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Evening all,

Younger brother wants to venture into PC gaming (hes growing up lol)
His budget is basically as low as he can get.
Currently hes only playing Skyrim so wants a rig that can handle it.
Already has case, HDD & PSU, just looking for mobo, cpu, ram & gpu.

He's asked me for help but im lost on whats best bang for buck on budget systems - but i know you guys have a wealth of advice that im hoping to borrow a bit of :D

Many thanks.

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Hi Stalker,

Okay, so you'd need to state what size motherboard the case can hold (better yet which exact case it is), and what PSU it is, so that the recommendations will be compatible.
 
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You can have a look at here for specs on skyrim, but really this is like what the base spec looks like now days.

You need really a decent model circa 500w psu with at least two 6 pin pcie connectors.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 270 TurboDUO 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £125.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £79.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD38G2133HC11ADC01) £53.99
1 x Gigabyte 970A-DS3P AMD 970A (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £50.99
Total : £310.96 (includes shipping : ).



The powercolor cards come with a warranty that deals with ocuk for the duration so a really good card to get and the cheapest 270 too!
 
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knew this forum had some skill, but never expected short response time :)
Danny75 - Case is Aero Cool Strike X GT so ATX or below

Danewesley - thanks a lot!!
Edit - sry - PSU is galaxy enermax 850w ( i think)
 
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I asked the same question and tried to explain that i need a max rather than just 'as low as possible' but he wont budge, i give it 6 months until he gets the bug!
 
danewesley said:
You can have a look at here for specs on skyrim, but really this is like what the base spec looks like now days.

You need really a decent model circa 500w psu with at least two 6 pin pcie connectors.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 270 TurboDUO 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £125.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £79.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD38G2133HC11ADC01) £53.99
1 x Gigabyte 970A-DS3P AMD 970A (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £50.99
Total : £310.96 (includes shipping : ).



The powercolor cards come with a warranty that deals with ocuk for the duration so a really good card to get and the cheapest 270 too!
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Thanks a lot fella, orders now placed :)
 
This would have been my choice. Decent overclocking board and the potential to upgrade to an 8320. Also, better Gpu.

YOUR BASKET
1 x **B Grade** **B Grade** MSI HD 7870 Black Knight 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card ( (BG-345-MS) £109.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £79.99
1 x Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £74.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan GOLD 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLYD38G1600HC9DC01) £49.99
Total : £324.56 (includes shipping : £8.00).

 
items arrived this morning, beer on the way home from work = good night in store :)

@Idleman - i did look at getting a more powerfull GPU, but it turns out his psu is not a galaxy, its a jonny average model @ 500w, so wouldnt be able to power the 7870.
Thanks for your input though!
 
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