Looking for an under £500 gaming PC.

[JakeBomb]

So, as mentioned, I'm looking for gaming PC for around £500 or under.

I'd like something along the lines of an i5 CPU, GeForce GTX 780 Ti GPU and 8gb RAM.

Just wondering if anyone knows a Gaming PC that has those components, or better, for a reasonable price. (£600 Maximum.)

I understand that £600 is not much for a Gaming PC, but I'm just asking if anyone knows a good deal somewhere, (Seeing as it was just Black Friday) or if they can share where they got theirs from.

Thanks.

 

[Forever Oleg]

For 600 pounds, you are never gonna find an i5 + GTX 780 Ti PC anywhere especially pre-built. You can try Craigslist but I doubt you will find anything like that for that cheap.

If you really want to save money, building your own PC is your best bet.

 

[Kryptkeeper]

I shall see what i can throw together on pc partpicker. Do you already have any parts? windows, hard drives etc?

 

[JakeBomb]

I shall see what i can throw together on pc partpicker. Do you already have any parts? windows, hard drives etc?

Nope. Nothing yet. Was looking on 'Build your own' websites but I assume they throw in an extra £200 charge for them to build it for you.

I was trying to avoid building it myself. Never done it before and just so worried that I'd break something or misplace it.

Thanks ^-^

 

[JakeBomb]

For 600 pounds, you are never gonna find an i5 + GTX 780 Ti PC anywhere especially pre-built. You can try Craigslist but I doubt you will find anything like that for that cheap.

If you really want to save money, building your own PC is your best bet.

Yeah, knew it would be difficult but there are a few around here and there. Might consider a slightly weaker GPU...

Trying to avoid building it. Never done it before and I'm worried about breaking something or simply getting confused and end up buying 15 fans or something stupid.

Thanks ^-^

 

[Forever Oleg]

Could you link some websites you are expecting to purchase the PC from?

 

[Kryptkeeper]

I shall see what i can throw together on pc partpicker. Do you already have any parts? windows, hard drives etc?

Nope. Nothing yet. Was looking on 'Build your own' websites but I assume they throw in an extra £200 charge for them to build it for you.

I was trying to avoid building it myself. Never done it before and just so worried that I'd break something or misplace it.

Thanks ^-^

Do you have a monitor, keyboard and mouse?

 

[JakeBomb]

Could you link some websites you are expecting to purchase the PC from?

I customised a bit of a nice PC but came to £680...:
https://gyazo.com/90a6c9e090d05de8f0cb83ddb392f670

Or could I buy this:
https://gyazo.com/a929f78b621c10fa3c9a7d22ad01abbc

And purchase a stronger GPU and spend £100 on Windows 10?

This also looks promising:
https://gyazo.com/a3f69b908d902bfa72cb80e690c3f05f
Nevertheless, I'd still upgrade the GPU.

ALSO GOOD!!!! SO HARD TO DECIDE.
https://gyazo.com/7f4789d13a9644ed7d447d246fc9f902

 

[JakeBomb]

I shall see what i can throw together on pc partpicker. Do you already have any parts? windows, hard drives etc?

Nope. Nothing yet. Was looking on 'Build your own' websites but I assume they throw in an extra £200 charge for them to build it for you.

I was trying to avoid building it myself. Never done it before and just so worried that I'd break something or misplace it.

Thanks ^-^

Do you have a monitor, keyboard and mouse?

I have a mouse and headset. That's all. With christmas coming up soon, I'm hoping a relative can grab me a cheap monitor.

 

[Kryptkeeper]

well this is everything you need including windows. all you'd need is a monitor and a keyboard. may also need a couple 120mm fans to go in the front. case comes with just 1 preinstalled fan on the exhaust
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/NHvQrH (updated 960 2gb to 960 4gb)



Bit of money could be saved by cutting out the ssd but once you go ssd you never want to go back.
There's a few cheaper motherboards
Could again save a bit more money by going last gen haswell and getting ddr3 ram

 

[JakeBomb]

well this is everything you need including windows. all you'd need is a monitor and a keyboard
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/NHvQrH (updated 960 2gb to 960 4gb)

Looks good! Thanks for the help.
Just wondering, how much would it add if I were to go up to a few processors. Maybe to a mid-range i5.

 

[Kryptkeeper]

well this is everything you need including windows. all you'd need is a monitor and a keyboard
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/NHvQrH (updated 960 2gb to 960 4gb)

Looks good! Thanks for the help.
Just wondering, how much would it add if I were to go up to a few processors. Maybe to a mid-range i5.

I dont think it would make much difference. the cheapest i5 6400 is £140 and is clocked at 2.7 where as the i3 6100 is clocked at 3.7 ghz which would probably make it faster in most games.

here's a comparrison https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSU0UWFCa1Y
Bear in mind that they're using an overclocked titan x to push the cpu's. a 960 would have less impact on performance differences

 

[JakeBomb]

well this is everything you need including windows. all you'd need is a monitor and a keyboard
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/NHvQrH (updated 960 2gb to 960 4gb)

Looks good! Thanks for the help.
Just wondering, how much would it add if I were to go up to a few processors. Maybe to a mid-range i5.

