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Hello

WOuld it be easier for me to build my own PC or upgrade an exisitng one?
Factors to consider
Time - No real time frame ( a month or two )
Difficulity - I have a fairly good knowledge of computers basics etc.
Cost - Don't want it to be too expensive

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The i5 will cost you approximately 80EUR more than the i3, and the performance you may gain over may not be worth the extra money.
An i3 is more than sufficient for everyday use and light gaming, unless you're doing something CPU intensive such as advanced rendering or game streaming only then will the i5 be worth the extra cost.

For general use and light gaming 8GB is plenty, I own a gaming machine myself and memory usage usually never exeeds 6-7GB in heavy gaming.

Here's 2 builds with an i5 and i3, respectively. Also added a Wifi adapter.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor (€202.00 @ Amazon Espana)
Motherboard: Gigabyte...
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Hi There

Thanks for the reply
Currently i only have a laptop ASUS X501A
So i would be starting from scratch
Thats why i was thinking of either buying a cheap dektop and upgrading the parts myself OR build a cheap enough one myself and then upgrade the specs when i want

Budget would 500 euro be enough ???
 
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Cool i looked up my laptop and saw that i cant really upgrade so was thinking that building one might be easier

 
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PCPartPicker part list: http://de.pcpartpicker.com/p/NzdtBm
Price breakdown by merchant: http://de.pcpartpicker.com/p/NzdtBm/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i3-4150 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor (€122.99 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-DS2V Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (€58.43 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (€69.96 @ Home of Hardware DE)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (€51.49 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card (€149.90 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Case: Zalman ZM-T4 MicroATX Mini Tower Case (€34.67 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer (€14.74 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Total: €502.18
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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here is another build still very good for gaming but youre gonna have to use the windows 10 preview which is free fyi or save for windows 7/8/8.1 still murders you laptop aswell
 
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Thanks Guys looks good

Would i need a Solid Slate Internal hard Drive do they not work faster or could that be something to upgrade later on
Also Would windows 7 be better than Windows 8

Also is it easy to build the computer itself i looked a few guides and looks pretty straight forward
 
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Sorry meant to add to that reply
What about the processor should i o for a faster processor than an i3 or again just upgrade that at a later date?
And what about a cooler fan would one of those be needed?

 
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i would go for the faster processor so i wouldnt waste 200 moneys again on a upgrade and a cooler fan isnt needed the build is very efficient it will barely put out heat at all
i will update the list if you are gonna get a better cpu so answer back if you are or not i suggest you do though
 
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Hi again

I nearly would go for an updated cpu to help boost performance might be better to spend the few extra euros for it
 
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This build has no power supply.
 
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I would also need a wifi reader and power supply like kwa-e just said [shadows1234 said:
PCPartPicker part list: http://de.pcpartpicker.com/p/NzdtBm
Price breakdown by merchant: http://de.pcpartpicker.com/p/NzdtBm/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i3-4150 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor (€122.99 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-DS2V Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (€58.43 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (€69.96 @ Home of Hardware DE)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (€51.49 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card (€149.90 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Case: Zalman ZM-T4 MicroATX Mini Tower Case (€34.67 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer (€14.74 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Total: €502.18
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-20 11:57 CEST+0200
here is another build still very good for gaming but youre gonna have to use the windows 10 preview which is free fyi or save for windows 7/8/8.1 still murders you laptop aswell


This build has no power supply.]
 
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what the hell i swear i added a psu damn raises the price here is the build with the psu and if you went with a better cpu

PCPartPicker part list: http://de.pcpartpicker.com/p/tHtHD3
Price breakdown by merchant: http://de.pcpartpicker.com/p/tHtHD3/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (€189.34 @ Home of Hardware DE)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-DS2V Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (€58.43 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (€69.96 @ Home of Hardware DE)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (€51.49 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card (€149.90 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Case: Zalman ZM-T4 MicroATX Mini Tower Case (€34.67 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (€54.10 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer (€14.74 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Total: €622.63
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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here is the build without the updated cpu

PCPartPicker part list: http://de.pcpartpicker.com/p/yQ2ZK8
Price breakdown by merchant: http://de.pcpartpicker.com/p/yQ2ZK8/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i3-4150 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor (€122.99 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-DS2V Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (€58.43 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (€69.96 @ Home of Hardware DE)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (€51.49 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card (€149.90 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Case: Zalman ZM-T4 MicroATX Mini Tower Case (€34.67 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (€54.10 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer (€14.74 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Total: €556.28
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-20 12:31 CEST+0200

both are neat but i rather get the first
 
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I may be able to help you. But first, I'll need to clarify on some things.

