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In need of a new gaming PC - 1st time builder - Newbie
Good day,
Budget: 500-700 Eur
Resolution: no pref
Games / Settings Desired: Only play wow - i'm not looking to play on highest/Ultra settings, require smooth gameplay without any lag (even in 25-mans) with decent graphics
Country: Belgium / Europe
Parts that can be reused: none
Do you need an OS?: yes
Do you need peripherals (e.g. monitor, mouse, keyboard, speakers, etc)?: none
Am scrolling through forums for abt a week now and finding myself a bit lost in all the information
Thank you very much for the help.
Grts
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor (£87.52 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: ASRock H81 Pro BTC ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£32.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Patriot Signature 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£42.97 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V+100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£72.68 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 270X 2GB Double Dissipation Video Card (£127.52 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Thermaltake Versa H21 ATX Mid Tower Case (£23.05 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£36.00 @ Aria PC)
Optical Drive: LG UH12NS30 Blu-Ray Reader, DVD/CD Writer (£38.39 @ Aria PC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£71.60 @ Amazon UK)
Monitor: Hannspree HE225DPB 21.5" Monitor (£79.99 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £612.71
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-12-29 17:19 GMT+0000
Wasn't clear whether you had a monitor because you stated no pref for res; and if by none you meant you had none for the rest of the peripherals; they are so personal you would need to pick them out for yourself anyway ... should be able to get a halfway decent ones for the leftover in the budget; though they may not be have fancy led lighting or funky designs
WoW only uses two cores; so faster 2 core cpu for less works the best when on a budget. If you have a monitor and don't need a optical drive, and you also don't need any other peripherals, then I'd upgrade the gpu with the remaining budget.
You could step up to this gpu http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/evga...rd-02gp42770kr if you removed the optical drive and monitor and still hit 700 Euros;
in fact, just double checked, you could even up the cpu speed a bit to 3.8 GHz: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/intel-cpu-bx80646i34370 AND get a 970 ACX 2.0 SC: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/evga...rd-04gp42974kr
and have be about 20 under the budget, which you can see the build here:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i3-4370 3.8GHz Dual-Core Processor (£126.34 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: ASRock H81 Pro BTC ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£32.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Patriot Signature 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£42.97 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V+100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£72.68 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card (£269.98 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Thermaltake Versa H21 ATX Mid Tower Case (£23.05 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£36.00 @ Aria PC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£71.60 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £675.61
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-12-29 17:37 GMT+0000
Last edited by zeropeorth; 2014-12-29 at 05:38 PM .
He has ~£400-550 to work with.
Hi Guys,
Thanks for the feedback!
In the meantime found below setup for 750 eur, could you advise if it's any good?
Intel Core i5 4440 4-Core 4x3.1GHz processor,
Toshiba 500GB SATA3 DT01ACA050 7200rpm 32mb hard drive
8GB (2x4GB) PC3-12800 1600Mhz DDR3 /Elixir
Inno3D Nvidia Geforce GTX970 HerculeZ 2000 OC 4096MB PCI-E 2xDVI HDMI DP
Liteon 24x multi DVD
AsRock H81 Pro BTC socket 1150 PCIe3 USB 3.0 Sata3
Sharkoon VS3-S ATX gamer casing with extra fan
Argus 720 Watt APS-720W 12cm fan / 82+ efficiency
currently no SSD included however options to expand with 60/120/240 (KingstonSATAlll V300)
Which one would you recommend?
Thanks again, really appreciate the help!
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Thats kinda way too cheap for that PC :P The GPU alone is half the cost of it.
If you change the PSU to something decent, the rest is your average budget PC build but with a very strong card o.O
RAM isnt too awesome either but doesnt make much difference.
Change the PSU asap and the build is decent.
Adding an SSD (Not a kingston one) will push it to 850 though, unless you dont get a 240-250-256 and go for 120-128 it should go around 820.
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