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d00m1ord
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so my friend wants a pc upgrade so he can play vr on his oculus rift and play games at mid-high settings he is currently running an

 

i3-6100

gigabyte GA-H110-S2h

8gb ram

gtx 1050

500v psu

1tb 7200 hdd

 

I know he could do with a ssd because the load time for windows is painful but not sure if he needs other parts upgraded as well. working with pretty limited budget of 4-600 pounds

 

thanks in advance

 

 

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8 minutes ago, d00m1ord said:

500v psu

 

can we get a model?

I WILL find your ITX build thread, and I WILL recommend the SIlverstone Sugo SG13B

 

Primary PC:

i7 8086k - EVGA Z370 Classified K - G.Skill Trident Z RGB - WD SN750 - Jedi Order Titan Xp - Hyper 212 Black (with RGB Riing flair) - EVGA G3 650W - dual booting Windows 10 and Linux - Black and green theme, Razer brainwashed me.

Draws 400 watts under max load, for reference.

 

How many watts do I need? ATX 3.0 & PCIe 5.0 spec, PSU misconceptions, protections explained, group reg is bad

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5 minutes ago, d00m1ord said:

 

 

it's nothing special but it's viable at least, although an upgrade would not hurt down the line.

 

In terms of VR performance, an i5 6500 and the like server quite well, but the other titles your friend aims to play might not appreciate a mere quad core. What kinds of games was he looking at

I WILL find your ITX build thread, and I WILL recommend the SIlverstone Sugo SG13B

 

Primary PC:

i7 8086k - EVGA Z370 Classified K - G.Skill Trident Z RGB - WD SN750 - Jedi Order Titan Xp - Hyper 212 Black (with RGB Riing flair) - EVGA G3 650W - dual booting Windows 10 and Linux - Black and green theme, Razer brainwashed me.

Draws 400 watts under max load, for reference.

 

How many watts do I need? ATX 3.0 & PCIe 5.0 spec, PSU misconceptions, protections explained, group reg is bad

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1 hour ago, Fasauceome said:

it's nothing special but it's viable at least, although an upgrade would not hurt down the line.

 

In terms of VR performance, an i5 6500 and the like server quite well, but the other titles your friend aims to play might not appreciate a mere quad core. What kinds of games was he looking at

battle royale games, titanfall 2, doom, tomb raider and maybe assassins creed. would the graphics card need upgrading as well or just the cpu?

 

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33 minutes ago, d00m1ord said:

battle royale games, titanfall 2, doom, tomb raider and maybe assassins creed. would the graphics card need upgrading as well or just the cpu?

 

A CPU and GPU upgrade would both help a ton. Titanfall and Doom run fine on just four cores, but the newer Tomb Raider games scale well with more threads and Assassin's creed is known for chewing up a ton of CPU cores. 

 

For a budget minded upgrade, grab a used i5 6th gen and a used RX 580 or something. For better CPU performance if your friend wants to get a more solid platform:

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor £110.98 @ Amazon UK
Motherboard ASRock B450M Pro4-F Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard £65.48 @ Amazon UK
Memory Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory £66.78 @ Aria PC
Storage Crucial M500 480 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive £50.00 @ Amazon UK
Video Card Asus GeForce GTX 1660 6 GB Phoenix OC Video Card £197.58 @ Aria PC
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total £490.82
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-10-28 20:40 GMT+0000  

 

I WILL find your ITX build thread, and I WILL recommend the SIlverstone Sugo SG13B

 

Primary PC:

i7 8086k - EVGA Z370 Classified K - G.Skill Trident Z RGB - WD SN750 - Jedi Order Titan Xp - Hyper 212 Black (with RGB Riing flair) - EVGA G3 650W - dual booting Windows 10 and Linux - Black and green theme, Razer brainwashed me.

Draws 400 watts under max load, for reference.

 

How many watts do I need? ATX 3.0 & PCIe 5.0 spec, PSU misconceptions, protections explained, group reg is bad

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3 minutes ago, Fasauceome said:

A CPU and GPU upgrade would both help a ton. Titanfall and Doom run fine on just four cores, but the newer Tomb Raider games scale well with more threads and Assassin's creed is known for chewing up a ton of CPU cores. 

 

For a budget minded upgrade, grab a used i5 6th gen and a used RX 580 or something. For better CPU performance if your friend wants to get a more solid platform:

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor £110.98 @ Amazon UK
Motherboard ASRock B450M Pro4-F Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard £65.48 @ Amazon UK
Memory Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory £66.78 @ Aria PC
Storage Crucial M500 480 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive £50.00 @ Amazon UK
Video Card Asus GeForce GTX 1660 6 GB Phoenix OC Video Card £197.58 @ Aria PC
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total £490.82
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-10-28 20:40 GMT+0000  

 

ok thanks that really helps 

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