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Motherboard bundle for £130

Motherboard - ASUS P8H61-MX R2.0

Processor -i3-3220 3.3GHz, CPU cooler

RAM -  4GB DDR3 1333MHz RAM

 

CiT 1017 PC Case With 500w PSU - £30

 

Got Spares From Old PC

Hard Drive Size: 320 GB. Interface: SATA. Transfer rating: 3.0 Gb/sec. Rotational Speed: 7200 RPM

External Graphic card 500GB

Graphic card - Sapphire HD 5450 1GB DDR3

 

I play games like L4D2, Dayz, Payday. Is This PC good enough ? Should i upgrade PSU and Graphic card got £100 left to do any more upgrades i can make this good. If i should Change Graphic graphic can you please tell me what do i need to look At  i only know that i need to see watts is there anything else i need to see?(explain to me how to look for graphic card rather then posting link please)

Also if i did Something wrong with this Build please let me know. This is my 1st time.
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you could upgrade your graphics to an r9 - 270 , and that mobo change it to a 1150 skt, and a better cpu , ( maybe an G3258 or an AMD variant ) whats your total budget ?? , 

Specs 

CPU-Intel I7 4790K- @ 4.5Ghz / Mobo - Asus Maximus Hero VII / GPU - GTX 980 @ 1592MHz / RAM - 16Gb Corsair Vengeance Pro @ 2400Mhz / Cooler - Corsair H105 / SSD - Samsung 250gb 840 EVO / HDD - 2x 2tb Seagate/3x 3tb Seagate / PSU - Corsair RM1000 / Keyboard - Corsair K70 / Mouse - Corsair M65 / Case - Custom Glass panel Corsair Obsidian 750D -  Still saving for upgrades =)

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You need to get a more powerful processor.  Old i3s are not good.  New i3s are good if you can't afford an i5.

"I genuinely dislike the promulgation of false information, especially to people who are asking for help selecting new parts."

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You need to get a more powerful processor.  Old i3s are not good.  New i3s are good if you can't afford an i5.

 

 

you could upgrade your graphics to an r9 - 270 , and that mobo change it to a 1150 skt, and a better cpu , ( maybe an G3258 or an AMD variant ) whats your total budget ?? , 

I dont want to spend more then £300. I should be able to return all things i brought. Which will be good gaming PC. I was looking in Maplin store.

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