Worth the dosh

Minibiker · 28 Mar 2016 at 15:04

Hi all

Just like to know your opinions on this being a starter gaming PC for me from overclockers... Its called a TITAN KARAMBIT turbo quad core gaming PC... Its priced at 372 quid

Thank you

P4Clock · 28 Mar 2016 at 15:33

it would be for very basic gaming.

What would be your max budget for a system?

Minibiker · 28 Mar 2016 at 15:45

My budget can stretch to 450-500.. Only going to use it mainly for Football manager 16, Euro truck sim

P4Clock · 28 Mar 2016 at 16:29

nice little i3 = GTX960 system would be good for things like that

P4Clock · 28 Mar 2016 at 16:34

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Panram Ninja-V 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C15 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (PUD42400C154G2NJK)= £23.99
1 x Asus B150M-A D3 Intel B150 (Socket 1151) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard= £61.99
1 x Intel Core i3-6100 3.70GHz (Skylake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £99.95
1 x Gainward GeForce GTX 960 Phantom 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £155.99
1 x Seagate 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (ST1000DM003)= £36.95
1 x XFX XT Series 500W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply= £36.95
1 x Aerocool V3X Evil Blue Edition Midi-Tower - Black/Blue= £19.99
1 x Kingston 120GB SSDNow V300 Drive SATA 6Gb/s 3 2.5" (7mm height) Solid State Hard Drive - (SV300S37A/= £32.99

Total: £480.50
(includes shipping: £11.70)

Minibiker · 28 Mar 2016 at 16:34

Do i have to buy them seperate or can you buy the lot as a unit... I shall have a look at one now.. Thank you

P4Clock · 28 Mar 2016 at 16:37

Minibiker said:
Do i have to buy them seperate or can you buy the lot as a unit... I shall have a look at one now.. Thank you

if you give them a call they can build anything up but there is a charge

Minibiker · 28 Mar 2016 at 17:04

I already have a PC that i use daily but i want to up the bits on it and turn it into a gaming PC or isit better to just buy new

jbh110tdi · 28 Mar 2016 at 17:09

Minibiker said:
I already have a PC that i use daily but i want to up the bits on it and turn it into a gaming PC or isit better to just buy new

it depends on what you have now. what spec is it?

would you be confident on upgrading it yourself? or even building one yourself?

Minibiker · 28 Mar 2016 at 17:21

My wifes friends husband is into Gaming PC's and built his own so i will be able to take it to him to build for me or add new parts

My old specs are

HP P6320UK
Intel core i5 CPU 650 @320 ghz
64GB RAM
64 bit op system

Danny75 · 28 Mar 2016 at 19:48

P4Clock said:
My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Panram Ninja-V 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C15 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (PUD42400C154G2NJK)= £23.99

1 x Asus B150M-A D3 Intel B150 (Socket 1151) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard= £61.99

1 x Intel Core i3-6100 3.70GHz (Skylake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £99.95

1 x Gainward GeForce GTX 960 Phantom 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £155.99

1 x Seagate 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (ST1000DM003)= £36.95

1 x XFX XT Series 500W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply= £36.95

1 x Aerocool V3X Evil Blue Edition Midi-Tower - Black/Blue= £19.99

1 x Kingston 120GB SSDNow V300 Drive SATA 6Gb/s 3 2.5" (7mm height) Solid State Hard Drive - (SV300S37A/= £32.99

Total: £480.50
(includes shipping: £11.70)

Just a heads up on DDR4 memory with DDR3 motherboard.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Gigabyte H110M-S2H Intel H110 (Socket 1151) DDR4 Micro ATX Motherboard= £46.99
1 x Panram Ninja-V 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C15 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (PUD42400C158G2NJK)= £49.99
1 x Intel Core i3-6100 3.70GHz (Skylake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £99.95
1 x Samsung 250GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E250B/EU)= £67.99
1 x HIS Radeon R9 380X IceQ X2 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H380XQM4CR)= £169.99
1 x XFX XT Series 500W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply= £36.95
1 x Aerocool V2X Blue Edition Midi-Tower - Black / Blue= £16.99

Total: £488.85
(includes shipping: £0.00)

I'd also ditch the GPU completely, to begin with, and see if you are happy with the Skylake integrated graphics for Euro Truck. It will have no problem churning out 60 FPS on High settings for Football Manager. Another reason is new AMD cards expected in June. However, if you know you want the full eye candy for Euro Truck right from the start then leave the GPU in.

Minibiker · 28 Mar 2016 at 19:55

Thanks for all the great help, I knew coming onto the forum would be a great choice... Is there any certain machines Overclockers sell built up that will do the job in my budget, if not its ok ill just order bit by bit

Cheers