Upgrade Recommendation - Budget £300

robmarcer

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Hello everyone

I'm posting to try to get some recommendations on an upgrade path for a friend of mine.

He currently has a....

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Processor

2.60 gigahertz Intel Pentium Dual-Core
2048 kilobyte secondary memory cache
64 kilobyte primary memory cache

Motherboard
ASUSTeK Computer INC. P5KPL-SE x.0x

RAM
4096 Megabytes Usable Installed Memory

GPU
ATI Radeon HD 3400 Series

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He's got an ok case, PSU (might need to be replaced depending on power requirements of new kit), keyboard, mouse, monitor (720p) and a SSD.

The PC is working great for general computing and Minecraft but he wants to play DayZ and I don't think this configuration is going to cut it?

The budget is £300 right now and he may put more money into it over the coming year.

I first looked at GPUs but then I wondered if the processor will just bottleneck the system?

So the question is, what would you recommend he spends £300 upgrading to get Dayz (stand alone) running well at 720p?

Any help is appreciated, thanks guys!
 
To be honest on that budgets its going to be a complete pig to upgrade. You're not going to get a cpu, mem and mobo + suitable graphics for £300

A quick build, sell the bf2 code to bring it around £300

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Radeon R9 270X WindForce 3X OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with BattleField 4 PC Game Included £161.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-4 Quad Core 4300 3.80GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £79.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1333C9D3B1K2/4G) £37.99
1 x MSI 760GM-P23 FX AMD 760G (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Micro-ATX Motherboard £35.99
Total : £325.56 (includes shipping : £8.00).
 
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YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A10-5800K Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD580KWOHJBOX) £99.95
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan GOLD 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLYD38G2400HC11CDC01) £65.99
1 x Asus A88XM-A AMD A88X Chipset (Socket FM2+) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £55.99
Total : £231.53 (includes shipping : £8.00).



Or with hybrid xfire.

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A10-5800K Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD580KWOHJBOX) £99.95
1 x Asus HD 6670 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £71.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan GOLD 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLYD38G2400HC11CDC01) £65.99
1 x Asus A88XM-A AMD A88X Chipset (Socket FM2+) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £55.99
Total : £303.52 (includes shipping : £8.00).

 
The AMD APUs really are the goto option on a low budget. With the new ones (Kaveri) due in Jan I think he'd be better off waiting till after crimbo and weigh his options up then.
 
PussyCat said:
To be honest on that budgets its going to be a complete pig to upgrade. You're not going to get a cpu, mem and mobo + suitable graphics for £300

A quick build, sell the bf2 code to bring it around £300

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Radeon R9 270X WindForce 3X OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with BattleField 4 PC Game Included £161.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-4 Quad Core 4300 3.80GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £79.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1333C9D3B1K2/4G) £37.99
1 x MSI 760GM-P23 FX AMD 760G (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Micro-ATX Motherboard £35.99
Total : £325.56 (includes shipping : £8.00).
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i second this, about the best it's gonna get for ~£300, you'll need to check power requirements, and if he gets some more money later on id personally suggest a moderate cpu overclock and buying an aftermarket cooler (might set him back a further £25-30)
 
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PussyCat said:
To be honest on that budgets its going to be a complete pig to upgrade. You're not going to get a cpu, mem and mobo + suitable graphics for £300

A quick build, sell the bf2 code to bring it around £300

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Radeon R9 270X WindForce 3X OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with BattleField 4 PC Game Included £161.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-4 Quad Core 4300 3.80GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £79.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1333C9D3B1K2/4G) £37.99
1 x MSI 760GM-P23 FX AMD 760G (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Micro-ATX Motherboard £35.99
Total : £325.56 (includes shipping : £8.00).
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He says he's going to go for this setup. Thanks everyone for your feedback, these forums (you guys) are really helpful.
 
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