- Jun 13, 2016
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Hi all,
I've finally decided to attempt a gaming pc build after far to many hours of internet searching. I've been playing games on an old 15" laptop with an AMD athlon dual core, 3gb ram, integrated hd graphics (shudders - but sold it for £72)....I not after anything greater than playing in 1920 x 1080.
Naturally I've been lusting after something/anything better, which brings me to what I have achieved so far, I have yet to purchase the GPU which I think will be a used GTX 960 or GTX 970. Question is will it be compatible and any other recommendations gratefully received.
I mainly play Eve Online on lowest settings with a whopping 20 fps...but want to play other games in the future (Elite Dangerous, Star Citizen)
Spec:
Purchased a HP Pro 3500 MT desktop from ebay (£90.00)
Motherboard is the stock Foxconn H61 express / LGA1155
CPU is i5 3470 3.2Ghz
HDD is 500GB SATA 7200 rpm with windows 10 pro already installed.
1 x dvd-rw drive
6 in 1 card reader
Upgraded the RAM to Corsair Vengeance 8gb (2 x 4gb modules) DDR3 1600 mhz - (cost £11 as i sold the old memory stick)
Installed a wireless network adaptor (£10)
PSU - New XFX TS 430W (£33 bought today and on its way! - chosen after reading the psu tier list here)
CPU cooler is made by Cooler Master but I don't know what model (its very quiet though)
So GTX 960 or GTX 970? (£95-£130 on ebay) any issues? - I have bios 8.1 which I believe will let me run the GTX 7xx or 9xx series.
Any other recommendations from you super knowledgeable folks?
Total cost so far is £144 + GPU so probably will be around £250.00 (plus i got a little back for my laptop). I've scavenged a spare 19" lcd TV/screen from the spare room (not ideal but needs must) and bought a wired keyboard and silent clicking mouse (avoids the wife aggro).
Thanks in advance
Marcus
I've finally decided to attempt a gaming pc build after far to many hours of internet searching. I've been playing games on an old 15" laptop with an AMD athlon dual core, 3gb ram, integrated hd graphics (shudders - but sold it for £72)....I not after anything greater than playing in 1920 x 1080.
Naturally I've been lusting after something/anything better, which brings me to what I have achieved so far, I have yet to purchase the GPU which I think will be a used GTX 960 or GTX 970. Question is will it be compatible and any other recommendations gratefully received.
I mainly play Eve Online on lowest settings with a whopping 20 fps...but want to play other games in the future (Elite Dangerous, Star Citizen)
Spec:
Purchased a HP Pro 3500 MT desktop from ebay (£90.00)
Motherboard is the stock Foxconn H61 express / LGA1155
CPU is i5 3470 3.2Ghz
HDD is 500GB SATA 7200 rpm with windows 10 pro already installed.
1 x dvd-rw drive
6 in 1 card reader
Upgraded the RAM to Corsair Vengeance 8gb (2 x 4gb modules) DDR3 1600 mhz - (cost £11 as i sold the old memory stick)
Installed a wireless network adaptor (£10)
PSU - New XFX TS 430W (£33 bought today and on its way! - chosen after reading the psu tier list here)
CPU cooler is made by Cooler Master but I don't know what model (its very quiet though)
So GTX 960 or GTX 970? (£95-£130 on ebay) any issues? - I have bios 8.1 which I believe will let me run the GTX 7xx or 9xx series.
Any other recommendations from you super knowledgeable folks?
Total cost so far is £144 + GPU so probably will be around £250.00 (plus i got a little back for my laptop). I've scavenged a spare 19" lcd TV/screen from the spare room (not ideal but needs must) and bought a wired keyboard and silent clicking mouse (avoids the wife aggro).
Thanks in advance
Marcus
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