Hi everyone, I am looking to get a new PC as my acer is still not quite good enough even after upgrading it. I often buy demanding games so I need a better computer. As you can see from the title, I have a budget of £650. I would prefer less obviously but that's as much as I can spend. (I spent that much on my current PC, too much for what it is, I know ) I am going to sell my acer. I will wipe the hard drive and re-install Win 8.1 from an ISO as I already have the product key. Any ideas how much I would get for it? I don't expect to get the full £650 back obviously. I want to build my own PC this time, I have learnt my lesson about buying pre-assembled PCs - Don't. I know fully how to assemble it but I am not sure of what parts to go for. There are so many models of parts out there (especially CPUs) and I don't know about particular flaws with certain models etc so I need someone to give me advice. Also I was considering buying a new HDD for the acer and installing Win 8.1, then installing it and selling it so I don't have to move all my files from the Acer to my new HDD. But I am considering getting an SSD to give my computer more speed. I know they're expensive and obviously I would need to have a hard drive too but is it a good idea? My current specs are in my signature. Obviously I don't want to wipe my hard drive until I know for certain what I am going to do. Also I don't need any new peripherals as I already have everything I need I would really appreciate it if someone could help me. PcPartPicker UK is what I've been looking at and I like the simple layout, but again, I don't know about certain models of components. So thank you to anyone who can help! And thanks for reading this ridiculously long post lol
well depends you say you buy demanding games... how much CPU+GPU power are you looking for? An SSD might need to be something you step away from if you want to get a little extra kick out of your CPU selection for example.
CPU: Intel Core i5 4460 Boxed MoBo: ASRock B85M Pro4 Memory: Crucial Ballistix 8 GB GPU: Sapphire Radeon R9 380 4 GB Nitro SSD: Crucial BX100 250 GB (optional) HDD: Seagate Desktop HDD 1 TB Case: Fractal design Core 2300 PSU: Coolermaster V550S This would be a solid build I think.
Am looking into this, seems pretty good! I am gonna buy all the parts from amazon because it's easier for me. I like that case too. How much better would it be than my current PC? I mostly want to play GTA 5 and BeamNG, but it needs to be future-proof, I don't want to upgrade it for at least 1-2 years. What settings/FPS? Thanks - - - Updated - - - I am looking for a fair bit of power, not needing to upgrade for a while. My current specs get me 30-60fps on GTA 5, medium settings, and 40fps most of the time on BeamNG, normal preset. Looking to get 50-60 fps on medium - high on most games. And yeah, I don't think I'll get an SSD. Thank you - - - Updated - - - Too much, sorry
Especially the CPU will be faster. I now see your GPU is a GTX 750 Ti, so what your could do is order all parts except for the GPU. Then, try if the 750 Ti still suits your needs. If not, order a new GPU GTA V should run at 1080p60 on medium/high settings I think. My i7 3770 and ancient GTX 580 are already capable of that (medium settings, I only have 1,5 GB video RAM). BeamNG should run 1080p60 on medium as well. If you ditch the SSD, you can opt for a faster CPU or faster GPU. I think almost all CPU's from the quad core Intel 4xxx range are compatible with that MoBo. Maybe a faster i5 CPU like the 4690K?
The GTX 750 Ti made a hell of a difference from the 8470 that was in there before. I was planning on leaving the 750 Ti in there when I sell it as 2gb VRAM isn't quite enough for some games I play (GTA V) so I was planning on getting a new one anyway. Also it's the GTX 750 Ti Superclocked so it is better. I might create a bottleneck if I leave the 750 Ti, as it matches the A10 pretty well. I also need a disc drive but they're cheap and I have a few laying around. Thanks for your help, I will get back to you with what I have come up with.
Either of these should be fine for gaming @1080p. One of them has an SSD and R9 380, the other one has no SSD and a more powerful GTX 970. SSD: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/KxYhHx No SSD, better graphics card: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3hq96h I'd go for the 970, since you can easily add an SSD later if you want to. This build should get you 1080p 60fps in GTA V mid-high (R9 380) or nearly maxed (GTX 970). BeamNG should stay at 60 near maxed with both builds, 380 might have some drops to 50ish. The CPU will handle the physics just fine for up to 4-5 vehicles before you see any performance drop.
I think I would go for the 970 build, as I decided the SSD is a bit unnecessary and quite a lot of money. I might not get as much back from the Acer, but it is worth it for that PC (spending an extra £100-£150) I wanted to get a different HDD though, as the one I currently have is a WD Blue 1TB and it has been slow ever since I installed a lot. No viruses. Idk if it's just because there is a lot of stuff on there but either way I wanted to go a different HDD. Thank you though, that's a really nice build. I will probably get something similar to this
Believe it or not no, I don't know how I didn't think of that haha. I will try that tomorrow. Hopefully it will make things run a bit faster! Either way it doesn't really matter as I'll be wiping it anyway when I sell it
I think I've made by mind up about the 970 build. Don't think there is much better that I can get for the money. Although, I wanted to get a different PSU, as crazy as it seems, I don't like modular power supplies. I much prefer fixed cables as they look much less intimidating to me, I know where everything goes as I've never had any experience with modular or even semi-modular PSUs. I was looking at some Corsair CX series on amazon but there seems to be a lot of negative reviews? I was thinking the corsair CX600M rather than the CX500M as I want more watts just to be safe. And it's only a bit more. Thank you very much for your help! EDIT - Here's the PSU I was looking at: http://goo.gl/TZL7XU But I would get the fixed cables model
Modular power supplies are damn well labelled and theres a general case of only 1 slot fitting. If you can work the rest of the PC out you can work the modular PSU out. I'd highly advise it, reduces wiring clutter. Considering modifying the cables on my modular PSU. Some are a bit too long, cut a chunk out.
I will have to think about it as I really don't want to get the wrong parts. It does look fairly simple I suppose, but sometimes I just rush into setting up/assembling things without reading the manuals, this time I will have to be careful
Ok, I am pretty sure I have decided. Pic of build is in the attachments. Just need to make sure it is very good before I buy it as it's more than I wanted to pay but it is future-proof and very nice so I'm willing to pay more. Thank you very much to everyone who has helped!
H97 chipset boards might not be able to overclock that 4690K. Z97 boards can. Just thought you ought to know.
Thanks for letting me know. I wasn't planning on overclocking anyway as I don't want to risk damaging anything
Go for a Z97 board if you can, if you're going H97 save some money and buy a non-K i5-4690. No point in buying an unlocked CPU with a board that can't OC. Also, get a modular PSU. I really really regret not getting one, my cable management is a mess even in a Corsair 450D. While I was able to hide most of it behind the motherboard tray, some SATA/Molex cables had to go in the HDD bay, getting in the way of airflow.
