pny gtx560 ti 6gb ddr3 what next????

[cardinhand]

Okay so Ive just purchased a gtx560 ti pny video card, 8gb of ddr3 ram (2x4) and an 80gb SATA hard drive and I'm not sure where to go from here. I have a budget of about £200 and need some help filling the blanks as this is my first build ie. Psu, motherboard, cpu, sound card, cooling and wireless card I want to play GTA v and was quoted £400 for a pile of **** desktop by a so called "friend" so I wish to build something better for less and also have potential for an upgrade at a later date any help would be great. Thanks

 

[MeteorsRaining]

There you go:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4150 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor (£79.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI H97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£61.88 @ More Computers)
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£43.92 @ Scan.co.uk)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WDN3200 802.11a/b/g/n USB 2.0 Wi-Fi Adapter (£14.70 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £200.49

You can play most latest titles on high with 40-50FPS on FHD with 650 Ti and the above specs. No need for af cooler with a locked i3

 

[cardinhand]

I already have the gtx560 though any reason you suggest the 650 ti opposed to the one I have already because I've checked the required stats and it apparently will be sufficient

 

[cardinhand]

Also with the mobo what would be good things to look for/consider before purchasing? Aside from pcie, ddr3, SATA, socket type, usb, and power ???????

 

[MeteorsRaining]

I'm so sorry, I read the '560' as '650' in your question 🙁

The 650 Ti is a better overall card but you'd not see amazingly different performance. Its a matter of 2-5FPS and I'd never recommend you to upgrade now. GTX 560 is fairly powerful so I'd say save up for now and get something like 760 or R9 270X in the near future.

Also, refer: http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/680?vs=543

In MoBo, the support for SLI and Crossfire is very much desirable to any gamer. I'd love to get the one with atleast 1 of these. I could however not fit one in your budget. Increase your budget by 20 bucks and I can fit a SLI or Crossfire support MoBo in there.

Also the highest RAM speed (MHz) supported matters. But that's mainly for CPU intensive tasks which DON'T include gaming and therefore 1600MHz/CL9 RAM is sufficient for gaming purposes. The MoBo I suggested supports that speed.

 

[cardinhand]

So I've managed to acquire a gigabyte b85-hd3 mobo (amd crossfire supported, like you said.....many thanks), 4gb ddr3, (looking to upgrade to 16-32gb, gtx 560 ti pny video card, 80gb SATA

 

[MeteorsRaining]

Great! The CPU I suggested supports that MoBo so I guess you're good to go. Any queries?

 

[cardinhand]

Yes I'm not sure how much power will be needed especially if I decide to buy another gtx for the crossfire and im unsure about cooling too I know you said I wouldn't need to bother with it but why is that

 

[MeteorsRaining]

If you decide to SLI (Crossfire is for AMD GPUs), then I'd recommend getting atleast 650W PSU, getting this one would be very safe:
Power Supply: Antec HCG M 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($94.98 @ Newegg)

Tier 2 Class A PSU, very high quality with lots of room for future upgrades, can handle your SLI easily.

You don't need an af cooler as that i3 can't OC and therefore won't heat up very fast, the stock cooler is enough to handle the extra heat while its under heavy load.