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Hello everyone,

 

 

I am in need of a pc.

 

 

It needs to do the following:

 

Play games; skyrim, minecraft, cs.go, ets2 in medium to high settings 60fps

 

do some light video editing

 

no OS as I can get my usb and download windows 10 for free.

 

No monitors, keyboards and ect.

 

 

All for £500

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You're gonna be looking at an i3/960 kinda setup. Tad ambitious to expect 60FPS on high out of it

I don't mind an i3

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor  (£85.01 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: MSI H97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£61.16 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£38.21 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£39.00 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 280X 3GB TurboDuo Video Card  (£176.33 @ CCL Computers)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case  (£49.19 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£46.92 @ Aria PC)
Total: £495.82
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£138.09 @ Ebuyer) 

Motherboard: Asus H81M-A Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£40.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Memory: Kingston 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£33.24 @ CCL Computers) 


Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 380 2GB Video Card  (£160.00 @ Aria PC) 

Case: Silverstone RL01B-USB 3.0 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£25.54 @ CCL Computers) 


Total: £491.24

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-31 10:24 BST+0100

 

I'd highly suggest saving maybe 20 more, or spending that extra 10 to get a better case. The silverstone is fine... but only just.

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Hi, Tbh i would go for an AMD cpu with that budget, i know every one hates them and what not but my AMD build cost me about £550-600 and it plays far cry 4 and GTA 5 at 40-70 fps :3 here's what i have:

 

AMD FX 8350 4.0 ghz 

R9 290 XFX DD Editon

8 Gb Crucial Ballistix Sport 

750W Artic Blue+

ASUS M5A78L-M/USB3 (its not the best board but its super cheap and as long as you don't overclock it does the job fine)

 

What i would suggest is look at FX CPU's maybe a 6300 and get a decent mobo with some head room to overclock with maybe a 280/380 :), btw i know an intel CPU would be better but for £500 you would be getting a better performance going for AMD. :) 

i7 4790k 4.5 Ghz, XFX DD R9 290 until the Fury x2 release, 16 Gb HyperX fury, 850w G2, 128 Gb M.2 850 EVO, 250 Gb SATA 850 EVO, 2 Tb SSHD, Razer H440

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I don't mind an i3

alternatively for video editing you CAN get a FX8320e. In gaming it wont be much to shout about, but couple it with a GTX 960 or 970 and Nvidias CPU overhead should help it along nicely. Sure, its FX, which is by no means GOOD. but for editing and at the price you can get it, it isnt BAD. (you do not need a expensive mobo for the "e" version as that one is intended to be used with lower end 970 boards)

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8320E 3.2GHz 8-Core Processor (£98.12 @ Amazon UK)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.48 @ Novatech)

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£64.63 @ Amazon UK)

Memory: Kingston 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£33.24 @ CCL Computers)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£32.40 @ Aria PC)

Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card (£159.06 @ More Computers)

Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£27.95 @ Amazon UK)

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£38.48 @ Novatech)

Total: £478.36

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-31 10:35 BST+0100

Yes it is FX. Which is god awful for gaming, however i DID find one of the best 970 boards for cheap, so you should be able to OC that 8320e to near 4.5 to 4.7GHz . At which it will be between a i3 and i5 in gaming, mostly. Some titles, intel will smash the FX without even blinkin. In other titles, they are more closely matched.

For rendering, well, with this, you can choose to either render using the CPU or GPU. Irregardless of the program supporting CUDA, this setup will be great for such things.

Current setup

Images of setup: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/183-show-off-your-setup/?p=5872590

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Hi, Tbh i would go for an AMD cpu with that budget, i know every one hates them and what not but my AMD build cost me about £550-600 and it plays far cry 4 and GTA 5 at 40-70 fps :3 here's what i have:

 

AMD FX 8350 4.0 ghz 

R9 290 XFX DD Editon

8 Gb Crucial Ballistix Sport 

750W Artic Blue+

ASUS M5A78L-M/USB3 (its not the best board but its super cheap and as long as you don't overclock it does the job fine)

 

What i would suggest is look at FX CPU's maybe a 6300 and get a decent mobo with some head room to overclock with maybe a 280/380 :), btw i know an intel CPU would be better but for £500 you would be getting a better performance going for AMD. :)

when building FX these days, get the 8320e. Its usually similarily priced as the 125w parts. BUT it is made to run on cheap 970 boards, hwile the 125w 8320, 8350 and 8370 al require much more expensive 8+2 phase power delivery

Current setup

Images of setup: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/183-show-off-your-setup/?p=5872590

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PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/fgK9Hx

Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/fgK9Hx/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor (£138.09 @ Ebuyer)

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£48.28 @ CCL Computers)

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury White 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£34.79 @ Amazon UK)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£32.40 @ Aria PC)

Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 280X 3GB TurboDuo Video Card (£176.33 @ CCL Computers)

Case: BitFenix Neos Black/Silver ATX Mid Tower Case (£28.31 @ Aria PC)

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£38.48 @ Novatech)

Total: £496.68

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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exactly what they said - get a fx6300 and a 290 nonX - will be cheap and powerful as fuck

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