Would this be a good option for a gaming pc?

RoboFTW · Feb 28, 2017

Looking for a good pc to play some games aswell as do videis for youtube. How would this do?

Supahos · Feb 28, 2017

It'll run most games okay. But it better be very cheap as the CPUs and boards are old as dirt

RoboFTW · Feb 28, 2017

Do you think i could get any better for £400?

Supahos · Feb 28, 2017

Depends does it mention having windows installed anywhere?

Supahos · Feb 28, 2017

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/7Z8JPs

This would perform better in a lot of situations and would be upgradeable to very powerful if you wanted to later.

RoboFTW · Feb 28, 2017

Any good tutorials online to put a pc like that together? Have personally never custom built a pc before

Supahos · Feb 28, 2017

Hundreds of them. Several in the stickies in the systems section on these forums. Several good ones on YouTube it's really not difficult at all.

RoboFTW · Feb 28, 2017

With the build you listed above what kind of stuff do you think i could expect to run?

Supahos · Feb 28, 2017

Tom's actually just did a 4560 review http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/intel-pentium-g4620-g4560-cpu,4934.html

Blend that with any 1050ti benchmarks (take the lower result of the two) and it'll give you a pretty good idea

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/nvidia-geforce-gtx-1050-ti,4787.html

RoboFTW · Feb 28, 2017

What would be an upgrade from the 4560?

Supahos · Feb 28, 2017

Any i5/i7 6*** or 7*** series processor. Would work in the board. Wouldn't buy a k series chips as the board won't allow overclocking.

user11464 · Feb 28, 2017

RoboFTW :

for 500 you could do quite a bit better. by using

CPU: G4560
GPU: GTX 1050 Ti

RoboFTW · Feb 28, 2017

Pretty sure he said 4560 and 1050ti. What would be a good i5 cpu which would work with the same build? Thanks for the help. Appreciate it

adiec · Feb 28, 2017

got a g4560 myself. was recommended to get it on here as i was going to go with an i5 7400 and i must say it's been a great choice as games tend to be more gpu dependent than cpu on the whole. be very wary when buying pre built systems as they tend to cheap out on the motherboard and psu plus the case and charge top whack to the unsuspecting consumer who just sees "core i5 pc"

user11464 · Feb 28, 2017

the new i5s are way more expensive than the pentium g4560. $120 more for the cheapest one.

the new pentiums like the G4560 have hyper threading, 4 virtual cores, and great single thread performance. they are beastly little cpus, and simply cannot be beat for price. not to mention, the socket used allows for upgrade to very powerful cpus if you ever want to.

cpus like the one in the original post can be salvaged out of used pcs that people sell for cheap, so imo not worth it.

RoboFTW · Feb 28, 2017

Thanks adiec i will definitely take that into consideration

RoboFTW · Feb 28, 2017

Okay i will go with the build posted earlier. Thanks alot. Hopefully i find some good tutorials to help with the build. Never did it before xD

adiec · Feb 28, 2017

RoboFTW :

lot's of excellent youtube tutorials . you might have to swap that ram in the build posted as i was going to purchase from amazon until i saw the expected delivery times! but you'll find ram for around the same price quite easily.

adiec · Feb 28, 2017

also if you could afford it i would look at getting an rx 480 instead of the 1050ti .. far better performance and i think they are available for around £40 extra but obviously not everyone can find an extra £40 just like that!

RoboFTW · Feb 28, 2017

Would i need a cooler or anything else or could it all be fine like that?

adiec · Feb 28, 2017

RoboFTW :

the cpu comes with a cooler. it's quite easy to install too even for a first timer.

Supahos · Feb 28, 2017

It'll all be fine as is. Even a Rx 470 would be a minor upgrade. I was just trying to get the same budget.

user11464 · Feb 28, 2017

I say stick with the GTX 1050 Ti, it's already a close budget. They can be found for really good deals too.

adiec · Feb 28, 2017

Supahos :

i thought i saw an earlier thread where the OP was considering a £500 budget.. so thought it would be worth mentioning a better gpu... and i wanted that ram you included when i was doing a build! 1-4 months delivery though ,. ouch haha

user11464 · Feb 28, 2017

edited... brain fart

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