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Kidge

Kidge

Kidge

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My cousin has asked for some advice on a gaming machine.

I have a spare OCZ 90Gb SSD (not great i know but should do for the OS), have said he can use my 7850 and also have a windows license he can use.

The monitor he has is a Samsung Syncmaster 226BW which from a quick Google only looks to be 720p but he may upgrade that later if he enjoys PC gaming.

He'll be playing games like assasins creed and COD. budget is around £500.

I've come up with the below but was unsure on what air cooler to go for:

My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £488.10
(includes shipping: £13.20)
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Go for a coolermaster 212 evo cooler imo its the best value air cooler
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/cooler-master-hyper-212-evo-cpu-cooler-hs-035-cm.html

You will also need thermal paste as well
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/arctic-silver-5-thermal-compound-3.5g-ac-000-ac.html

However that mobo and cpu is overkill for that graphics card and monitor combo, better off with something cheaper, and keeping money towards a monitor and gpu upgrade.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/inte...ocket-lga1151-processor-retail-cp-586-in.html
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/asus...151-ddr4-micro-atx-motherboard-mb-684-as.html

This combo would save your cousin £60 and would still have him on skylake

However going with a cheaper 6 core amd processor would save your cousin another £60, and would still handle games fine but you would need DDR3 memory, and not DDR4, but the £120 saved on the orignal build you picked out would be better suited towards a GPU/monitor combo.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/amd-...hz-socket-am3-processor-retail-cp-338-am.html
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/asro...ocket-am3-ddr3-atx-motherboard-mb-068-ak.html
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/king...ual-channel-kit-hx318c10fbk2-8-my-195-ks.html
 
 
Cheers for the suggestions guys, think i'm going to recommend him the following and then let him choose a case and recommend waiting for either the 1070 or 480 to be released.


Total: £366.05My basket at Overclockers UK:
(includes shipping: £11.10)
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Opted for the slightly more expensive PSU as it is fully modular which will help for cable tidying. What do you think?
 
Kidge said:
Cheers for the suggestions guys, think i'm going to recommend him the following and then let him choose a case and recommend waiting for either the 1070 or 480 to be released.


Total: £366.05My basket at Overclockers UK:
(includes shipping: £11.10)
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Opted for the slightly more expensive PSU as it is fully modular which will help for cable tidying. What do you think?
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If you want a modular unit then the Antec Edge is better for £3 more. It is also made by Seasonic.


My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £75.49
(includes shipping: £10.50)
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Also the Asus H110M only has 2 ram slots so that was the reason I specced a single stick, as it gives you the option to add another 8GB later on.
 
Ah good spot, I'll update it and then have a chat to him :) out of interest can anyone recommend a monitor in case he wants to grab one as well?
 
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