Building a basket - £550ish

[satanicguardian]

Hi everyone, I'm looking to spec something up for a friend, but it's been so long since I've upgraded myself I've got no idea on the best bang for buck anymore. She's looking to play SWTOR and the new Dragon Age, I was hoping you kind people could point me in the right direction of what's good value for money now!

Much appreciated!

(FYI I'll be building it so not looking for a prebuilt)

Thanks!

 

[tamzzy]

shop around for the best prices (eg cpu, ram) and can get the build closer to £500

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 Six Core 2600 3.90GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £139.99
• 1 x MSI B450M Gaming Plus (Socket AM4) DDR4 mATX Motherboard= £77.99
• 1 x Asrock Radeon RX 570 Gaming Dual 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £98.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD416G30= £79.99
• 1 x WD Blue 3D NAND 500GB 2.5" SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive (WDS500G2B0A)= £53.99
• 1 x CoolerMaster MasterWatt 650 - 650W 80 Plus Bronze Semi Modular Power Supply= £64.99
• 1 x Kolink Citadel Micro-ATX Case - Black= £37.99

Total: £553.93 (includes shipping: £0.00)​

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[satanicguardian]

shop around for the best prices (eg cpu, ram) and can get the build closer to £500

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 Six Core 2600 3.90GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £139.99
• 1 x MSI B450M Gaming Plus (Socket AM4) DDR4 mATX Motherboard= £77.99
• 1 x Asrock Radeon RX 570 Gaming Dual 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £98.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD416G30= £79.99
• 1 x WD Blue 3D NAND 500GB 2.5" SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive (WDS500G2B0A)= £53.99
• 1 x CoolerMaster MasterWatt 650 - 650W 80 Plus Bronze Semi Modular Power Supply= £64.99
• 1 x Kolink Citadel Micro-ATX Case - Black= £37.99

Total: £553.93 (includes shipping: £0.00)
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Oh that looks pretty nice, how do you reckon this will handle SWTOR and DA4?

 

[tamzzy]

SWTOR

will munch through swtor (but swtor isn't a very optimised game to begin with so expect a few frame drops here and there...)

DA4

given that da3 was requirement heavy when it came out, i'd expect the same for da4 (when it eventually gets released).
i'd say that one would be able to run the game at 1080p 60hz low (or medium possibly)