Gaming/Photo editing PC build advice.

R-star · Oct 10, 2016

I want to build a PC, mainly for gaming but occasionally to edit hi-rez photos on Lightroom.
I've used pcpicker to gather relevant items but wanted to know if I could improve or change anything on the list.

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/R-star/saved/d3PsYJ

The budget it £600 as I have other things to buy.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Ross

Justiceinacan · Oct 10, 2016

That PSU isn't that good quality

I suggest an Intel CORE i3 6100 and the respective motherboard / ram for it and maybe upgrade it later if you can.

What games?

USAFRet · Oct 10, 2016

^^^^^ Agreed. A current i3 and motherboard would be a MUCH better way to go.

R-star · Oct 10, 2016

It would be for games such as GTA 5, Battlefield 1 when it comes out, Mafia 3 etc.

USAFRet · Oct 10, 2016

R-star :

For whatever use, an i3 is better than the AMD you've selected. And provides an upgrade part for the near future.

Zerk2012 · Oct 10, 2016

Better performance same price with a decent power supply. The 3gb GTX 1060 is right on par with a 970 performance.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor (£92.91 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B150M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£74.57 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£41.86 @ Novatech)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£42.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 3GB SC GAMING Video Card (£196.79 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£49.75 @ BT Shop)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer (£12.17 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit (£84.98 @ Novatech)
Other: AVP Storm P27 Midi Mesh Gaming Case for Cooling Fan with Window Side Panel - Black
Total: £596.02
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-10-10 21:51 BST+0100

Justiceinacan · Oct 10, 2016

I like this build ^^^

R-star · Oct 11, 2016

Is dual core decent for gaming? I was under the impression that more cores were better?

Zerk2012 · Oct 11, 2016

R-star :

The i3 will beat the FX 6300 in everything.
More cores with very poor performance does not make it a better processor.

Justiceinacan · Oct 11, 2016

Yes, FX 6300 has weak individual cores, furthermore I belive DX 11 and former versions don't utilize many cores. The i3 has two very strong cores when compared to AMD FX, meaning it should run better. Also FX uses an odd architecture that means cores share all the other processing bits, scheduling and overall performance is hindered. i3 is newer, runs cooler, takes less power, AND performs the same if not better than a lot of the FX CPU's at base clocks.

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