Hey, I'm looking to upgrade from my current obsolete PC onto something more modern. I have a build ready that I think would suit my needs well, but I need feedback on it.
Approximate Purchase Date: In the next few months, as I need to save up for it. Some of the parts are affordable now though.
Budget Range: £250 - £330 was my plan and this was after shipping.
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, watching videos in 720p and 1080p. Browsing the internet, especially sites like Tumblr.
Are you buying a monitor: No.
Parts to Upgrade: CPU, motherboard, RAM, storage, video card, case, optical drive, and case fan.
Do you need to buy OS: Yes.
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: aria.co.uk, cclonline.com, amazon.co.uk, Ebuyer.co.uk, scan.co.uk
Location: Hampshire, England.
Parts Preferences: No preferences, Intel or AMD is fine. As for individual component brands I would value reliability over performance.
Overclocking: No.
SLI or Crossfire: No.
Your Monitor Resolution: 1024x768.
Additional Comments: I'll be playing games such as...
-Garry's mod
-Minecraft
-Team fortress 2
-Terraria
-EVE online
-CS:S/CS:GO
-Left 4 Dead 2
-The elder scrolls V: Skyrim
-MMORPGs
-A bunch of older games like Half life, Red faction ect.
-Sandbox games in general.
-I'll be wanting to look at newer releases too, but nothing extremely demanding like star citizen, BF4, crisis 3 ect.
And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: My system is beyond upgrade right now. It's a dust filled pre-built, it's been good for the past 4 years but there's only so much you can get out of a 10 year old pentium 4 chip. XP support ran out so I switched to ubuntu, and OpenGL doesn't support my graphics card too well (GeForce 7200gs/7300se) in most games (all of them in the case of steam).
This is a list of parts I have compiled that I think reflect what I need very well, but first I want to check if there are any other alternatives to the parts I have chosen, in terms of saving money or performance. All prices were correct the time I compiled the component list.
Intel Pentium G3220 3.0GHz Dual-Core Processor £39.59
http://www.aria.co.uk/SuperSpecials... MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard
MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard £32.05
http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Comp...Motherboard+?productId=59948&source=skinflint
G.Skill Ripjaws Series 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory £32.82
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B002X578SM/?tag=pcp0f-21
Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive £42.73
http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Stor...Caviar+Blue+?productId=57559&source=skinflint
Asus Radeon HD 5450 1GB Video Card £25.85
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/1gb-...650mhz-80-cores-d-sub-dvi-i-hdmi-hdcp-ready-l
Fractal Design Core 1000 MicroATX Mini Tower Case
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/frac...formance-case-with-120mm-quiet-fan-w-o-psu-(s
Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply £36.04
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00ALYP208/?tag=pcp0f-21
Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer £11.69
http://www.cclonline.com/product/10...74/?siteID=8BacdVP0GFs-EpLUadsl99_hmL1313z48Q
Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) £52.50
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B008OS5NKW/?tag=pcp0f-21
Cooler Master R4-L2R-20AC-GP 69.0 CFM 120mm Fan £5.27
http://www.ebuyer.com/206654-coolermaster-120mm-sickleflow-fan-blue-led-r4-l2r-20ac-gp
Overall price: £307.46
Thanks.
Approximate Purchase Date: In the next few months, as I need to save up for it. Some of the parts are affordable now though.
Budget Range: £250 - £330 was my plan and this was after shipping.
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, watching videos in 720p and 1080p. Browsing the internet, especially sites like Tumblr.
Are you buying a monitor: No.
Parts to Upgrade: CPU, motherboard, RAM, storage, video card, case, optical drive, and case fan.
Do you need to buy OS: Yes.
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: aria.co.uk, cclonline.com, amazon.co.uk, Ebuyer.co.uk, scan.co.uk
Location: Hampshire, England.
Parts Preferences: No preferences, Intel or AMD is fine. As for individual component brands I would value reliability over performance.
Overclocking: No.
SLI or Crossfire: No.
Your Monitor Resolution: 1024x768.
Additional Comments: I'll be playing games such as...
-Garry's mod
-Minecraft
-Team fortress 2
-Terraria
-EVE online
-CS:S/CS:GO
-Left 4 Dead 2
-The elder scrolls V: Skyrim
-MMORPGs
-A bunch of older games like Half life, Red faction ect.
-Sandbox games in general.
-I'll be wanting to look at newer releases too, but nothing extremely demanding like star citizen, BF4, crisis 3 ect.
And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: My system is beyond upgrade right now. It's a dust filled pre-built, it's been good for the past 4 years but there's only so much you can get out of a 10 year old pentium 4 chip. XP support ran out so I switched to ubuntu, and OpenGL doesn't support my graphics card too well (GeForce 7200gs/7300se) in most games (all of them in the case of steam).
This is a list of parts I have compiled that I think reflect what I need very well, but first I want to check if there are any other alternatives to the parts I have chosen, in terms of saving money or performance. All prices were correct the time I compiled the component list.
Intel Pentium G3220 3.0GHz Dual-Core Processor £39.59
http://www.aria.co.uk/SuperSpecials... MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard
MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard £32.05
http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Comp...Motherboard+?productId=59948&source=skinflint
G.Skill Ripjaws Series 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory £32.82
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B002X578SM/?tag=pcp0f-21
Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive £42.73
http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Stor...Caviar+Blue+?productId=57559&source=skinflint
Asus Radeon HD 5450 1GB Video Card £25.85
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/1gb-...650mhz-80-cores-d-sub-dvi-i-hdmi-hdcp-ready-l
Fractal Design Core 1000 MicroATX Mini Tower Case
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/frac...formance-case-with-120mm-quiet-fan-w-o-psu-(s
Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply £36.04
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00ALYP208/?tag=pcp0f-21
Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer £11.69
http://www.cclonline.com/product/10...74/?siteID=8BacdVP0GFs-EpLUadsl99_hmL1313z48Q
Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) £52.50
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B008OS5NKW/?tag=pcp0f-21
Cooler Master R4-L2R-20AC-GP 69.0 CFM 120mm Fan £5.27
http://www.ebuyer.com/206654-coolermaster-120mm-sickleflow-fan-blue-led-r4-l2r-20ac-gp
Overall price: £307.46
Thanks.
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