pc bits help

RobRoy · 15 Jun 2014 at 16:20

Hi all,

After building a pc for my missus my pc has now decided to give up the ghost!

What bits would you recommend for me with a budget of £400 or less.

Currently i have a Hard Disk and a Radeon 6850 HD GFX card so id need

Motherboard
Processor
Memory
Case
PSU
CD Drive
Windows 8

Ideally id like to be able to upgrade the GFX Card in the near future but i think that should be ok for now.

Any help would be appreciated

RobRoy · 15 Jun 2014 at 16:40

Hopefully to use for gaming. The o's on the old machine is vista. Do you think that would be ok?

RobRoy · 15 Jun 2014 at 22:45

The pc is just not booting up. It hangs. It's an old Dell pc so the case appears to be custom for them

RobRoy · 16 Jun 2014 at 12:14

Is there better for the money then? Not opposed to going amd

RobRoy · 16 Jun 2014 at 14:19

Thanks for that

silly question how do you tell what memory is best for a motherboard? I see so many different speeds etc. It's confusing!

RobRoy · 17 Jun 2014 at 19:16

Really appreciate your help with this! thanks

Do i need to get some thermal paste for this as well?

RobRoy · 17 Jun 2014 at 22:23

thanks

1 last question i promise!! Will the Radeon 6850 HD be a bottleneck in this system or will it keep me going for a while?

RobRoy · 18 Jun 2014 at 06:58

Thanks a lot

RobRoy · 18 Jun 2014 at 11:11

I've managed to get a radeon 7850 hd so hopefully that will be a bit better