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Laptop + Xbox replacing pc build

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September 26, 2014 7:46:47 AM

Ok, so my laptop is slowly coming to its end, bits are breaking, its generally running slower and around next year i would probably be getting a new one. (its 4 years old and has an old i3, 4gb ram 512hdd)

I was also currently thinking of getting an xbox one (am firmly a microsoft guy)...but then looking at its specs, apparently inability to run games at high res, and price of xbl i have been hesitating...

What i was wondering is since i am going to university whether i would be better served building myself a pc that can manage the two, and potentially save some money. i have never built before

i figure i dont need a laptop at uni since i will always be near enough to a pc to stream my office 365 if needs be, plus i have my windows 8.1 tablet for my lecture notes.

Im studying physics maths and computer science so i need something that will be able to comfortably run some basic modelling software, whilst maintaining an ability to game at 1080p with very high settings on the latest games

given a budget of around £550 (not including os since i can pick up 8.1 pro from ms for 25 quid) is this in any way possible?

Also this cannot be a huge unit since i will need to move it every 10 weeks or so, anything reasonably manageable will do

I will be using this pc every day for the next 4 years or so...just incase that makes any difference to parts

Thanks in advance


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September 26, 2014 8:55:40 AM

is the fx 6300 a good enough cpu for what i need? i was thinking an i5 but it kind of ruins my budget
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September 26, 2014 9:07:53 AM

John Hattam said:
is the fx 6300 a good enough cpu for what i need? i was thinking an i5 but it kind of ruins my budget


You re right

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor (£143.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£40.01 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£63.05 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 280 3GB DirectCU II Video Card (£172.33 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case (£51.97 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£43.32 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£10.98 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £561.59
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-26 17:07 BST+0100
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