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mcw92 · 10-08-2016 01:58PM #1

Looking at building a PC for some gaming and entertainment use.
Gaming would mainly be simulation, Football Manager, City Skylines, Company of Heroes.

I do not need a Monitor, Keyboard, Mouse,

1. What is your budget? 300/400/500 - can pay in euro or sterling

2. What will be the main purpose of the computer? Games + Media - Simulation Games, Football Manager, City Skylines, Company of Heroes.

3. Do you need a copy of Windows? No

4. Can you use any parts from an old computer? No

5. Do you need a monitor? No

6. Do you need any of these peripherals? No Mouse or Keyboard needed. Wifi Card needed.

[font=Open Sans, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]7. Are you willing to try overclocking? Unnecessary?[/font]

8. How can you pay? Credit Card/Paypal/Cash

9. When are you purchasing? Within a month unless there is something worth waiting for.

10. If you need help building it, where are you based? No thanks

[font=Open Sans, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]I do not need a Hard Drive/Monitor/Mouse or Keyboard included.[/font]
[font=Open Sans, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]I am based in the North, so UK Delivery is a plus !

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[font=Open Sans, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Any ideas?[/font]

Digital Solitude · 10-08-2016 02:03PM

GTX 750 €100
i3 6100 €120
H110M board €60
Case €30
1tb HDD €55
8gb RAM €55
400w PSU €50
Total €460

Add an SSD if you want to stretch for it, would definitely recommend picking one up. A 250gb one is about €70

Xenoronin · 10-08-2016 02:21PM

Think it might be worth waiting and stretching to the RX 460?

Digital Solitude · 10-08-2016 02:25PM

He asked for a build a year ago and got similar but with a 270X, and thought it would be overkill so I dropped a level or two this time round. Wait for OP I guess.

Xenoronin · 10-08-2016 02:39PM

That's cool. Haven't seen the RX 460 recommended yet and this looks like a nice fit for it at ~130€

Digital Solitude · 10-08-2016 03:23PM

The RX 460 is probably worth it for the €20 in fairness

mcw92 · 10-08-2016 06:27PM

I don't mind the extra 20/30 on the RX 460 if it is much better performance?
Where is the best place for parts these days?

Thanks.

Digital Solitude · 10-08-2016 07:08PM

Amazon, overclockers or scan to NI I'd say, mindfactory to the republic

TerrorFirmer · 10-08-2016 07:14PM

An RX460 2GB is only about €20 more than a GTX750 and is way faster, depending on the game it will be ballpark 30-70% faster. It's a brand new card only released now that will only get better with time, the GTX750 is a few years old. Is that COH2? You would notice a difference in that between the cards as it's still demanding enough but the original COH, it won't make any difference in that or the other games you've mentioned.

I would also add in a 120GB SSD for the sake of €40, it makes a massive difference to boot up times and general desktop response.

Mindfactory, Overclockers, Amazon, Scan, all pretty decent. I personally usually go with Mindfactory or Overclockers. So you should have something like this ballpark, as a reference it would be broadly capable of playing the latest demanding AAA titles like Hitman, Fallout 4, Far Cry Primal at 1080p medium settings at 60fps.

RX460 2GB €120
i3 6100 €120
H110M board €60
Case €30
120GB SSD €40
1TB HDD €50
8gb RAM €35
400w PSU €35

Total €490

mcw92 · 10-08-2016 07:30PM

TerrorFirmer wrote: »

An RX460 2GB is only about €20 more than a GTX750 and is way faster, depending on the game it will be ballpark 30-70% faster. It's a brand new card only released now that will only get better with time, the GTX750 is a few years old. Is that COH2? You would notice a difference in that between the cards as it's still demanding enough but the original COH, it won't make any difference in that or the other games you've mentioned.

I would also add in a 120GB SSD for the sake of €40, it makes a massive difference to boot up times and general desktop response.

Mindfactory, Overclockers, Amazon, Scan, all pretty decent. I personally usually go with Mindfactory or Overclockers. So you should have something like this ballpark, as a reference it would be broadly capable of playing the latest demanding AAA titles like Hitman, Fallout 4, Far Cry Primal at 1080p medium settings at 60fps.

RX460 2GB €120
i3 6100 €120
H110M board €60
Case €30
120GB SSD €40
1TB HDD €50
8gb RAM €35
400w PSU €35

Total €490

Thank you for the help. TBH its not really an issue how much i spend, but i want to set a budget as i have no need for huge specs. I am mainly a PS4 gamer, and this will mainly be used for media and Simulation Games and VM's.

Ill look around for some deals now.
Thanks

Digital Solitude · 10-08-2016 07:32PM

This will outperform a PS4, probably the Neo too for a while if that has any bearing

mcw92 · 14-08-2016 06:34PM

If you had the choice for Value for Money, bearing in mind that i wont be pushing it too hard most likely, would you choose

GTX750
GTX960
RX460

Also i cannot find the GPU's for the prices people are saying
750 is around 100£, not 100€
460 is the around 115£.
The 960 is around 140£, surely worth the extra £40/25?

Thanks,

K.O.Kiki · 14-08-2016 07:14PM

mcw92 wrote: »

If you had the choice for Value for Money, bearing in mind that i wont be pushing it too hard most likely, would you choose

GTX750
GTX960
RX460

Also i cannot find the GPU's for the prices people are saying
750 is around 100£, not 100€
460 is the around 115£.
The 960 is around 140£, surely worth the extra £40/25?

Thanks,

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2016-amd-radeon-rx-460-4gb-review
RX 460 4Gb performs around equal to a GTX 960 in some games, and worse in others.

You can check prices on Geizhals

TerrorFirmer · 14-08-2016 10:19PM

RX460 would be the best value in that segment, OCUK have a 2GB 460 for £99.

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