New Build - £800

spenncerr · 28 Apr 2016 at 23:51

Hey guys,

I am currently in a position to finally build/upgrade my PC.

Specs are as follows in my signature. It's been a long time since I've upgraded so I'm totally out of the loop. I have no idea what to aim for.

I can reuse some of the parts in my signature or I can go for a completely new build, whatever would be best in the long run.

Cheers!

stulid · 29 Apr 2016 at 00:18

Buy a new GFX card, but Pascal and Polaris are going to be out sometime in a month or two.

A bigger SSD? new case? big monitor with freesync or Gsync depending if you want nvidia or AMD

spenncerr · 29 Apr 2016 at 00:24

stulid said:
Buy a new GFX card, but Pascal and Polaris are going to be out sometime in a month or two.

A bigger SSD? new case? big monitor with freesync or Gsync depending if you want nvidia or AMD

That's all? CPU/Mobo and RAM are okay?

lee32uk · 29 Apr 2016 at 00:27

spenncerr said:
That's all? CPU/Mobo and RAM are okay?

Yes. The i5 2500K is still a very capable cpu, and 16GB Ram is easily enough for a gaming pc.

spenncerr · 29 Apr 2016 at 00:43

lee32uk said:
Yes. The i5 2500K is still a very capable cpu, and 16GB Ram is easily enough for a gaming pc.

Okay, sweet.

Can you give me an idea of some parts which will go with my current parts?

Cheers.

Vish Petrol · 29 Apr 2016 at 01:31

Polaris 10/gtx 1070 and 1080 will be out in just over a month, polaris 10 is expected to be around $329 so maybe around £300 once vat and exchange rate have been factored in. 1070/1080 will probably be around the same prices as the 970/980 on release.
As for the SSD it would depend on the size you want. 250gb is around £50. I've found samsung and Kingston SSD's to be good.