Cheap system for £500

uksoldierboy

uksoldierboy

uksoldierboy

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Hiya guys,

Looking for a cheap system to play Arma 3, farcry 4 etc @ 1080p.

Interested in a smaller system, budget is £500 max but any cheaper would be great.

I have:

Monitor
Nzxt 630 but would like some smaller unless speccing is impacted too much by it.
120 Ssd
Mouse
Keyboard
Also have watercooling for cpu with 240mm rad, fans and cpu block to fit socket 1150-2011.

Cheers guys.
 
Seems you need an OS?

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 280 Dual-X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £149.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2133HC11ADC01) £65.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97P-D3 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £61.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £49.99
1 x Intel Pentium K Anniversary G3258 Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £49.99
1 x Raijintek Agos Midi Tower - White £39.95
1 x **B Grade** Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (S (HD-257-SE) £26.99
Total : £532.48 (includes shipping : £8.00).



Pentium K + R9 280

Without a case;

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 280 Dual-X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £149.99
1 x Intel Core i3-4130 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £89.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2133HC11ADC01) £65.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97P-D3 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £61.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £49.99
1 x **B Grade** Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (S (HD-257-SE) £26.99
Total : £532.52 (includes shipping : £8.00).



You get free shipping of course :)
 
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Ah excellent

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus H81M-K Intel Core i5 DIY Micro ATX Motherboard, CPU & RAM Bundle £225.97
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 280 Dual-X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £149.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £49.99
1 x Raijintek Agos Midi Tower - Black £39.95
1 x **B Grade** Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (S (HD-257-SE) £26.99
Total : £502.49 (includes shipping : £8.00).




EDIT: Woooah, same as stulid's there ^
B-grade HDD will be fine, quite likely it'll be just an open box return, saves £12 and a few people have had B-grade HDDs and have had no problems from what I saw on a thread
Why not save £12?
 
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Is it worth getting an I5 4690k over a Pentium anniversary k for gaming?

Thinking of just getting the lower spec cpu, overclocking it and putting the difference into the gpu.
 
I think the balance in those two is fine as any higher GPU than a 280 (R9 290, GTX 970) will possibly be held back by the Pentium K, so the i5 bundle + R9 280 should be fine
 
uksoldierboy said:
Is it worth getting an I5 4690k over a Pentium anniversary k for gaming?

Thinking of just getting the lower spec cpu, overclocking it and putting the difference into the gpu.
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A i5 4670K and Z97 is better than a Pentium K easily.

Its quad vs dual core for a start.
 
750ti slow to be honest, I reviewed one once (was also one of the faster clock speed from factory versions) and it still left me wondering why it cost so much.
 
uksoldierboy said:
Is it worth getting an I5 4690k over a Pentium anniversary k for gaming?

Thinking of just getting the lower spec cpu, overclocking it and putting the difference into the gpu.
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Depends on the game and resolution!

As a rule of thumb, get the best GPU you can and the cheapest CPU. The higher the screen resolution the more true this is.

But for e.g. Total War games it's the opposite! 1080p is probably the trickiest resolution since it's low (by today's standards).

If it were me I'd go for the Pentium K. Plenty of scope for a better 1150 processor if needed down the road.
 
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