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Thanks for the responses guys, its much appreciated. The motherboard, CPU and memory will all be replaced later next year, depending on how he gets on with it. I've bought him a new case, keyboard, mouse and monitor so it all looks nice for him. As he plays FN on an Xbox One S, I'm aiming at...

Thanks for the response Wolf. I'm upgrading the RAM either way so I'll see how I get on. Do you think the 2GB VRAM in the GPU is an issue as well? I can do some part exchanging and get a GTX 970 4GB for about £50. Do you think that would help or would I not see the full benefit?

The CPU is from a friend, all we know is it's a FX8320 3.5Ghz AM3+ Is it worth the risk? Would the FX + 8Gb be a noticeable upgrade on an OC'd Phenom + 8GB (on Fortnite in particular)?

Thanks for the response Matt. After doing a bit more research into the FX8320, you and Luftij are correct. I don't think that's an option. I think I'm going to upgrade to 8GB RAM & upgrade the PSU for future upgrades and stability. I'll see if I can get a decent OC on the Phenom as well.

Thanks for the response Luftij. The game is installed on an SSD with a fresh install of Win10 Pro 64bit. Drivers are up to date too. The PSU is a 500W gold, unbranded or OEM I think. The full gaming build will be later in the year, this is just to get him up and running asap.

Hi guys, I'm building my 9 y/o son a PC for Xmas from my old PC parts. I currently have the following: Phenom II X4 955 BE (running stock) EVO 212 cooler GTX 960 2GB 2x2GB RAM ASUS M5A78L-M LX3 motherboard 500W PSU He mainly plays Fortnite on Xbox One S, so that's my target game. When I...

In the UK those items come to around £700 on PC PartPicker. Thats only £100 off the Chillblast with an inferior CPU and no SSD. Realistically i only want to upgrade the GPU for DX12. Im leaning towards the Chillblast as its a solid spec and the GTX 960 will be fine for me until DX12 rolls...

I'd love to but matching these specs and including Windows 8.1 is difficult. I have £500 available now and was going to Buy Now Pay 12 Months and pay the rest off over the next few months. Cant match these specs at £500! So i'd have to wait 3/4 more months to build it! My current rig has gone...

Hi Guys, Finally getting around to buying a new gaming system. Ive narrowed it down to the following options but cant decide.... Chillblast Fusion Slipstream (£801 inc £25 p&p) Corsair SPEC-01 Case Intel Core i5 4690K overclocked to 4.2GHz Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler Asus Strix GTX...

Hi guys, Im looking for advice on which GPU to get with a new gaming pc build. The main components are as follows: i5-4670K @ 4.0 GHz 8 GB RAM 125 GB SSD 1TB HDD 600W PSU Water Cooled Now, the price varies on which GPU I select (Which is where you guys come in!). Bear in mind I would like to...

Hi, I have a budget of around £600 (uk buyer) for a new gaming pc. I only need the tower. I will be gaming at 1920x1080 resolution and I would like to get Ultra settings on games like Skyrim, Elder Scrolls Online, BF4 (if possible) etc.....Overclocking is not a concern. I would like a HDD and...