- Oct 14, 2018
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My PC knowledge of building is a 7/10.
Knowledge on the differences between processors or graphics cards and what fits together... 4/10.
Thread title as the current PC I thought would be the last I build. Clearly not
Here's the details below:
Approximate Purchase Date: This week.
Budget Range: £700 / $900 (but lower if possible)
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Browsing Internet / Working / Listening to music / Gaming.
Are you buying a monitor: No
Parts to Upgrade:
CPU: I thought an AMD Ryzen 5 2600 would be okay? Not sure how this compares with my current Intel i5 I already have though?
Power Supply: Need help choosing one.
Motherboard: Thinking a Gigabyte B450M DS3H as it also comes with an offer of £30 worth of Steam codes, which I'd happily use for some game addons I've been putting off as I didn't want to spend any money on them. Win-win situation here.
Graphics Card: Need help choosing one.
I saw a Asus DUAL-GTX1060-O3G NVIDIA GeForce and MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti GAMING but don't really understand the difference and I don't mind spending a bit more if the performance will be noticeable.
Case: I thought about this one. However I don't want any fancy lights dancing around if it comes with a window. Quiet is the priority. I like the idea of the cube sorts of cases or something a little different but if this will contribute to heat, I'd happily go back to a normal tower.
Hoping to transfer over my current RAM if it'll work okay?
Do you need to buy OS: No
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Any UK website.
Location: UK
Parts Preferences: None
Overclocking: No
SLI or Crossfire: Maybe? I don't really know what this is.
Your Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080
Additional Comments / Why Upgrading:
My current setup is a Shuttle SZ68R5 with an AMD Radeon R9 200 Series. Here's the full specs:
It runs fine but recent games like Planet Coaster and Two Point Hospital have made it run hot. So hot the hard drives were reporting 50°C the other day - not great! Not sure if this is because it's small inside so less air flow or I just need a more powerful computer.
I didn't really think I'd need a new PC so don't have much of a budget but after thinking about it last night, this PC has was built in 2013, which doesn't seem long but it might be long enough in gaming terms.
I don't think I'm going to be running the latest first person shooter but as more modern games come out, they need more processing power.
I also probably won't be upgrading things in the future. I think the last two full tower PCs I built I changed maybe the graphics card during their lives.
Thanks for any pointers!
Knowledge on the differences between processors or graphics cards and what fits together... 4/10.
Thread title as the current PC I thought would be the last I build. Clearly not
Here's the details below:
Approximate Purchase Date: This week.
Budget Range: £700 / $900 (but lower if possible)
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Browsing Internet / Working / Listening to music / Gaming.
Are you buying a monitor: No
Parts to Upgrade:
CPU: I thought an AMD Ryzen 5 2600 would be okay? Not sure how this compares with my current Intel i5 I already have though?
Power Supply: Need help choosing one.
Motherboard: Thinking a Gigabyte B450M DS3H as it also comes with an offer of £30 worth of Steam codes, which I'd happily use for some game addons I've been putting off as I didn't want to spend any money on them. Win-win situation here.
Graphics Card: Need help choosing one.
I saw a Asus DUAL-GTX1060-O3G NVIDIA GeForce and MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti GAMING but don't really understand the difference and I don't mind spending a bit more if the performance will be noticeable.
Case: I thought about this one. However I don't want any fancy lights dancing around if it comes with a window. Quiet is the priority. I like the idea of the cube sorts of cases or something a little different but if this will contribute to heat, I'd happily go back to a normal tower.
Hoping to transfer over my current RAM if it'll work okay?
Do you need to buy OS: No
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Any UK website.
Location: UK
Parts Preferences: None
Overclocking: No
SLI or Crossfire: Maybe? I don't really know what this is.
Your Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080
Additional Comments / Why Upgrading:
My current setup is a Shuttle SZ68R5 with an AMD Radeon R9 200 Series. Here's the full specs:
It runs fine but recent games like Planet Coaster and Two Point Hospital have made it run hot. So hot the hard drives were reporting 50°C the other day - not great! Not sure if this is because it's small inside so less air flow or I just need a more powerful computer.
I didn't really think I'd need a new PC so don't have much of a budget but after thinking about it last night, this PC has was built in 2013, which doesn't seem long but it might be long enough in gaming terms.
I don't think I'm going to be running the latest first person shooter but as more modern games come out, they need more processing power.
I also probably won't be upgrading things in the future. I think the last two full tower PCs I built I changed maybe the graphics card during their lives.
Thanks for any pointers!
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