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Gamging Desktop

Johann. · 2017-08-17 19:16:51

Hi Guys, Asking on behalf of a friend, he's looking for a gaming desktop. Nothing too heavy, something that'll handle most games - he mentioned bloodline, so I'm assuming he'd want to play those kind of games & probably football manager :o Middle of the road machine I suppose, budget of about €1,000 but if machine under…

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Johann.

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Hi Guys,

Asking on behalf of a friend, he's looking for a gaming desktop. Nothing too heavy, something that'll handle most games - he mentioned bloodline, so I'm assuming he'd want to play those kind of games & probably football manager

Middle of the road machine I suppose, budget of about €1,000 but if machine under that price, then perfect. Can anyone can reccommend anything? Also, is Mac totally out of the question?

Thanks,

& apologies if a little vague!

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#2 17-08-2017 8:50pm
Fuzzy Logic

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Better getting an answer here: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=842

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#3 17-08-2017 8:51pm
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Fuzzy Logic wrote: »

Better getting an answer here: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=842

Thanks Fuzzy, perhaps a mod can move the thread.

Cheers,
J

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#4 17-08-2017 8:57pm
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No worries. Well worth having a look at the thread titled "New Build (Again)" I went along with the same build and may be what your friend is looking for.

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#5 18-08-2017 3:00pm
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I'll just reply here, if a mod feels like moving the thread I think that's as easy as them as deleting it?

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor (£186.00 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI - B350M BAZOOKA Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard (£71.64 @ Box Limited)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£128.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Storage: PNY - CS1311 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£39.47 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Hitachi - Ultrastar 7K3000 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£53.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB Mini ITX OC Video Card (£249.54 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Thermaltake - Versa H15 MicroATX Mid Tower Case (£34.98 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£47.57 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £812.18
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-08-18 14:54 BST+0100]

That comes to €891.47 as per x-rates.com, Amazon typically do free delivery to Ireland too so wouldn't expect hidden charges there. If any of those items are listed as 'do not deliver to Ireland' Parcel Motel will sort it for €3.95 to their nearest centre (€7.95 to your home/workplace for larger items like the case).

This is the best CPU processor and graphics card you can get before prices start soaring for really high end stuff like a 1700 or i7 7700K for the CPU and 1070/1080 for the GPU - it will have him playing any game at the full 60 frames per second on the highest settings for a long while (assuming he is playing on 1080p). The 16GB of RAM will also have him set for years and years. The SSD is there to store his OS, Chrome, Steam and all his programs (they run much smoother, quicker and quieter than a HDD) while the HDD is there for bulk storage, e.g. the games themselves. Case looks decent, do let me know if you want to go as small as possible though as there are alternatives.

Also, will you be needing a monitor, copy of Windows (you can use the free 'evaluation' copy if you would prefer, or if you or anyone you know has an old PC or laptop lying around it will have a copy of Windows on it that is 100% OK to switch over to this one), or peripherals like keyboard/mouse/gamepads/headset/etc?

EDIT: Never mind, missed your last post saying you went with a pretty much identical build already!

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