New Gaming Build - Help wanted £450 budget, starting from scratch

[Wardino]

Hi,

 

I have spent the best part of a few years saving up for a pc build the original build was an amd 860k paired with a gtx 750ti however when nvidia released its new cards I felt a 1050ti would be much better.

I am now close to ordering parts and could probably afford to upgrade the 1050ti to a 1060 3gb.

 

My question is although the CPU will bottleneck this card, by how much? would it still be worth upgrading the gpu? or should I stay with the 1050ti and upgrade cpu to 880k

With money as the deciding factor it's either gtx 1060 upgrade or athlon 880k upgrade and a bit more ram

 

Is this CPU still worth it in 2017, would intel be better?

 

Many thanks in advance

-Guy

[Wardino]

A few thing that I left out, I am in the UK my budget is around £400-£440 I am upgrading because I am in need of a gaming pc after using an old computer for way too long. If more specs of the build are needed I will edit this comment.

 

Again thanks in advance

 

Forget my current pc, it's an all in one using laptop parts.

The planned build was:

AMD Athlon X4 860K

Gtx 1050ti 4GB

Corsair 450W PSU

Thermaltake Veras H15 M

8GB Ram

Gigabyte F2A68HM-HD2

And a 60GB SSD specifically for the OS as I already have a 2TB HDD

 

I will be using 2x 1080p monitors for this build, I already have a keyboard, mouse and a copy of windows 10

Edited July 20, 2017 by Wardino

[samcool55]

Forget the CPU upgrade, honestly Ryzen is what you probably want but that's relatively expensive for you probably...

GPU wise, maybe you can get a 2nd hand RX 470-480-570-580 cheap in your region? Miners are selling them in bulk so prices are depending where you live 180-200 dollars.

[samcool55]

Just now, Wardino said:

A few thing that I left out, I am in the UK my budget is around £400-£440 I am upgrading because I am in need of a gaming pc after using an old computer for way too long. If more specs of the build are needed I will edit this comment.

 

Again thanks in advance

 

Post full specs of the current system so we can figure out what's the best upgrade for your budget

[Wardino]

Just now, samcool55 said:

Forget the CPU upgrade, honestly Ryzen is what you probably want but that's relatively expensive for you probably...

GPU wise, maybe you can get a 2nd hand RX 470-480-570-580 cheap in your region? Miners are selling them in bulk so prices are depending where you live 180-200 dollars.

I was specifically thinking of NVIDIA for this build as I would like to utilise some of the things that come with such as shadowplay

[Cyracus]

no, no am3 cpu is worth it or will be again where gaming is concerned, get a relatively modern intel cpu or ryzen

[samcool55]

Just now, Wardino said:

I was specifically thinking of NVIDIA for this build as I would like to utilise some of the things that come with such as shadowplay

Maybe check for 1060 6GB cards on 2nd hand websites in that case

They aren't as common as the AMD equivalent but miners also bought them so maybe you can find one for a good deal.

Also even a new 1060 6GB fits in your budget so i would get that. It's faster and with 6GB more future-proof

[Wardino]

1 minute ago, samcool55 said:

Maybe check for 1060 6GB cards on 2nd hand websites in that case

They aren't as common as the AMD equivalent but miners also bought them so maybe you can find one for a good deal.

Also even a new 1060 6GB fits in your budget so i would get that. It's faster and with 6GB more future-proof

Thanks, but there's not much in the region of second hand where I am (South-Coast UK) so I was thinking a 1060 3GB as it's a lot less money wise.

[Wardino]

12 minutes ago, Cyracus said:

no, no am3 cpu is worth it or will be again where gaming is concerned, get a relatively modern intel cpu or ryzen

I don't really have the budget for a ryzen unfortunately 

[Wardino]

14 minutes ago, samcool55 said:

Post full specs of the current system so we can figure out what's the best upgrade for your budget

Done :-)

[Redfern]

This is a good combo for the CPU and board - http://amzn.to/2uGakEm - check it out

 

Try this too - https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/QLKXr7

[Brooksie359]

Personally I would try and get your hands on a pentium g4560 as it is a much better value than the 860k and has an upgrade path available. Also I would just stick with the 1050ti amd save some money or help afford the Pentium build.

[Redfern]

Just now, Brooksie359 said:

Personally I would try and get your hands on a pentium g4560 as it is a much better value than the 860k and has an upgrade path available. Also I would just stick with the 1050ti amd save some money or help afford the Pentium build.

Yeah this combo is a good one  http://amzn.to/2uflC1N

[Wardino]

1 minute ago, Redfern said:

This is a good combo for the CPU and board - http://amzn.to/2uGakEm - check it out

So you think intel dual core would be better than 4 cores with the AMD 860K?

 

also I hate to be picky but I really enjoy building computers (I have built a few friends computers for them) and would hate to by something pre-assembled 

thanks

[KenjiUmino]

9 minutes ago, Wardino said:

So you think intel dual core would be better than 4 cores with the AMD 860K?

yes

[Wardino]

1 hour ago, KenjiUmino said:

yes

So if I were eventually able to upgrade to core i3 or i5 I would be able to do so with the board suggested to me? 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/ASUS-PRIME-B250M-Motherboard-Socket/dp/B01N2Y2GLP

[Redfern]

15 hours ago, Wardino said:

So if I were eventually able to upgrade to core i3 or i5 I would be able to do so with the board suggested to me? 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/ASUS-PRIME-B250M-Motherboard-Socket/dp/B01N2Y2GLP

Yes this board will be fine - http://amzn.to/2uhxOgS

[Wardino]

4 hours ago, Redfern said:

Yes this board will be fine - http://amzn.to/2uhxOgS

Thanks, would the other parts (psu, case etc) still work if I switched the mobo and cpu for the Asus Prime B250M-A and Pentium g4560? Also is this the link to the pentium as I cannot seem to find one officially on Amazon? https://www.amazon.co.uk/Intel-Pentium-G4560-3-5GHz-Processor/dp/B01N7U18M1/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1500650469&sr=8-2&keywords=pentium+g4560

 

Thanks 

[Wardino]

On 7/21/2017 at 11:43 AM, Redfern said:

Yes this board will be fine - http://amzn.to/2uhxOgS

Been having a look around, apart from the obvious speed difference the g4560 seems to be a lot more popular than the g4600 which surprises me as the g4600 is obviously better, I think from the research that I have done anyway. Any advice on which one I should be getting?

[Wardino]

I also here the Ryzen 3 will be released today, is this maybe going to better and in my budget over the Pentium?