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Seamus McGinley

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Hi all,

I'm Seamus and I've always wanted to have that gaming PC that can run the lastest games on high settings, eg DayZ / Rust.

I have a desktop at home that was bought new in 2007, and let's just say it couldn't run much.

It was a HP Pavillon a6027.uk desktop, 2gb ddr2 ram, AMD 64 processor 2.3ghz dual core, nvidia 700 graphics card (Google model of PC to get more accurate details) 300v power supply .

I was hoping I could salvage at least the case from it ! , I know the processor, ram , motherboard , graphics card are all useless , there is a 300v powersupply and I am wondering is that too little for gaming components.

Furthermore , I would like some experienced help with upgrades for my PC , I would like somewhere in the following specs:
Minimum 8gb ram
3-4ghz quad core i5 or i7 processor
Top quality graphics card (I'm unfamiliar with nvidia cards)
Whatever motherboard is essential
Good cooling system

I'd like to have a budget of €800 , how possible is this? All help would be very much appreciated !!
 
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DeathRabit
In euros ok but what country ?

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (€183.89 @ Home of Hardware DE)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (€94.49 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (€59.28 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (€53.38 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 290X 4GB Double Dissipation Video Card (€269.27 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Case: Cooler Master Elite 334U ATX Mid Tower Case (€37.52 @ Amazon Deutschland)...
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This is a good PC, even has a good SSD. I don't suggest keeping the case for a couple reasons, one being that the case would be too small to fit any decent GPU in there, and two being that cases like those tend to have crap airflow, meaning you'll have high temps.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£142.50 @ CCL Computers)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.98 @ Novatech)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£69.56 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£47.99 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£77.90 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£41.77 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 290 4GB Double Dissipation Video Card (£211.19 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case (£73.73 @ More Computers)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£89.95 @ Aria PC)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer (£9.96 @ Aria PC)
Total: £789.53
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-07 14:34 BST+0100
 
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In euros ok but what country ?

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (€183.89 @ Home of Hardware DE)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (€94.49 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (€59.28 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (€53.38 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 290X 4GB Double Dissipation Video Card (€269.27 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Case: Cooler Master Elite 334U ATX Mid Tower Case (€37.52 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Power Supply: LEPA MaxBron 700W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (€83.34 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSC0 DVD/CD Writer (€16.81 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Total: €797.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-07 16:08 CEST+0200
 
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Seamus McGinley

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Hi, thanks for the replies , I like death Rabbits setup, I'm in Ireland so euros is what I'm looking to spend with, is an i5 quad 3ghz enough? Like I want to run DayZ and Rust ultra no problem, or would I need to go i7 route. Thanks
 
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i7 is not necessary at all.
i5 4460 like in deathrabit's build is good enough, i5 4690k is perfection if you have the money, and i7 4790k would only be necessary if you were to upgrade to an insane GPU setup like Crossfire, SLI or Titan X etc etc
 
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+1; For 800 euros, this build will definitely handle anything you throw at it!
 
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