1. Where do you live?

2. What is your set budget?

3. For what purpose will this PC be for, Gaming, Productivity, Home use?, and do you need a monitor to go with this?

3-A If it's for gaming, what resolution are you playing in (If you already have the monitor), and what games are you planning to play?

4. Do you need to fit an OS into the budget?

 
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no bother :) would be hard to power without the PSU :)
am what about a wifi reader as i dont think ill be close enough to plug direct into a router
 
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Hi Kwa-e

I live in Ireland

Budget somewhere around 500 - 700 max

Purpose - Gaming and General duties - maybe some photo processing and editing also
I have a Toshiba TV that i was going to use as the monitor for now and upgrade later

Os - preferably within the budget or maybe outside it


 
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Tried to keep the budget as low as possible while trying to get the best performing and highest quality parts I could

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4150 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor (€115.23 @ Amazon Espana)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-DS2 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (€55.56 @ Amazon Espana)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (€69.50 @ Amazon Espana)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (€52.00 @ Amazon Espana)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R7 260X 2GB Core Edition Video Card (€120.95 @ Amazon Espana)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case (€43.20 @ Amazon Espana)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (€58.32 @ Amazon Espana)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer (€13.79 @ Amazon Espana)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (€140.34 @ Amazon Espana)
Total: €668.89
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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This will be more than enough for everyday use, multitasking, HD Video (Through the graphics card), and should be sufficient for light photo editing.

For gaming on 1080p, While the graphics card I included may not be able to play games like Crysis 3 and Thief on the highest settings, It will certainly play games like CS:GO, DotA2 and WoW very smoothly on the highest settings, and is a very great card for the price.
 
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Hi thanks for that
I think i would go for i5 cpu just for a good start , i think that graphics card is plenty
Maybe more memory does that make a difference???
Also i would probably need a wifi reader as ill be connecting to internet via wifi
 
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The i5 will cost you approximately 80EUR more than the i3, and the performance you may gain over may not be worth the extra money.
An i3 is more than sufficient for everyday use and light gaming, unless you're doing something CPU intensive such as advanced rendering or game streaming only then will the i5 be worth the extra cost.

For general use and light gaming 8GB is plenty, I own a gaming machine myself and memory usage usually never exeeds 6-7GB in heavy gaming.

Here's 2 builds with an i5 and i3, respectively. Also added a Wifi adapter.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor (€202.00 @ Amazon Espana)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-DS2 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (€55.56 @ Amazon Espana)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (€69.50 @ Amazon Espana)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (€52.00 @ Amazon Espana)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R7 260X 2GB Core Edition Video Card (€120.95 @ Amazon Espana)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case (€43.20 @ Amazon Espana)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (€66.49 @ Amazon Espana)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer (€13.79 @ Amazon Espana)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (€140.34 @ Amazon Espana)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN881ND 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter (€13.60 @ Amazon Espana)
Total: €777.43
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4150 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor (€115.23 @ Amazon Espana)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-DS2 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (€55.56 @ Amazon Espana)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (€69.50 @ Amazon Espana)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (€52.00 @ Amazon Espana)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R7 260X 2GB Core Edition Video Card (€120.95 @ Amazon Espana)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case (€43.20 @ Amazon Espana)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (€66.49 @ Amazon Espana)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer (€13.79 @ Amazon Espana)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (€140.34 @ Amazon Espana)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN881ND 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter (€13.60 @ Amazon Espana)
Total: €690.66
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-20 14:38 CEST+0200
 
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