I dont think it would make much difference. the cheapest i5 6400 is £140 and is clocked at 2.7 where as the i3 6100 is clocked at 3.7 ghz which would probably make it faster in most games.

here's a comparrison https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSU0UWFCa1Y
Bear in mind that they're using an overclocked titan x to push the cpu's. a 960 would have less impact on performance differences

Ah, I see. Looks like only +10 Frames at least. Thanks for all your help. Maybe I'll just buy an i7 when I become a millionaire

 

[Forever Oleg]

Hey, guys. I just wanted to say that buying a 4GB version of GTX 960 is a waste of money. Due to GTX 960's 128-bit bus, it cannot properly utilize more than 2GB of VRAM thus making the other 2GB unusable in the 4GB version. Save some money and buy the 2GB version, the 4GB is not better at all.

 

[Kryptkeeper]

Hey, guys. I just wanted to say that buying a 4GB version of GTX 960 is a waste of money. Due to GTX 960's 128-bit bus, it cannot properly utilize more than 2GB of VRAM thus making the other 2GB unusable in the 4GB version. Save some money and buy the 2GB version, the 4GB is not better at all.

having more vram does help where it can use it and games are going to probably require more vram over the next few years
http://media.gamersnexus.net/images/media/2015/game-bench/960-4v2gn-acu.jpg

 

[Forever Oleg]

Hey, guys. I just wanted to say that buying a 4GB version of GTX 960 is a waste of money. Due to GTX 960's 128-bit bus, it cannot properly utilize more than 2GB of VRAM thus making the other 2GB unusable in the 4GB version. Save some money and buy the 2GB version, the 4GB is not better at all.

having more vram does help where it can use it and games are going to probably require more vram over the next few years
http://media.gamersnexus.net/images/media/2015/game-bench/960-4v2gn-acu.jpg

Yes, that graph clearly shows an EVGA GTX 960 compared to an ASUS Strix GTX 960, of course I see that.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2015-nvidia-geforce-gtx-960-2gb-vs-4gb-review

Assasin's Creed is the only game that can push that far, just so you know. The new Witcher 3 can't even do that. Assasin's Creed is the only small exception but other than that, the 4GB version is a waste.

 

[Kryptkeeper]

Hey, guys. I just wanted to say that buying a 4GB version of GTX 960 is a waste of money. Due to GTX 960's 128-bit bus, it cannot properly utilize more than 2GB of VRAM thus making the other 2GB unusable in the 4GB version. Save some money and buy the 2GB version, the 4GB is not better at all.

having more vram does help where it can use it and games are going to probably require more vram over the next few years
http://media.gamersnexus.net/images/media/2015/game-bench/960-4v2gn-acu.jpg

Yes, that graph clearly shows an EVGA GTX 960 compared to an ASUS Strix GTX 960, of course I see that.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2015-nvidia-geforce-gtx-960-2gb-vs-4gb-review

Assasin's Creed is the only game that can push that far, just so you know. The new Witcher 3 can't even do that. Assasin's Creed is the only small exception but other than that, the 4GB version is a waste.

for now......

 

[Forever Oleg]

Hey, guys. I just wanted to say that buying a 4GB version of GTX 960 is a waste of money. Due to GTX 960's 128-bit bus, it cannot properly utilize more than 2GB of VRAM thus making the other 2GB unusable in the 4GB version. Save some money and buy the 2GB version, the 4GB is not better at all.

having more vram does help where it can use it and games are going to probably require more vram over the next few years
http://media.gamersnexus.net/images/media/2015/game-bench/960-4v2gn-acu.jpg

Yes, that graph clearly shows an EVGA GTX 960 compared to an ASUS Strix GTX 960, of course I see that.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2015-nvidia-geforce-gtx-960-2gb-vs-4gb-review

Assasin's Creed is the only game that can push that far, just so you know. The new Witcher 3 can't even do that. Assasin's Creed is the only small exception but other than that, the 4GB version is a waste.

for now......

Just remember Crysis 2 and 3. OMG EVERYONE TAKE THE 8-CORES THEY ARE BETTER THAN INTEL JUNK OMG

Remember that panic? Yeah, Assasin's Creed does a similar thing here with VRAM at 1080p but people don't give a shit - nobody plays Assasin's Creed except few.

 

[JakeBomb]

Hey, guys. I just wanted to say that buying a 4GB version of GTX 960 is a waste of money. Due to GTX 960's 128-bit bus, it cannot properly utilize more than 2GB of VRAM thus making the other 2GB unusable in the 4GB version. Save some money and buy the 2GB version, the 4GB is not better at all.

having more vram does help where it can use it and games are going to probably require more vram over the next few years
http://media.gamersnexus.net/images/media/2015/game-bench/960-4v2gn-acu.jpg

Yes, that graph clearly shows an EVGA GTX 960 compared to an ASUS Strix GTX 960, of course I see that.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2015-nvidia-geforce-gtx-960-2gb-vs-4gb-review

Assasin's Creed is the only game that can push that far, just so you know. The new Witcher 3 can't even do that. Assasin's Creed is the only small exception but other than that, the 4GB version is a waste.

for now......

Just remember Crysis 2 and 3. OMG EVERYONE TAKE THE 8-CORES THEY ARE BETTER THAN INTEL JUNK OMG

Remember that panic? Yeah, Assasin's Creed does a similar thing here with VRAM at 1080p but people don't give a shit - nobody plays Assasin's Creed except few.

Thanks for that chat-explosion, but I think I'll go with Krypt I don't really want to buy something which I need to replace in a year. Worth the money, I guess. :3