Help with new system please

Andy Proctor

Andy Proctor

Andy Proctor

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Hi guys,

I'm looking at building a new tower to comfortably run "Playerunknown Battkegrounds" and similar games.

I did build build my own pc many moons ago but I'm struggling with where to start from and I'd like to spend as little as possible.

Any input would be appreciated as I'm really unsure, especially with which cpu and mobo to go with.

Thanks!
 
Is it worth buying any of these parts 2nd hand to bring the price down or is that a waste of money? Surely I could buy a better spec pc this way for the same price.
Better start getting the overtime in either way lol!
 
OK well maybe I'll scrap that idea then! Any idea what sort of settings I'll be able to run games like h1z1 and pubg at with this build? I'll hopefully be buying the majority of the parts on Saturday from ocuk anyway as they seem to be amongst the cheapest I've seen online.
 
Is there any reason I couldn't use the 4gb 1050 you linked before with this setup? I'd need to get hold of a keyboard and mouse but I'm not bothered about anything too fancy as I can upgrade them at any time. I think I have my old monitor in the loft too and again I can upgrade this at a later date, I just want to the tower so I can actually play some games :D
 
I can wait for the right deal but was really hoping to be up and running next week sometime. Should probably do a bit more research myself before just jumping straight into it but I'm excited to be part of the master race again :)
 
I don't really want to be spending more than £700 on the tower so I'm guessing ryzen will be well out of my price range but I can wait and see if any prices drop when it's released. Is there any benefit in getting AMD over Intel? Could it work out cheaper?
 
pastymuncher said:
Do not buy a i3. The Kabylake Pentiums from the G4560 and up all have HT so makes a complete mockery of the i3 prices. Either go with a G4560 coupled with a B250 motherboard or a i5. Don't even consider the i3 now.
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Will the g4560 be enough? I'm not bothered about ultra settings as long as I can play on standard settings comfortably.
 
So I've put a build together with various parts linked on this thread including the b250 and g4560 and I've got to £640 including mouse and keyboard which seems very reasonable! I'd like to link my basket here but not sure how to do it as I'm on my phone (Galaxy S6).

You guys have been a massive help, I think I would've just put together a potato pc without your help!
 
I've managed to get a price of £610 now including windows and a decent mouse and keyboard after tweaking a few bits. Hopefully going to be ordering it all at some point over this weekend.

I'll upload a picture when I'm done if anyone's interested to see it :)

Please keep sending any other suggestions that may bring the price down some more, thinking of buying it through the business so I could get up and running for about £490 +VAT!
 
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Ok, so here is the final build unless you guys can talk me out of it for any reason. Let me know what you think.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £616.08
(includes shipping: £12.30)



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Ok I've just made those changes and I'm pretty happy with what I've got now. I don't think I've missed anything but if someone could just double check for me that would be great. Thanks for all of your help guys!

My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £626.08
(includes shipping: £12.30)



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I didn't include a SSD purely to keep the price down but I am very tempted to put one in anyway. And i'll swap to that RAM if it'll make a difference, still hovering over the "checkout" button lol
 
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