£900 enough for reasonable gaming machine and screen?

[Capt Doufos]

Hi Guys, after some opinions please,

One of my friends is finally looking to upgrade their trusty Core 2 E6300 and HD4870. I am a little out of touch of what's what at the moment so I am little unsure what to suggest. Anything is going to be a significant upgrade, the box is primarily used for games so GPU is main focus but I would thing an RX480 would be more than adequate. Looking for a 24" screen max and not TN. I have priced up a few things and as he's not going to be overclocking I think I can stretch the budget with a cheaper motherboard and non K CPU. Do you think £900 is enough for a full machine and screen?

Thanks

 

[TheSkateyBird]

Will you be needing a copy of Windows 10?

 

[Capt Doufos]

Yes unfortunately, despite my nagging him to upgrade his Windows 7 Home Premium Retail key.

 

[terley]

best i can do :|

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x 8Pack Approved - Intel Core i5 6400 @ 4.4GHz Overclocked Quad Core Gaming Bundle = £374.92
  • CPU Cooler:Alpenföhn Brocken 2 CPU Cooler
  • Memory:Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-21300C16 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK8GX4M2A2666
• 1 x Kolink Victory Micro-ATX Gaming Case - Black= £22.99
• 1 x Super Flower Golden Green HX 350W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black= £44.99
• 1 x Sapphire Radeon RX 480 Nitro+ 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express RGB Graphics Card= £218.99
• 1 x Seagate 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (ST1000DM003)= £43.99
• 1 x Microsoft Windows 10 32/64-Bit - USB Pen Drive - Retail (KW9-00017)= £99.95
• 1 x Acer V246HQLBbd 23.6'' 1920x1080 IPS 6ms Widescreen LED Monitor - Black= £98.99

Total: £904.82
(includes shipping: £0.00)
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[LewisRaz]

Just about enough wiggle room to add an SSD or get a better case.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Sapphire Radeon RX 480 Nitro+ 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express RGB Graphics Card= £218.99
• 1 x AOC G2460VQ6 24" 1920x1080 TN FREESYNC 1ms Gaming Widescreen LED Monitor - Black/Red= £129.95
• 1 x Microsoft Windows 10 32/64-Bit - USB Pen Drive - Retail (KW9-00017)= £99.95
• 1 x Asus H110M-K Intel H110 (Socket 1151) DDR4 Micro ATX Motherboard= £47.99
• 1 x Intel Core i5-6500 3.20GHz (Skylake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £199.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C14 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Red (CMK8GX4M2A2400C1= £44.99
• 1 x XFX TS 430W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply - Black ** 5 YEAR WARRANTY OCUK EXCLUSIVE **= £33.95
• 1 x Bitfenix Nova Midi Tower Case - Black= £25.99
• 1 x Seagate 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (ST1000DM003)= £43.99

Total: £845.79
(includes shipping: £0.00)
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[Capt Doufos]

Thanks for that. Food for thought. Might be worth getting him to stick with Windows 7 for now to save £100 and Upgrade later. I think for now an SSD will give you a much larger boost than Windows 10 will.

 

[sports_brah]

You'd be as well looking second hand, will get a lot more bang for your buck there. Also "black friday" is coming soon, maybe hold on til then as there are usually some pretty decent deals on things like RAM/SSDs etc

 

[D1craig]

i rember black Friday saving like 5% last year. i wouldn't wait for it. these places pride themselves on having good prices all year round.

 

[Threepwood]

last years cpu/mb/ram/psu bundle was amazeballs, about 40% off. Dunno if we will see something so good.

 

[Capt Doufos]

It's a valid shout if he is in now rush.