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[Mr Niall L Plunkett]

Hi i am i first time user of overclockers looking to buy a gaming pc AMD. I have a budget of 350 - 600 pound preferably lower because i will upgrade over time. I want to able to run dawn of war 3 on high graphics. I dont need a monitor, keyboard and mouse. Would love some help and guidance on what i could do with the money i have available.

 

[Plec]

Welcome to the forums.

Do you need an OS and do you have any HDDs available?

 

[Mr Niall L Plunkett]

No i dont need a os and yes too hdds

 

[lee32uk]

You might be better with a Pentium G4560 at this budget rather than AMD.

 

[Danny75]

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Corsair CX550 550W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply (CP-9020121-UK)= £57.95
• 1 x Kingston A400 240GB SATA 6Gb/s 2.5" Solid State Hard Drive - (SA400S37/240G)= £79.99
• 1 x AeroCool Aero-300 FAW Midi-Tower - Black Window= £32.99
• 1 x Gigabyte GA-B250M-D3H Intel B250 (Socket 1151) DDR4 Micro ATX Motherboard= £74.99
• 1 x Intel Pentium G4560 3.50GHz (Kaby Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £64.99
• 1 x Corsair Value Select 8GB (1x8GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C14 2400MHz Single Channel Module (CMV8GX4M1A2400C16)= £51.95
• 1 x Gigabyte Radeon RX 570 Gaming 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £175.99

Total: £549.95
(includes shipping: £11.10)



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That leaves £50 in the max budget to go towards the build fee (what you are quoted may be more or less than that).

 

[southernorth]

Looking at this article:

http://www.pcgamer.com/dawn-of-war-3-performance-analysis/

It does seem that there are large performance gains to be made going above a 2 core CPU. Dawn of War 3 could certainly be playable on a dual-core, but as with most RTS games, the CPU is the real decider.

For upgrading a PC, you generally upgrade a CPU less often than a GPU. In that sense, you may want to get a much stronger CPU now, instead of having to waste money getting a replacement soon. Getting a cheaper GPU could make most sense.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 Quad Core 1500X 3.70GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £179.99
• 1 x Corsair CX450 450W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply (CP-9020120-UK)= £47.99
• 1 x BitFenix Comrade Midi-Tower - Black= £30.95
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan T-Force 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C14 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD48G2400= £64.99
• 1 x Gigabyte Radeon RX 570 Gaming 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £175.99
• 1 x Asrock AB350M AMD B350 (Socket AM4) DDR4 Micro ATX Motherboard= £70.99

Total: £583.20
(includes shipping: £12.30)



So to keep under budget, I've made some assumptions - you're going to re-use a HDD/SSD from elsewhere and already have windows. If you don't have an SSD, you can get a 128gb one for around £50.



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[Danny75]

Well, if there's enough to cover build fee and all, then by all means Ryzen quad is definitely the way to go.

 

[Mr Niall L Plunkett]

Cheers chaps will look into it more