Budget gaming system

[jaslion]

Budget (including currency): 700€ (gpu not included getting a 60€ 970 as temp card till new cards come down)

Country: Belgium

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Gaming (fallout, gta V, warthunder, guild wars 2,... not the most recent games really)

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): Already got ssd + hdd and a old antec three hundred case

 

So basically my little brothers computer died due to lack of maintenance causing a spider infestation that shorted to motherboard and basically everything is dead or damaged so full new system time.

 

I was gonna do a ryzen 3600 based rig but stumbled upon this system:

 

CPU: i7 5820 6core 3.3-3.6ghz
moederbord: gigabyte x99-ud4
RAM: crucial 8gb DDR4 2133mhz
GPU: Asus strix nvidia GTX970 4GB DDR5
SSD: samsung 850pro 256GB
HDD: seagate barracuda 2TB
DVD-RW LG
internal card reader
Case: corsair obsidian 550d silent
power supply: corsair RM650 80 plus gold

 

It's old but not bad and the price is 415€ which is pretty great all things considered. The cooler is a big noctua one not sure which but it's probably the nhd 14.

 

Should I go with this or a new system? He is planning to fully upgrade again in 3 years. This system will have a 3060ti or similar card in it later on once it comes down which is fine as I've asked the person and the i7 ran at 4.4 no issue.

 

[Downkey]

2 minutes ago, jaslion said:

Budget (including currency): 700€ (gpu not included getting a 60€ 970 as temp card till new cards come down)

Country: Belgium

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Gaming (fallout, gta V, warthunder, guild wars 2,... not the most recent games really)

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): Already got ssd + hdd and a old antec three hundred case

 

So basically my little brothers computer died due to lack of maintenance causing a spider infestation that shorted to motherboard and basically everything is dead or damaged so full new system time.

 

I was gonna do a ryzen 3600 based rig but stumbled upon this system:

 

CPU: i7 5820 6core 3.3-3.6ghz
moederbord: gigabyte x99-ud4
RAM: crucial 8gb DDR4 2133mhz
GPU: Asus strix nvidia GTX970 4GB DDR5
SSD: samsung 850pro 256GB
HDD: seagate barracuda 2TB
DVD-RW LG
internal card reader
Case: corsair obsidian 550d silent
power supply: corsair RM650 80 plus gold

 

It's old but not bad and the price is 415€ which is pretty great all things considered. The cooler is a big noctua one not sure which but it's probably the nhd 14.

 

Should I go with this or a new system? He is planning to fully upgrade again in 3 years. This system will have a 3060ti or similar card in it later on once it comes down which is fine as I've asked the person and the i7 ran at 4.4 no issue.

 

Hm. That GPU isn't the best, but since hes playing older games it should be okay for 60fps. If he wants to play modern games you could upgrade the GPU w/ the extra 300

[jaslion]

Just now, Downkey said:

Hm. That GPU isn't the best, but since hes playing older games it should be okay for 60fps. If he wants to play modern games you could upgrade the GPU w/ the extra 300

Not upgrading the card as prices are bad rn. His previous card was a rx590 that is dead and warranty is 99% sure not gonna apply because of spider liquid damage. The card before the rx was a 970 that died so it really isn't a problem for him as he's only had the 590 for about 8 months and the only other game he started playing is fallout 76

[Moonzy]

15 minutes ago, jaslion said:

Should I go with this or a new system?

Sounds like a good value for the money but the electricity cost might bite back at you

 

But it's a good system, for the money anyways, assuming full rig except the GPU for 415 euro

You get a psu, SSD and what not

Tho consider adding more RAM

[jaslion]

12 minutes ago, Moonzy said:

Sounds like a good value for the money but the electricity cost might bite back at you

 

But it's a good system, for the money anyways, assuming full rig except the GPU for 415 euro

You get a psu, SSD and what not

Tho consider adding more RAM

It's the full rig including gpu which is good as that is also needed.

[Moonzy]

1 minute ago, jaslion said:

It's the full rig including gpu which is good as that is also needed.

It's pretty sweet, then

I would add another 8gb of RAM and it should be good for next 3 years on not so demanding games, other than needing a GPU upgrade of course

[jaslion]

6 minutes ago, Moonzy said:

It's pretty sweet, then

I would add another 8gb of RAM and it should be good for next 3 years on not so demanding games, other than needing a GPU upgrade of course

Yeah was planning on adding another stick of ram