Final Spec Check - £500 Gaming System

moleh

moleh

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See below what I have come up with! My Daughter picked the case as the only thing she understands at this stage is the colour!

I was a little stuck between a gtx960 and a 380 and then which one to pick of the choise of 260s or 380s so really keen for some advise that I have chosen well please.

Please fill me up with feedback :)

Thanks

My basket at Overclockers UK:
  • 1 x OcUK Kinetic H2 - Intel H110 Configurable Skylake Micro ATX DDR3 Gaming Cube = £507.01
    • Case:BitFenix Prodigy M MATX Cube Case - Blue
    • Memory:Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-14900C10 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX318C10FBK2/8)
    • Graphics Card:MSI Radeon R9 380 Gaming 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
    • Primary Solid State Drive / Hard Drive:Kingston 120GB SSDNow V300 Drive SATA 6Gb/s 3 2.5" (7mm height) Solid State Hard Drive - (SV300S37A/
    • Storage Mechanical Hard Drive:Unwanted
    • Optical Drive **Please check case support**:Unwanted
    • WIFI:Unwanted
    • Operating System:Unwanted
    • Security Software:Unwanted
    • Build Time:Standard Build Systems - Dispatched within 7 working days
    • Warranty:OcUK Standard System Warranty - 3 Year (24 Month C&R + 12 Month Labour)
    • Processor:Intel Core i3-6100 3.70GHz (Skylake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail

Total: £507.01
(includes shipping: £0.00)
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Thanks I have a 2TB dive and a couple more SSD'd to go in it :)

Any feedback on the graphics cards? 260 or 380 and which brand?

Thanks

moleh
 
Hi - Sorry to but in...

I am newbie here.. but am am looking to possibly buy a machine for my son.

I notice you have gone i3 processor. Is that sufficient?

Or is the CPU not as key for gaming as for other PC uses?
Or is that budget driven?

Is gaming all about cooling, graphics and RAM? And less about CPU?

Or am I over simplifying?

Cheers
 
i5 would be better but looking at the benchmarking not by enough to make me spend the extra.

The differance between games like GTA 5 were single figures in terms of FPS differances. I can't post the benchmark link as it also sells cards but if you google i3 Vs i5 for gaming there will be a few you can compare and decide yourself what you need.

Still be good to get a guidance on the differant branded graphic cards if anyone has the time?

Thanks

moleh
 
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