 
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