Old Post before I read the forum rules, typical me really!
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Approximate Purchase Date: From now to end of August
Budget Range: £250-£350
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming and multitasking, gaming is more important though. As well as a bit of word processing.
Are you buying a monitor: No, I already have one.
Parts to Upgrade:CPU, GPU, Motherboard, PSU and possibly SSD
Do you need to buy OS: No, i run Windows 7 Home Ed 64 bit
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Websites that have low shipping fees do probably those based in the UK
Location: Middle of nowhere, Rural Wiltshire (South West England)
Parts Preferences: Not fussed as far a brands go apart from PSU, other wise price and performance rule
Overclocking: Maybe, but not in the near future
SLI or Crossfire: No
Your Monitor Resolution: 1080p. Though i sometimes use dual with two 720p monitors, hardy ever though.
Additional Comments: -I am open to an APU although I would prefer to have a dedicated card.
-The system will need to be able to play a game called Kerbal Space Program well, the Total War series and some shooters, (i plan to get BF4 or BT3 soon as well).
-My current PSU is very loud probably something to do with the quality, so I would also like the system to be quiet, although, this inst one of my main requests and I would be fine with a system the makes some noise.
-I run windows 7 home edition 64 bit.
-Feel free to ask about anything I have forgotten to say or you want to know.
-I'm not fussed as to USB 3 or USB 2
-My case supports ATX and Micro ATX as far as the motherboard is concerned and standard ATX for the PSU
And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: The current PC has limited functionality and cant really play any games that I like.
A year ago I brought a PC of the internet for help with school work and browsing. Its consists of:
As you can see, it wasn't the best build I could have brought, but what's done is done!
I plan to upgrade this significantly over the summer to make it a far more capable of light gaming and multitasking. I was looking at no more than £300 pounds to spend but, £250 would be excellent!
I would like to get upgrades for the CPU and therefore the motherboard the power supply and buy a cheap but quality GPU. An upgrade to my storage would be nice to, not the capacity i have plenty, but the speed, I was thinking an SSD would do the trick.
Now, having read my post so far you may perhaps be wondering why I have posted this here, well this is where I need your help and have to come to Tom's Hardware because of the quality help you guys seem to give everyone, It would be very kind if the community could detail some suggestions for a whole system upgrade as detailed above for under £300 and explain why they have chosen them, (i'm nearly a newb).
Other Info
Many, many thanks in advance,
Sam Johnson
CPU: AMD E-350 (1.6ghz Dual Core with stock cooler)
Motherboard: Gigabyte E250N (bundled with CPU)
RAM: 2x 4GB G Skill (Up to 1600mhz)
PSU: 500 watt CIT own-brand (peak rating, came with the case)
Others: 500GB Hard Drive, Optical Drive and a couple of extra fans
Motherboard: Gigabyte E250N (bundled with CPU)
RAM: 2x 4GB G Skill (Up to 1600mhz)
PSU: 500 watt CIT own-brand (peak rating, came with the case)
Others: 500GB Hard Drive, Optical Drive and a couple of extra fans
I plan to upgrade this significantly over the summer to make it a far more capable of light gaming and multitasking. I was looking at no more than £300 pounds to spend but, £250 would be excellent!
I would like to get upgrades for the CPU and therefore the motherboard the power supply and buy a cheap but quality GPU. An upgrade to my storage would be nice to, not the capacity i have plenty, but the speed, I was thinking an SSD would do the trick.
Now, having read my post so far you may perhaps be wondering why I have posted this here, well this is where I need your help and have to come to Tom's Hardware because of the quality help you guys seem to give everyone, It would be very kind if the community could detail some suggestions for a whole system upgrade as detailed above for under £300 and explain why they have chosen them, (i'm nearly a newb).
Other Info
-I am open to an APU although I would prefer to have a dedicated card.
-The system will need to be able to play a game called Kerbal Space Program well, the Total War series and some shooters, (i plan to get BF4 or BT3 soon as well).
-My current PSU is very loud probably something to do with the quality, so I would also like the system to be quiet, although, this inst one of my main requests and I would be fine with a system the makes some noise.
-I run windows 7 home edition 64 bit.
-Feel free to ask about anything I have forgotten to say or you want to know.
-I'm not fussed as to USB 3 or USB 2
-My case supports ATX and Micro ATX as far as the motherboard is concerned and standard ATX for the PSU
-The system will need to be able to play a game called Kerbal Space Program well, the Total War series and some shooters, (i plan to get BF4 or BT3 soon as well).
-My current PSU is very loud probably something to do with the quality, so I would also like the system to be quiet, although, this inst one of my main requests and I would be fine with a system the makes some noise.
-I run windows 7 home edition 64 bit.
-Feel free to ask about anything I have forgotten to say or you want to know.
-I'm not fussed as to USB 3 or USB 2
-My case supports ATX and Micro ATX as far as the motherboard is concerned and standard ATX for the PSU
Many, many thanks in advance,
Sam Johnson
Approximate Purchase Date: From now to end of August
Budget Range: £250-£350
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming and multitasking, gaming is more important though. As well as a bit of word processing.
Are you buying a monitor: No, I already have one.
Parts to Upgrade:CPU, GPU, Motherboard, PSU and possibly SSD
Do you need to buy OS: No, i run Windows 7 Home Ed 64 bit
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Websites that have low shipping fees do probably those based in the UK
Location: Middle of nowhere, Rural Wiltshire (South West England)
Parts Preferences: Not fussed as far a brands go apart from PSU, other wise price and performance rule
Overclocking: Maybe, but not in the near future
SLI or Crossfire: No
Your Monitor Resolution: 1080p. Though i sometimes use dual with two 720p monitors, hardy ever though.
Additional Comments: -I am open to an APU although I would prefer to have a dedicated card.
-The system will need to be able to play a game called Kerbal Space Program well, the Total War series and some shooters, (i plan to get BF4 or BT3 soon as well).
-My current PSU is very loud probably something to do with the quality, so I would also like the system to be quiet, although, this inst one of my main requests and I would be fine with a system the makes some noise.
-I run windows 7 home edition 64 bit.
-Feel free to ask about anything I have forgotten to say or you want to know.
-I'm not fussed as to USB 3 or USB 2
-My case supports ATX and Micro ATX as far as the motherboard is concerned and standard ATX for the PSU
And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: The current PC has limited functionality and cant really play any games that I like.