- Jan 7, 2017
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My son and I built our first budget computer Jan 2018 (see below) and although its working fine, for my Christmas present I'm doing some upgrades. I think my RX 480 8G and the 16G of ram is more than enough for my 1080p gaming.
I really want to upgrade my G4560 to an i5 or i7 and this is where I need some advice. I'll be looking to buy a used CPU and preferably a CPU that is a few years old so I get the power upgrade but at a good price. I'll be selling my G4560 on this forum (classified section) or eBay. It looks like around £50 is a reasonable figure so I'll add a £100 to give me a £150 budget. Any ideas on a used CPU that will give me a significant boost for around the £150 mark?
I will buy a cooler as well for this new i5 or i7 for around £20-ish on Amazon as my G4560 just has the stock cooler that came with it and it will be sold along with the G4560.
Thanks in advance for any advice offered.......
Edit: I will not be overclocking...
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Intel Pentium Dual Core G4560 3.5 GHz CPU - Black
WD Blue 1TB Desktop Hard Disk Drive - 7200 RPM SATA 6 Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5 Inch
SanDisk SSD PLUS 240 GB up to 530 MB/s Sata III 2.5 inch Internal SSD
XFX Radeon RX 480 RS 8GB (with Hard Swap) Graphics Card
Corsair CP-9020096-UK VS Series VS450 ATX/EPS 80 PLUS 450W Power Supply
MSI 911-7A74-002 PRO VD Kaby Lake Micro Intel B250 DDR4 ATX Motherboard
Crucial Ballistix Sport 16 GB kit (8 GB x 2) DDR4 2400MT/s UDIMM 288-Pin Memory
Thermaltake Versa H15 M-ATX Gaming Case with Side Window USB 3
Monitor: ViewSonic VX2757-mhd 27 inch Gaming Monitor with FreeSync 1920 x 1080, 1ms, VGA/HDMI/DisplayPort - Black
I really want to upgrade my G4560 to an i5 or i7 and this is where I need some advice. I'll be looking to buy a used CPU and preferably a CPU that is a few years old so I get the power upgrade but at a good price. I'll be selling my G4560 on this forum (classified section) or eBay. It looks like around £50 is a reasonable figure so I'll add a £100 to give me a £150 budget. Any ideas on a used CPU that will give me a significant boost for around the £150 mark?
I will buy a cooler as well for this new i5 or i7 for around £20-ish on Amazon as my G4560 just has the stock cooler that came with it and it will be sold along with the G4560.
Thanks in advance for any advice offered.......
Edit: I will not be overclocking...
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Intel Pentium Dual Core G4560 3.5 GHz CPU - Black
WD Blue 1TB Desktop Hard Disk Drive - 7200 RPM SATA 6 Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5 Inch
SanDisk SSD PLUS 240 GB up to 530 MB/s Sata III 2.5 inch Internal SSD
XFX Radeon RX 480 RS 8GB (with Hard Swap) Graphics Card
Corsair CP-9020096-UK VS Series VS450 ATX/EPS 80 PLUS 450W Power Supply
MSI 911-7A74-002 PRO VD Kaby Lake Micro Intel B250 DDR4 ATX Motherboard
Crucial Ballistix Sport 16 GB kit (8 GB x 2) DDR4 2400MT/s UDIMM 288-Pin Memory
Thermaltake Versa H15 M-ATX Gaming Case with Side Window USB 3
Monitor: ViewSonic VX2757-mhd 27 inch Gaming Monitor with FreeSync 1920 x 1080, 1ms, VGA/HDMI/DisplayPort - Black
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