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A friend wants to build a budget gaming PC for under £600 that's capable of playing the latest games at quality levels that are above the PS4 (what he has now). It also needs to be able to easily handle document editing and be responsive in everyday use.
I've come up with this parts list - http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/34xg8d. The 16GB of RAM looks excessive, but it's only £20 more than 8GB and has the added advantage of being two modules. I heard another friend did a build with a similar board and identical CPU and it worked great. Is there enough performance advantage with the 960 (4GB) to use it instead of the cheaper 750ti? How much would the Pentium bottleneck it? Is the PSU sufficient? Is the cooler enough? How would I go about overclocking? Would you suggest getting an i5 instead and dropping to a 750ti? Like, for example, this build http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/hfxxnQ?
Thanks - I would appreciate advice and recommendations. The budget is not including a monitor. I have a lot more experience in cheaper (ie ultra-low-budget second-hand systems), I've done a complete build before apart from installing a CPU - this isn't difficult right? Do Intel include thermal paste?
A friend wants to build a budget gaming PC for under £600 that's capable of playing the latest games at quality levels that are above the PS4 (what he has now). It also needs to be able to easily handle document editing and be responsive in everyday use.
I've come up with this parts list - http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/34xg8d. The 16GB of RAM looks excessive, but it's only £20 more than 8GB and has the added advantage of being two modules. I heard another friend did a build with a similar board and identical CPU and it worked great. Is there enough performance advantage with the 960 (4GB) to use it instead of the cheaper 750ti? How much would the Pentium bottleneck it? Is the PSU sufficient? Is the cooler enough? How would I go about overclocking? Would you suggest getting an i5 instead and dropping to a 750ti? Like, for example, this build http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/hfxxnQ?
Thanks - I would appreciate advice and recommendations. The budget is not including a monitor. I have a lot more experience in cheaper (ie ultra-low-budget second-hand systems), I've done a complete build before apart from installing a CPU - this isn't difficult right? Do Intel include thermal paste?
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