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Hi Gents
Current System
Motherboard Asus PLQ5 Pro
CPU Intek Q6600 2.4GKz . 4G DDR Ram
Monitor IIyama PLb2403 WS
Graphics Radeon 5700
OS win xp 32 bit

Will now change to Win 7 64 BIt to suit new games
Wish to play CIV 6 mainly and a few others

Looking for a graphics Card update to suit system
was considering the GTX 1060 but not sure if this will be a bottleneck ??

PSU is rated at 500

Any advise on best GRaphics card to suit do not want to upgrade a lot
 
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First off, I would suggest upgrading to win 10. You can get it for cheaper. Second of all, pairing a q6600 with a 1060 will absolutely bottleneck to the point of no return. If you're low on budget try a gtx 1050 but you have to upgrade that CPU. And if you want to upgrade the CPU (which you absolutely need to if you plan on upgrading anything) you will need a different motherboard. Not to mention, 4GB ram will get you do where nowadays. The way I see it you're either stuck with this or you need a new PC. Sorry
 
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Thanks for the answer, b=not the one i wanted lol
Win 7 seems more popular to what i have =read .

Whats sort of bottleneck we talking about , the 1050 in the uK is stull expensive to use as a temp measure , the 5700 i guess is old in the tooth so i could go a bit better till i get a new rig
 
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There aren't any problems with Win 7, but its just a bit more expensive than Win 10. The bottleneck here is the fact that the q6600 is quite a budget processor while higher end 10 series cards are not. Although the bottleneck would be severe for a gtx 1080, but benchmarks reveal that you wouldn't be off that bad with a 1050.
With these specs, you can get 40-50 fps in battlefield 1 on high settings:
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4 GHz / 3GHz /
MSI G41M-S03 Socket 775 Motherboard / ( MSI H81M-P33 )
8GB DDR3 Ram
Zotac Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 4GB
500w PSU (This card only requires 300w)
Windows 10

If it can run BF1 that civilaztion 6 should be no problem.
 
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Thanks for all your feedback, i think i will get a new rig, I have listed Two from a decent supplier in the Uk

Would appreciate any comments , Price are basically very close to each other , they can be configured a bit from teh supplier if needed.

Just need to take the plunge

Sys 1
Aerocool DS 230 Black Dead Silence Case With 7 Colour LED Mode and PWM Fan Support
500W Aerocool Quiet Power Supply - Bronz 80 Plus
Silent Case Cooling Fan with Blue LED - (120mm Spectre LED) [upg £ 10.00]
Asus Prime Z270-P Motherboard [upg £ 5.00]
Intel® Core™ i7-7700 Kaby Lake, 3.6GHz - 4.2GHz Turbo Quad Core, 8 Thread Processor [upg £ 60.00]
iD-Cooling FrostFlow 240mm AIO Water Cooler Blue LED [upg £ 0.00]
16GB 3000MHz DDR4 Memory (2x8GB) Dual Kit - Corsair
6GB GeForce® GTX 1060 Graphics Card
120GB 2.5" SATA III SSD
1TB SATA III 6GB/s 7200rpm 64MB Cache 8ms
External USB Slimline DVD-RW Drive [upg £ 32.50]
Integrated 7.1 High Definition 8-channel Audio
High Speed Network Port (Supports High-Speed Cable / DSL / Network Connections)
Microsoft Windows 10 Home 64 bit

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Thermaltake View 27 Gull Wing Windowed PC Gaming Case
500W Aerocool Quiet Power Supply - Bronz 80 Plus
Asus AMD AM4 Ryzen PRIME B350M-A Micro ATX Motherboard
AMD Ryzen™ 7 1700 8 Core AM4 CPU/Processor with Wraith Spire 95W cooler
Corsair H60 Hydro Series Performance Liquid CPU Cooler [upg £ 75.00]
8GB DDR4 2133Mhz (2x 4GB ) Memory Kit
3GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 DUAL Graphics Card
120GB 2.5" SATA III SSD
1TB SATA III 6GB/s 7200rpm 64MB Cache 8ms
24x DVD Writer (read/write CD & DVD) [upg £ 24.17]
Integrated 7.1 High Definition 8-channel Audio
High Speed Network Port (Supports High-Speed Cable / DSL / Network Connections)
Microsoft Windows 10 Home 64 bit

Thank for help
 
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Can you get the total price for both of them? I think I can make some good tweaks but I want to be in your budget

 
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Hi Tarun
Thanks for the reply, it not that much cheaper maybe $70 usd, Is the motherboard ok as I have no idea on these items, i am happy with the Graphics card and i beleive the new chip should be ok

Just want confirmation as it a bit outlay for me

Thanks
 
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So I built this PC and it will run all current games 1080p on ultra 60fps.
Total price is £890
I have checked all components and everything will run great (no bottleneck)
Main theme is red/black

i5-6600k 3.5 GHz
Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO
MSI H110M Gaming
G.Skill Ripjaws V 16GB DDR4-2666
480 GB SSD (For your windows and ONLINE games ONLY)
2 TB HDD (For everything else)
MSI Geforce GTX 1060 6GB Gaming X
NZXT S340 black/red case
Raidmax Cobra 500W + Gold certified
Windows 10 home 64 bit

PCpartpicker list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/MWxJPs
 
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