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abberto

Hi!!

 

With Christmas and my birthday approaching, I thought I would give myself a theoretical budget of £325 and try to create a build that doesn't suck!!! I was wondering what you guys think and what suggestions you would give for improvements, with explanation if possible as I am still very much at the beginning steps of learning :)

 

 
CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£55.94 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: MSI A78M-E45 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  (£46.78 @ Dabs) 
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 650 1GB Video Card  (£74.62 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: Zalman ZM-T4 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£20.02 @ CCL Computers) 
Total: £329.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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My current laptop: HP Compaq Presario CQ62

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Remove the SSD and get a better GPU. Look for like a 660Ti Boost used or a new 750Ti minimum

 

 

i7-6700k  Cooling: Deepcool Captain 240EX White GPU: GTX 1080Ti EVGA FTW3 Mobo: AsRock Z170 Extreme4 Case: Phanteks P400s TG Special Black/White PSU: EVGA 850w GQ Ram: 64GB (3200Mhz 16x4 Corsair Vengeance RGB) Storage 1x 1TB Seagate Barracuda 240GBSandisk SSDPlus, 480GB OCZ Trion 150, 1TB Crucial NVMe
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Remove the SSD and get a better GPU. Look for like a 660Ti Boost used or a new 750Ti minimum

 

 
CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£55.94 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: MSI A78M-E45 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  (£46.78 @ Dabs) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Superclocked Video Card  (£94.90 @ More Computers) 
Case: Zalman ZM-T4 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£20.02 @ CCL Computers) 
Total: £315.63
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-01 23:29 GMT+0000
 
Something like that?

My current laptop: HP Compaq Presario CQ62

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CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£55.94 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: MSI A78M-E45 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  (£46.78 @ Dabs) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Superclocked Video Card  (£94.90 @ More Computers) 
Case: Zalman ZM-T4 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£20.02 @ CCL Computers) 
Total: £315.63
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-01 23:29 GMT+0000
 
Something like that?

 

Yeah, 1GB of Vram simply is not enough and even 2GB is pushing it now a days. This rig should run games like Shadow of Mordor Medium Settings 1080p 60+FPS with no drops.

 

 

i7-6700k  Cooling: Deepcool Captain 240EX White GPU: GTX 1080Ti EVGA FTW3 Mobo: AsRock Z170 Extreme4 Case: Phanteks P400s TG Special Black/White PSU: EVGA 850w GQ Ram: 64GB (3200Mhz 16x4 Corsair Vengeance RGB) Storage 1x 1TB Seagate Barracuda 240GBSandisk SSDPlus, 480GB OCZ Trion 150, 1TB Crucial NVMe
(Rest of Specs on Profile)

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Hi!!

 

With Christmas and my birthday approaching, I thought I would give myself a theoretical budget of £325 and try to create a build that doesn't suck!!! I was wondering what you guys think and what suggestions you would give for improvements, with explanation if possible as I am still very much at the beginning steps of learning :)

 

 
CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£55.94 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: MSI A78M-E45 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  (£46.78 @ Dabs) 
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 650 1GB Video Card  (£74.62 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: Zalman ZM-T4 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£20.02 @ CCL Computers) 
Total: £329.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-01 23:22 GMT+0000

 

Just for the record, don't get that ssd.

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