New System required

[Droolinggimp]

Hi guys.

It's been a very long time since last upgrading or building a PC and would like one to surpass my ancient hardware.

Current system.

Athlon X2 250 @3.00 GHz
4 GB ram
Win 8.1
GTX 650

Now my budget is around £600. Preferably no more.

I don't need:

• Monitor
• Hard drives
• Mouse
• Keyboard
• Speakers or sound card (I am presuming MoBo will have on board sound anyway)
• DVD drive (Upgrading to a BluRay drive may be an option though)

I will be playing games such as Cities: Skylines, Elite: Dangerous, GTAV and possibly more graphic hungry games.

I am at work today so I will check thread on breaks.

 

[stulid]

Hi.

What case+PSU do you have? are your drives all SATA?

If your current case+PSU ae not re-usable then you can get something pretty good for a bit over £600,

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-SLI - Devils Canyon Core i5 4690K Bundle **£12 Saving** £272.98
1 x MSI Radeon R9 280 Gaming 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £149.99
1 x Crucial BX100 250GB SSD SATA 6Gbps 7mm Solid State Drive (CT250BX100SSD1) £72.98
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £54.95
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2400HC11CDC01) £44.99
1 x Antec VSP5000 Silenced Tower Case - Black £39.95
Total : £635.83 (includes shipping : ).

 

[Droolinggimp]

The case is one of the old primo systems OCUK sold years ago. The psu is they one that came with it. Hard drives are sata iirc.

 

[stulid]

So the case is a cheapy jobbie and the PSU could be an own brand cheapy jobbie to but worth looking at it and double checking what PSU it is.

 

[Droolinggimp]

Yeah the PSU is an Own brand one. I am guessing the case and PSU you posted will be the best option. Unless I can see a nice case that takes my fancy..

 

[stulid]

Never skimp on the PSU.

 

[Droolinggimp]

Sorry to reply late.. I Have been reading the GTA V thread on the forums and there are loads of combinations of setups, CPU, RAM amount and Graphics cards. Would that basket run GTA V well. I have looked around for specs and comparisons but it's doing my head in.

 

[stulid]

Yes that will run gtav very well.

 

[Droolinggimp]

Worth investing in a more powerful PSU and maybe Nvidia GFX? (I have a bit of a like for Nvidia) Oh and RAM? I use PS a lot and was thinking that will help. Maybe upping it to 16GB

 

[stulid]

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-SLI - Devils Canyon Core i5 4690K Bundle **£12 Saving** £277.98
1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 970 OC Silent "Infin8 Black Edition" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **WorldWide Exclusive** £269.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED316G2400HC11CDC01) £89.99
1 x Crucial BX100 250GB SSD SATA 6Gbps 7mm Solid State Drive (CT250BX100SSD1) £72.98
1 x Seasonic S12II 520W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £52.99
1 x Antec VSP5000 Silenced Tower Case - Black £39.95
Total : £803.88 (includes shipping : ).




Like that?

The GTX970 is very power efficient, hence the PSU.

 

[Droolinggimp]

Isn't the new PSU less powerful than the first one? 550w v 520w or doesn't wattage matter anymore?

Edit: just read, Very power efficient..

 

[Droolinggimp]

Would OcUK build this for me or would it be delivered all boxed and separate?

 

[stulid]

It would be a box of separate parts, they can build and there is a fee.

 

[Droolinggimp]

Ok cheers for your help. Very much appreciated. If I buy this I will buy a bottle of Cava and smash it against the case and name it Stulid. Then return it it due to water damage.

 

[stulid]