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WantedChaos

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Hello People,

So my Girlfriend has got fed up of me playing Ark in front of her on PC while she plays it on PS4 and finally decided to get a PC.

So the goal is to make it cheap as I can and also have it be a decent yoke that she can run everything on.

The budget would be €400-€450 id say so very low.

I'm just looking for general advice on the build and where I would get the best bang for my buck,

Here is the current list,very quickly made so feel free to tell me where I could get better value

- https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/cmWDhq

Thanks Everyone,
 
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with 2 memory slot motherboards get 1x8GB stick so you can upgrade later.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor (£103.92 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock H110M-DGS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£45.90 @ Alza)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory (£41.25 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£43.50 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB Video Card (£139.98 @ Amazon UK)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£37.27 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX XT 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£45.94 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £457.76
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-20 16:17 GMT+0000
 
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Updated,only 2 pounds extra too so worth it,

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/9KdX3F
 
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Here is another option. The new Pentium is hyperthreaded, and not much different, performance wise, than that of an i3 6100. This gets you a much better graphics card too.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor (£57.90 @ Alza)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B250M-D2V Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£64.80 @ Aria PC)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory (£41.25 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate BarraCuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon RX 470 4GB Triple X Video Card (£170.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Zalman ZM-T3 MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£23.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: be quiet! Pure Power 9 400W 80+ Silver Certified ATX Power Supply (£47.12 @ Aria PC)
Total: £441.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-20 16:28 GMT+0000
 
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What do you have?

When opting for a PC instead of a console I'd not purchase a low end i3 skylake. I'd get nothing less than the 6400 i5. Yes, that is significantly more expensive but it isn't the 6700 i7 either. She would want to see a significant boost in graphics and with the dual-core i3 in play the boost wouldn't provide her with the I'm glad I changed to a PC. The wow factor wouldn't be there. The extra investment in the more powerful and efficient quad-core would return a SIGNIFICANT FPS boost.

Yes, I realize this is outside of the budget. But this wouldn't necessarily be an upgrade from a PS4. Patience and some more time to save money.
 
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I really like that build actually but £441.99 is €510 Euro and that's unfortunately is just out of price range .

If you had to scrap £50-£70 from that what would be the best I could get for the money?

€450 would be max price and that would be £390.
 
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I myself have a GTX 1070,i7 2600k and 16gb Vengence.

Yes,I do understand what you mean I don't want to get it built and then it runs similar to how the PS4 was running it.

But the PS4 version looks and runs so bad,seems like low and 20fps or something its so odd that anyone could play it.

I would like to convince her to spend more but I'm not sure if that will happen as of yet as she has a PS4 and is fairly content with that to an extent.

I build a rig for my brother with a i3 Skylake and my old GTX 670 and that runs BF1 on medium on decent FPS and stuff so I'm just looking for something similar that can give good results and a good entry level gaming PC that would outdo a PS4.
 
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A bit off topic...Is your 2600K overclocked? Did you see an FPS increase? Monitor?I've seen questions regarding that combo. Curious.
 
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Not currently overclocked as I'm lazy and have not needed too really (but I definitely should soon).

Yes I upgraded from the 670 to the 1070,On BF1 I went from Med 30 FPS to Ultra 60+ FPS.

In saying that I do realize my CPU is still bottle-necking to an extent.

I only have a standard 24" 1080p 60hz Monitor :(

I really only got the 1070 to future proof myself as I had some spare dolla's and wanted to make sure I would not have to worry about a GPU for a while.I plan on upgrading my CPU and Monitors soon....hopefully.

Even tough alot of people say my CPU will be fine for a good while more If i OC it.
 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor (€67.35 @ Mindfactory)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B250M-D2V Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (€74.56 @ Mindfactory)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport LT 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory (€49.99 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Storage: Seagate BarraCuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (€52.99 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 1050 2GB Mini Video Card (€123.99 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Case: Zalman ZM-T1 PLUS MicroATX Mini Tower Case (€25.91 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (€50.81 @ Mindfactory)
Total: €445.60
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-20 18:30 CET+0100
 
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How do you think that would handle games? Thanks for the help great build!
 
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