Buying a Gaming PC

[isaacwalll]

New Custom Gaming Case

Intel i7 Quad Core 2.80Ghz x 4 Cores & 8 Threads with 3.46Ghz Turbo 8MB Smart-Cache i7-860

8GB DDR3 Memory

500GB SATA Hard Drive

Nvidia Quadro 600, VGA/DVI, Display Port

Power lead

Windows 10, 64 bit

Antivirus Software

Could I play most games?

 

[bmockeg]

Thats a 9 year old CPU and a 6 year old GPU. What games are you trying to run?

 

[Roland Of Gilead]

Don't buy it. Not for gaming. At least nor for anything new anyway.

As bmockeg said, that system (good in it's day) is likely to die a death 5 minutes after you buy it. I wouldn't waste my money on it. The GPU is not designed for gaming, and is so low entry you will be left kicking yourself.

Do you have a budget, what to you want to do with the PC. Only gaming? What resolution?

 

[isaacwalll]

Don't buy it. Not for gaming. At least nor for anything new anyway.

As bmockeg said, that system (good in it's day) is likely to die a death 5 minutes after you buy it. I wouldn't waste my money on it. The GPU is not designed for gaming, and is so low entry you will be left kicking yourself.

Do you have a budget, what to you want to do with the PC. Only gaming? What resolution?

Hey Keith,
I only want to game with my friends. I can spend £250-300 which i know is not a lot. Any help?

 

[Roland Of Gilead]

What games exactly? Have you any existing parts already? The budget is kinda low, you can get started on something that will cost maybe 300-400, but if you don't have any parts already you are looking at a bit more. The system above is entry level really. Particularly the GPU. It has 1gb Vram, so you will be limited to playing at low resolutions and in game settings. It won't be too pleasant an experience. If you were buying that machine, you'd really want a new GPU. Something like a GTX750ti/GTX960, but you would also most likely need a better PSU to power the new card (There is no mention of a PSU in your list above. This is important)




Tell me what games first.

 

[Finstar]

Had to cut in Ram speed and A320 motherboard to make it fit the budget, if you have spare over that then get +3000MHz RAM and a B350 motherboard.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 2200G 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£77.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock - A320M-DGS Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard (£45.48 @ SmartTeck.co.uk)
Memory: Team - Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory (£69.95 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Storage: Seagate - BarraCuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£32.39 @ Aria PC)
Case: BitFenix - Nova ATX Mid Tower Case (£22.95 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM (2015) 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£47.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £296.75
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-07-08 13:31 BST+0100

 

[Roland Of Gilead]

Had to cut in Ram speed and A320 motherboard to make it fit the budget, if you have spare over that then get +3000MHz RAM and a B350 motherboard.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 2200G 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£77.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock - A320M-DGS Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard (£45.48 @ SmartTeck.co.uk)
Memory: Team - Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory (£69.95 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Storage: Seagate - BarraCuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£32.39 @ Aria PC)
Case: BitFenix - Nova ATX Mid Tower Case (£22.95 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM (2015) 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£47.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £296.75
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-07-08 13:31 BST+0100

Just make sure the mobo has an up to date bios so the R2200g works when installed.